Dear Mayor and City Council members: I am in a state of disbelief about the objections to this business ready to open at the corner of Mission and Laurel (formerly Emily’s Bakery). It has been approved by the Planning Commission and meets all the requirements for operation. Have any of these appellants ever been to a dispensary? Have any of you? You can’t get in one or make a purchase without an ID. Plain and simple.
Where are all these appellants when the SCHS students, by the droves, are on break and head to the gas station at the corner of Mission and Walnut to load up on candy and soda? But that’s OK and doesn’t affect the students’ health? I won’t even pull in there for gas when the parking lot of the gas station is overrun with students. o ID required so they’re free to tank up on sugar, a known inflammatory.
This dispensary deserves to exist. Their business model to relieve pain and suffering far outweighs any perceived risk. And I do mean perceived since it’s baseless.
— Sandra Cohen, Santa Cruz
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