Pubdate: Sat, 24 May 2014
Source: Press-Enterprise (Riverside, CA)
Copyright: 2014 The Press-Enterprise Company
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Author: Larry Shurtz

ONTARIO INTERNATIONAL OVER MEDICAL POT

What a bittersweet moment to see Riverside having to place the medical
marijuana issue on the 2015 ballot. What a waste of money!

The entire state of California already passed it several years ago and
now two states have made recreational use legal. Why can't those who
ban it enforce the state laws we have in place?

By allowing legal medical pot to be sold in selective areas, such as
commercial warehouse areas that already have surveillance cameras in
place, the medical pot businesses can hire extra security with the
millions of dollars they will take in via taxation.

We allow liquor stores and casinos, why not legal medical pot
dispensaries?

Wouldn't our money be more wisely spent if we had an initiative on the
ballot to take back Ontario Airport? We need to show Los Angeles that
the Inland Empire wants its most viable economic powerhouse back,
instead of wasting money on an initiative that has already passed statewide.

Is it too hard to expect our representatives to do their job and do
what is best for Inland Empire's residents?

Larry Shurtz

Lake Elsinore
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