Jackie asks Yes on A — Cannabis Reform Initiative Proponents…

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Farmers

Are any of the people that pushed to get Measure A on the ballot actual cannabis farmers with skin in the game? If so, who? If not, how do you explain understanding the complexities of permitting and bringing a product to market if you haven’t had to do it?

— Jackie

Response

Yes on A — Cannabis Reform Initiative Proponents

 

We maneuvered “the complexities of permitting” the same way growers do, we hired consultants.  Several of us have worked on cannabis farms in the past, but most of us are other kinds of farmers, the kind that do not throw our dirt away after growing something. 

 

We do have skin in the game, because everyone who lives, drinks, eats and breathes has skin in the game. We are dealing with the effects from the County over allocating water resources. We are dealing with lights at night.  We are concerned about declining wildlife.  I could go on, but instead point out that Measure A is not only about cannabis growers. 

 

The County and growers had their say in creating the current 2.0 ordinance. – The development of the ordinance demanded feedback from citizens, environmental groups and tribes however, none of their comments were responded to much less  integrated. Many of These comments are the foundation of Measure A.

 

In that process the public’s participation was totally ignored. The concerns of environmental organizations were pushed aside.  Still it was not a terrible ordinance, just has no accountability…no teeth.  Measure A will have the County make fixes to 2.0 so the rest of can live here too.

 

We may not claim to understand the complexities of permitting (without the help of consultants) or about bringing a product to market, but then the growers do not either or they would not be going broke and unable to pay their business taxes.

 

Vote Yes on Measure A.