SoCoMMJ
10-05-2010, 05:32 PM
Looks like they pushed the button one too many times.
Half of this business is fighting corrupt law enforcement.
The other half is fighting politics. That leaves the
3rd half for actually growing and taking care of patients.
Good luck with your suit... Precedence is headed in!
El Paso County Being Sued By Dispensaries (http://www.kktv.com/home/headlines/El_Paso_County_Being_Sued_By_Medical_Marijuana_Dis pensaries_104348879.html?storySection=story)
El Paso County is being sued by medical marijuana dispensaries.
Medical marijuana dispensaries have filed a multi-claim lawsuit against the county, but city councilman Sean Page said it essentially boils down to what the dispensaries believe is a "bait-and-switch" pulled by the county.
"Medical marijuana dispensaries were allowed into the county, and now it's being made possible for voters to shut them down," Page said. "The county has changed course by putting a ban on the ballot, and they think what the county is doing is illegal."
El Paso County has put a dispensary ban on the November ballot, allowed due to a loophole in the state legislation, which says that dispensaries are acceptable, but local governments can ban them. The ban would close dispensaries in unincorporated areas of the county, which would affect about 76 businesses. Opponents of the bill also worry that it would put marijuana back on the black market.
"Legislation wrote a fatally flawed bill," Page said. "I'm only glad Colorado Springs avoided the same quagmire the county is facing."
Colorado Springs voted against a similar ban on their November ballot.
Those behind the lawsuit say that based on the state constitution, people in need of medical marijuana have a constitutional right to access of it.
"Can voters deny patients rights put into the constitution? By placing the ban on the ballot, the county is letting that happen.
"The suit is regrettable, but inevitable due to inconsistencies on the county's part," Page said.
Stay with KKTV and kktv.com for more details about this story
Half of this business is fighting corrupt law enforcement.
The other half is fighting politics. That leaves the
3rd half for actually growing and taking care of patients.
Good luck with your suit... Precedence is headed in!
El Paso County Being Sued By Dispensaries (http://www.kktv.com/home/headlines/El_Paso_County_Being_Sued_By_Medical_Marijuana_Dis pensaries_104348879.html?storySection=story)
El Paso County is being sued by medical marijuana dispensaries.
Medical marijuana dispensaries have filed a multi-claim lawsuit against the county, but city councilman Sean Page said it essentially boils down to what the dispensaries believe is a "bait-and-switch" pulled by the county.
"Medical marijuana dispensaries were allowed into the county, and now it's being made possible for voters to shut them down," Page said. "The county has changed course by putting a ban on the ballot, and they think what the county is doing is illegal."
El Paso County has put a dispensary ban on the November ballot, allowed due to a loophole in the state legislation, which says that dispensaries are acceptable, but local governments can ban them. The ban would close dispensaries in unincorporated areas of the county, which would affect about 76 businesses. Opponents of the bill also worry that it would put marijuana back on the black market.
"Legislation wrote a fatally flawed bill," Page said. "I'm only glad Colorado Springs avoided the same quagmire the county is facing."
Colorado Springs voted against a similar ban on their November ballot.
Those behind the lawsuit say that based on the state constitution, people in need of medical marijuana have a constitutional right to access of it.
"Can voters deny patients rights put into the constitution? By placing the ban on the ballot, the county is letting that happen.
"The suit is regrettable, but inevitable due to inconsistencies on the county's part," Page said.
Stay with KKTV and kktv.com for more details about this story