The ever-quotable Amy Lathen nearly got booed out of the room when she used the word ‘pot’ at a meeting in which El Paso commissioners discussed ways to zone medical marijuana outlets.
“Cannibis! Cannibis!” shouted several people in the room.
Turns out, the members of the burgeoning medical marijuana industry wants to separate themselves from the hordes of pot-smoking hippies.
Marijuana grower addresses commissioners
That’s like separating the image of mom from apple pie.
It’s also a little disengenuous when you buy your pot, or rather, cannibis, at places like WeedMaps. com.
The key point: how many constituents were consulted with in each of the 5 commissioner districts prior to the BoCC reaching the decision they were representing the will of the people?