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http://gazette.com/colorado-springs-mayor-urges-council-to-ban-retail-pot-sales/article/1501338<snip>
If Colorado Springs allows retail sales of marijuana, public safety could be in jeopardy, children's health might be at risk and the city could lose out on jobs, Mayor Steve Bach told the City Council on Tuesday.
Recreational marijuana use has been on Bach's mind for months. It's a topic he has discussed in recent town hall meetings, and he told the council that too much is at stake to allow retail sales: He is worried about increased crime. He's also concerned about children's access to the drug, saying young people who smoke pot are at risk of permanently losing their memory. And equally important, he said, is the risk that businesses - including Department of Defense contractors - won't want to relocate here.
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Bach was among a group of heavy hitters, including four retired generals, the vice chancellor of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and the president of the Colorado Springs Regional Business Alliance, who asked the council to ban retail sales of marijuana for the good of the community.
Bach pleaded his case on the same day that Gov. John Hickenlooper signed several marijuana regulations into law. As part of the deal on pot, though, communities can opt out of retail sales, and as such, El Paso County and other Colorado cities already have decided to ban them.
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Warpy
(110,908 posts)I can't think any sensible mayor would want to turn down the kind of tax revenue legal pot would generate.
niyad
(112,434 posts)don't know about him being a fundie, but he is a vain, self-absorbed, arrogant jerk. he does not get along with council, has installed extra layers of bureaucracy, and, in general, manages to make the previous mayor look not quite so disgustingly bad. quality of life is not a term familiar to him.
the primary source of tax revenue in the springs these days seems to come from the dispensaries.
about the arrogant part--he makes unilateral decisions (like eliminating FREX) and, when challenged says, "you elected me a strong mayor". he apparently thinks "strong mayor" and "dictator" are synonymous.
Warpy
(110,908 posts)because nothing feeds the ego quite like ordering god around.
Laelth
(32,017 posts)-Laelth
Megalo_Man
(88 posts)Colorado's fucked up politicans.
Ruby the Liberal
(26,216 posts)Just sayin'...