Pubdate: Thu, 24 Dec 2009
Source: Tribune, The (Greeley, CO)
Copyright: 2009sThe Greeley Publishing Co.
Contact:  http://www.greeleytribune.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/3165
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Author: Sherrie Peif
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mmj.htm (Cannabis - Medicinal)

MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY DEFIES WINDSOR MORATORIUM

WINDSOR -- This town may have passed a moratorium on  most medical
marijuana operations, but one dispensary  owner plans to stay open,
defying town officials.

Medigrow, 1292 Main St., officially opened for business  Dec. 11.
Medigrow was left off the list of businesses  that could continue to
operate when the town board  passed the moratorium on Dec. 16.

Medigrow did not close, and it won't close, said Gary  Burke, a
consultant to Medigrow's owner, Lazarus Pino.

Medigrow could face thousands of dollars in fines.

Windsor Police Chief John Michaels said his officers  have been citing
Medigrow with an ordinance violation  each day since Dec. 17.

Each of those citations carries with it a date for an  appearance in
Windsor Municipal Court. If a judge finds  Medigrow in violation, the
owners face up to a $293  fine plus a $7 surcharge for every day the
business was  open.

But Burke said this is not about defying the town, it's  about
Medigrow's owners being denied due process under  the law.

"I have never seen a situation where all the paperwork  is submitted
before a deadline and it is not  processed," Burke said.

At the Dec. 16 meeting, town board members voted to  allow In Harmony
Wellness, 4630 Royal Vista Circle, and  A New Dawn Wellness Clinic,
520 Main St., to remain  open during the moratorium. They said
Medigrow was not  supposed to be open because its final inspection was
  not completed.

Burke believes Medigrow should have been allowed to  stay
open.

"This has nothing to do with selling medical  marijuana," Burke said.
"This is only about an  ordinance we are not in violation of." 
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