Pubdate: Thu, 16 Aug 2012
Source: Chico News & Review, The (CA)
Copyright: 2012 Chico Community Publishing, Inc.
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Author: Tom Fitzwater

SUPERVISORS GOT IT RIGHT

Re "Board gets tougher on pot" (Downstroke, Aug. 2):

I agree with the Butte County supervisors' new guidelines on pot
growing that eliminate the co-op farms and bring us in line with Kings
County policy regulations. Proposition 215 failed to keep a safe
environment for neighbors, as the "black market" prices paid for use
of this substance by the sick (?) will make it very dangerous to be
exposed to pot robbers. It also will devalue any real estate adjacent
to the co-op pot farm.

What our supervisors did was the right move to prevent a class-action
lawsuit against Butte County by neighboring landowners of the pot
farms. One professional pot farmer told me he expects a harvest of 2
1=BC2 pounds of buds per plant, and he will grow up to 99 plants, at
$150 an ounce. This makes the pot farms an easier target than a bank!

Tom Fitzwater

Oroville
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