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San Gabriel, CA - We asked for a moratorium on pot clubs in unincorporated areas of the county and the Board of Supervisors obliged, calling for a delay in siting any medical-marijuana dispensaries until regulations can be drawn up.
However, that may not affect one proposed for Hacienda Heights less than a mile from two schools, two parks and a county library all magnets for young people.
And the so-called cannabis distributors have drawn more than the medically needy according to law-enforcement reports out of Northern California.
So yes, the supervisors deserve praise for their action last Tuesday that delayed any new clubs for 45 days. With a medical-marijuana case before the U.S. Supreme Court that could be decided as early as today, they were prudent in blocking any new clubs.
Supervisor Don Knabe, who represents the community, agreed with our assessment that if the state and physicians feel the drug is preferable to other prescription pain killers and medications, marijuana should be dispensed at the usual location pharmacies. As Knabe said, that would occur in a "perfect' world.
But that doesn't get the county supervisors, planners and, yes, Sheriff Lee Baca off the hook for the fiasco that could see a club open in the San Gabriel Valley. Surely these officials initially gave the OK to California Medical Caregivers Association. This isn't a tent-on-the-corner type of operation.
And, there seems to be some question as to whether the distributor is open. CMCA's representative says it is and is registering clients that must have a doctor's recommendation to purchase marijuana.
Knabe seems to think that the facility has yet to open for business. Who's correct? If county officials don't know, they should, and if the organization opened earlier than planned to avoid the moratorium, the county ought to yank its conditional use permit.
According to Wednesday's story by Shirley Hsu, another dispensary is planned for Rowland Heights another unincorporated bedroom community.
This is just one more reason why both communities should become cities. That way residents would have to wait for the county to spring such little surprises on them.
If both Hacienda Heights and Rowland Heights were cities, such decisions would be made by local authorities, accountable to the voters. Folks should wake up and smell the smoke, there are some things worse than the specter of taxes.
Source: Whittier Daily News
Copyright: Copyright © 2005 Los Angeles Newspaper Group
Contact: editor@whittierdalynews.com
Website: /www.whittierdailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,207~12044~2905688,00.html
However, that may not affect one proposed for Hacienda Heights less than a mile from two schools, two parks and a county library all magnets for young people.
And the so-called cannabis distributors have drawn more than the medically needy according to law-enforcement reports out of Northern California.
So yes, the supervisors deserve praise for their action last Tuesday that delayed any new clubs for 45 days. With a medical-marijuana case before the U.S. Supreme Court that could be decided as early as today, they were prudent in blocking any new clubs.
Supervisor Don Knabe, who represents the community, agreed with our assessment that if the state and physicians feel the drug is preferable to other prescription pain killers and medications, marijuana should be dispensed at the usual location pharmacies. As Knabe said, that would occur in a "perfect' world.
But that doesn't get the county supervisors, planners and, yes, Sheriff Lee Baca off the hook for the fiasco that could see a club open in the San Gabriel Valley. Surely these officials initially gave the OK to California Medical Caregivers Association. This isn't a tent-on-the-corner type of operation.
And, there seems to be some question as to whether the distributor is open. CMCA's representative says it is and is registering clients that must have a doctor's recommendation to purchase marijuana.
Knabe seems to think that the facility has yet to open for business. Who's correct? If county officials don't know, they should, and if the organization opened earlier than planned to avoid the moratorium, the county ought to yank its conditional use permit.
According to Wednesday's story by Shirley Hsu, another dispensary is planned for Rowland Heights another unincorporated bedroom community.
This is just one more reason why both communities should become cities. That way residents would have to wait for the county to spring such little surprises on them.
If both Hacienda Heights and Rowland Heights were cities, such decisions would be made by local authorities, accountable to the voters. Folks should wake up and smell the smoke, there are some things worse than the specter of taxes.
Source: Whittier Daily News
Copyright: Copyright © 2005 Los Angeles Newspaper Group
Contact: editor@whittierdalynews.com
Website: /www.whittierdailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,207~12044~2905688,00.html
