Because I've received a couple of calls from people wondering about the status of the medical marijuana dispensary regulation issue, here's the latest: Tuesday's City Council meeting agenda contains only an update of the Economic Development and Finance Committee deliberations. The committee's chairwoman, Councilwoman Rae Gabelich, had placed the update on the agenda at the beginning of last week, but then said later in the week following a contentious committee meeting that she was going to ask the council to have the city attorney draft a law regulating dispensaries.
That apparently never happened -- the meeting's supplemental agenda includes no change to the simple update that was originally agendized. The council could use the opportunity to ask for something more concrete and immediate, such as the creation of an ordinance. However, it isn't expected to do so because City Attorney Bob Shannon plans to give a full report on how the city could regulate medical marijuana at the Nov. 10 council meeting.
Medical marijuana has become a contentious -- actually, downright nasty -- issue around City Hall, last week causing this conflict during the committee's meeting.
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