Just say NO to moratorium in Colorado Springs

[Ebbandflowian]

I don't think we are voting for a moratorium they want to ban mmc's from unincorperated el paso county there is a moratorium in place now for the entire state untill July 11

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Edit sorry rightwinger you were just reposting what the Gazett said. They are talking about a ban but using the word moratorium. Very confusing.



I think this thread is good but misleading. CS and EL Paso County have 2 different votes correct? or can CS residents vote on Unincorperated County issues?

I will vote no on a ban all day long.

[cologrower420]

So we need more than 110 MMC's in the springs to keep the prices down? If we lose 50 % of those that is still 50 MMC,s here in the springs. That is still a lot of competition. No matter what way you look at it. People need to realize we have 1284 now because of the explosion of MMC's that needed some regulation. It could be a lot worse. Adding more right now is not a good idea. We dont need 150 MMC,s in one city to keep prices down.

There is a such thing as too much some times. People that dont support MMJ are seeing stores pop up on every corner and they are in a uproar. It is pissing them off and their voices are getting louder leading to all these ban talks and votes all over the state. Dont forget they out number us by a large majority at the poll. We have to find a happy medium with the non MMJ community. Even though we are legal most of them dont see it that way. They just see us as a bunch of pot heads skirting the system to get high. Until that view changes we are at a disadvantage.

The explosion is waking the sleeping giant and city and county officals are listening. Colorado Springs could easily ban them altogether if the city council got its way. Again i am not for a ban but a short break from adding new ones. Let the system play out like you guys say and let the bad ones fall but if your adding 1 or 2 more bad ones for every one that falls that gets us no where. Lets face it any new MMC's that are going to fork over the cash and sign your life away is doing it for the money alone. Now there may be the rare case. People that have that kind of cash is the big monoply MMCs you speak of.

I am a registered voter and will vote anyway to help the MMJ community. If you feel that i am just way off and my points are wrong i dont mind being corrected to help and better the MMJ community. I do understand its not about my personal beliefs only but for the greater good of the MMJ community. I dont want to hurt or set it back in anyway. We got enough people already doing that.

If you guys really beleive that a mortarium will hurt our cause then come november i will vote no. Any thought on actual people or where i can read info on it for who we should vote against? Who is the most vocal against it?

Isn't the bolded the prevailing reasoning behind capping caregivers at 5 patients?

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Isn't the bolded the prevailing reasoning behind capping caregivers at 5 patients?

Not quite sure what your asking. Let me see if i answer this right.

I was speaking too many MMC.s practically on every street corner in the town thats caused the Non MMJ communtiy to go nuts not too many caregivers. Is that what you were asking? Sorry i really need to learn to better express what i am trying to say the brain thinks it and fingers go WTF is he trying to say.

[cologrower420]

Not quite sure what your asking. Let me see if i answer this right.

I was speaking too many MMC.s practically on every street corner in the town thats caused the Non MMJ communtiy to go nuts not too many caregivers. Is that what you were asking? Sorry i really need to learn to better express what i am trying to say the brain thinks it and fingers go WTF is he trying to say.

Tone is especially difficult to convey over the internet.

Don't get frustrated, you aren't the only one who has difficulty in discussing thoughts and stuff. No worries, I have the same problems sometimes.

I know what you were saying, and I agree with you. I wasn't really engaging you specifically, I was just asking a general question.

Here is the longer version of what my post meant:
NonMMJ people saw that the industry was exploding. Anti MMJ people (think cops, judges, lawyers, anyone in the incarceration/enforcement complex who could benefit by marijuana remaining illegal) used that as a scare tactic to impose restrictions on our industry. Since this industry has historically been 'underground', the government doesn't really know who is paying taxes on what incomes. They used the reasoning you did, '
There is a such thing as too much some times', is probably similar to what pro-1284/109 did when attempting to explain this legislation.

Cliff notes: Ignorant People with Power Suck.

Good luck here, this is a solid community. Just follow the rules and don't piss off the mods, don't post email addresses, and don't ever discuss anything illegal.

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Thanks for the advice much appreciated.

[SoCoMMJ]

In talking to a friend last night it seems that if you live in the city, you won't be able to vote in the county ballot. The unincorporated areas tend to be pretty conservative, so there will be quite the battle for survival there.

If the county ban passes, you can bet your ass that Steve Wind and his merry band of prohibitionists will be back for round 2 of a Colorado Springs ban in April.

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In talking to a friend last night it seems that if you live in the city, you won't be able to vote in the county ballot. The unincorporated areas tend to be pretty conservative, so there will be quite the battle for survival there.

If the county ban passes, you can bet your ass that Steve Wind and his merry band of prohibitionists will be back for round 2 of a Colorado Springs ban in April.

Ok thanks for the info> i suspected this was the case. Like you said this is wont end here. Many of the home owners assoc.. in COS are gathering support more and more each day for a ban altogether. There will be a huge battle to come. I just hope 1284 ban part gets challenged in court before it comes to that.