Jim Finnel
Fallen Cannabis Warrior & Ex News Moderator
Anaheim - Residents upset over a medical-marijuana dispensary took their protest to the street Friday night.
Some 100 protesters with signs such as "Yes Kids, No Pot" and "Go Away!" marched along busy Harbor Boulevard near Lincoln Avenue and in front of the shop in the 500 block of West Chestnut Street, which intersects Harbor. They blew noisemakers and chanted: "Kids at play, keep the pot away!"
"Dispensaries don't want attention, and that's exactly what we are giving them," said Wendy Walker, 55, who has lived in Anaheim for 50 years. "We also want to get the attention of our city leaders and let them know it's not good enough to say their hands are tied."
The dispensary is in a two-story home at the end of a street zoned for a business on the bottom floor and a residence upstairs. A family unrelated to the dispensary lives upstairs.
When the dispensary opened in early January — replacing a dog-grooming business — neighbors were outraged and took their complaints to City Hall.
But the problem for them is that Anaheim's ban on pot dispensaries is tied up in the court system. City officials have said they are powerless to close the dispensary while the legal issues are being decided.
Shop operators have declined comment and didn't answer the door Friday.
NewsHawk: Jim Behr: 420 MAGAZINE
Source: ocregister.com
Author: Eric Carpenter
Copyright: 2011 Orange County Register Communications
Contact: Contacting the Orange County Register
Website: Neighbors protest marijuana dispensary
Some 100 protesters with signs such as "Yes Kids, No Pot" and "Go Away!" marched along busy Harbor Boulevard near Lincoln Avenue and in front of the shop in the 500 block of West Chestnut Street, which intersects Harbor. They blew noisemakers and chanted: "Kids at play, keep the pot away!"
"Dispensaries don't want attention, and that's exactly what we are giving them," said Wendy Walker, 55, who has lived in Anaheim for 50 years. "We also want to get the attention of our city leaders and let them know it's not good enough to say their hands are tied."
The dispensary is in a two-story home at the end of a street zoned for a business on the bottom floor and a residence upstairs. A family unrelated to the dispensary lives upstairs.
When the dispensary opened in early January — replacing a dog-grooming business — neighbors were outraged and took their complaints to City Hall.
But the problem for them is that Anaheim's ban on pot dispensaries is tied up in the court system. City officials have said they are powerless to close the dispensary while the legal issues are being decided.
Shop operators have declined comment and didn't answer the door Friday.
NewsHawk: Jim Behr: 420 MAGAZINE
Source: ocregister.com
Author: Eric Carpenter
Copyright: 2011 Orange County Register Communications
Contact: Contacting the Orange County Register
Website: Neighbors protest marijuana dispensary
