Pubdate: Mon, 22 Aug 2016
Source: Chico Enterprise-Record (CA)
Copyright: 2016 Chico Enterprise-Record
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Author: Bonnie Masarik

POT PROFITEERS TRYING TO TAKE OVER THE COUNTY

The pot pushers have outdone themselves this time. Their new pot 
initiative covers everything from A to Z. They forgot one thing 
though. The A team. For all the money they spent, the Measure L team, 
which stands for loser by the way, will lose yet again. The A team 
will win each and every time. The loser team now wants to be 
commercial "medical" farmers.

They want dispensaries, they want to transport pot to their 
"patients." They want to grow on up to 25 percent of parcel size, 
maximum 1 acre. They want to rezone to fit their needs. They want to 
be called farmers, and call their mind-altering drug a crop, and 
therefore agriculture. On 1 acre, 3,250 plants can be grown. Can you 
imagine? This will effect the whole of Butte County. We do not have 
enough water for our food crop farmers, property owners' wells are 
running dry. The abuses and negatives of pot are long and well known.

They tried to persuade the county we'll make a lot of money on taxes. 
Well that has been nixed by the state. Measure L is the worst thing 
to ever to come down the pike. Who the heck do the pot pushers think 
they are, that they can rule the county?

Butte County is all about family. Butte County is all about 
agriculture, farmers and ranchers. Measure L is all about money and 
ruination of our beautiful county. Vote no on Measure L. And save Butte County.

- - Bonnie Masarik, Yankee Hill
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