El Paso County Sued by Dispensaries !

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

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.

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9NEWS.com | Denver | Colorado's Online News Leader | Grand Junction votes to close dispensaries

GRAND JUNCTION (AP) - The Grand Junction City Council has passed a measure to close medical marijuana businesses in the city.

The council voted 6 to 1 to pass the ordinance Monday night. Mayor Teresa Coons was the only member to vote against it.

The ordinance requires that all dispensaries and other pot businesses shut their doors by Jan. 1, 2011.

However, the Grand Junction Sentinel reports that dispensaries are prepared to fight the measure. They plan to petition the council to reconsider and they could also push for the issue to be put to voters or challenge the ban in court

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Originally Posted by SoCoMMJ

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

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

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Yep--and I suspect that El Paso county would be held liable in this class-action law suit by any judge in this state.

You can't accept license fees--and give approval for medical marijuana centers and then "afterwards" decide that you want to put their already prior approval up for a vote.

Right now--these elected county commissioners morons in El Paso county better be praying than this admendment does not pass--because "legally" there is no judge in this state that wouldn't hold them liable for costs and damages--which would amount into the hundreds of thousand of dollars.

The silver lining in this. Every other county in this state-- that has a couple of morons as county commissioners will be looking at this.

Agreed. I don't think they attorneys would want to push a case that will set bad precedent for the rest of the state. Once you accept fees and allow people to invest their life savings to build, you can't change your mind easily.

It wouldn't be a loss of hundreds of thousands... I'm guessing into the millions.