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Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Proposal In Solano County- Letter To The Editor

Op-Ed bySkipp Isaham
We are residents of Solano and Yolo County, many of us distributing this advisory Email live in or adjacent to the Cities of Davis, Dixon, Vacaville, Winters, Fairfield and Vallejo. We'd like to express our deep concerns and opposition regarding proposals to allow Medical Marijuana Dispensaries to open and operate in any location throughout the county.

We are compassionate regarding the use of marijuana for real medical applications, but we absolutely do not want to "open a broad door" allowing dispensaries to open, especially outside of a city limits location within Solano, Yolo and adjacent County.

We are especially surprised at the tactics being applied toward pushing this process through.

One example is rural location near Midway Road, Vacaville, where the 1000 ft notice adjacent property owner notifications were mailed out. Many parcels being 5 acres or more resulted in essentially one neighbor receiving an adjacent property proposed Medical Marijuana Dispensary notification notice.

In SF Bay Area locations where dispensaries are permitted to operate, the notification requirement normally encompasses multiple smaller properties/homes, providing considerably more notification, which allows for a much more honest amount of feedback and input from people directly impacted by those type of operations.

Medical Marijuana Dispensaries are being viewed by County Governments as new tax dollar revenue sources with seemingly less consideration to a certain net drain on Social and Public Safety. Persons sincerely requiring Medical Marijuana are able to access those resources in adjacent counties where dispensaries are already in operation.

Local meetings to hear public input happen throughout various Solano County locations, that information is provided as attachments to this Email

We request you simply pass this information along and possibly attend one or more of these meetings to express your opinion.


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