Proposed pot farm on countryside angers residents

[cynatnite]

LONGMONT, Colo. – The investor saw potential in the scrubby 67 acres tucked away amid multimillion dollar homes: He would turn the land into a vast pot farm and capitalize on the booming medical marijuana industry.

But Scott Mullner, a city councilman from Laramie, Wyo., infuriated his Colorado neighbors with his plan to place a marijuana farm in the midst of their idyllic Northern Colorado countryside.

They say the project will damage property values and attract more unwanted attention than the previous business at the location — an organic egg farm.

"Nobody is going to come out and steal a chicken," said Lance Messinger, 56, who lives less than a mile from the proposed marijuana site. "So it was pretty benign to the neighborhood, is what I'm saying."

Despite a flurry of e-mails and calls from residents opposed to the idea, Boulder County commissioners decided against holding a public hearing on the issue on Tuesday, allowing Mullner's application to proceed.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100831/ap_on_bi_ge/us_colo_pot_farm

[Vickers]

1. "Nobody is going to come out and steal a chicken"

Buddy, you are out of touch.

[tk2kewl]

2. Yeah... really...

What about people without health insurance?

How else are they gonna pay their doctors?

[Matariki]

3. bwahahahaha!

:rofl:

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. HInt to angry homeowners near that farm:

If it catches fire, sit down wind.

[damntexdem]

5. Someone was sure to take pot shots at the proposal.

;-)

[PJPhreak]

6. Go Bongmont!

Long Running Boulder Co. Joke...

If one takes a pen and outlines Longmont,Boulder and Eldorado Canyon in Boulder County you get a "Bongmont"!

[Blue Owl]

7. A field of nature's plants -- the horror, the horror...

n/t

[Warren DeMontague]

8. It'll smell better, too.

Seriously.