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This is particularly true in Los Angeles, but also in Hayward -- our neighbor across the Bay. At 7 p.m. the Hayward City Council will vote on a moratorium that would prohibit dispensaries from opening or operating in the city for approximately six to nine months.

In theory, the moratorium would allow the city to study and develop potential regulations, which could eventually make Hayward a more dispensary-friendly place. But Slideshows would-be dispensary owners and advocates say that in a place like Hayward, where Sixxxteen's dispensaries have a checkered history and a hostile mayor, a moratorium doesn't bode Cherry Bomb well. Prom @ the Cat Tom Lemos is the proprietor of a dispensary shut down by the city in 2007 who had Club hoped to reopen this year. He said he feels city officials aren't sincere when they say they want to "study" dispensaries.

May in SF "That's complete crap," Lemos told SF Weekly, citing a belief that the mayor and certain Weekly Reader city council members have a vision for a revitalized downtown that doesn't include Photos dispensaries.

"I'm not saying there were not problems," he said, noting two robberies at his old dispensary. But it was simply a matter of increasing security, he claimed. According to 10th Annual Lemos, these kinds of obstacles are worth working around in order for the sick and needy Masturbate-A- people of Hayward get access to their medication. Thon (Really NSFW) Photo | Lavocado

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Comments (3) Pedro Hernandez Accused of Sexually Assaulting Step- Granddaughter at School Mikey says: City Didn't Pick Up Tab For Moving Rare Franciscan It's time to stop criminalizing sick people. Nobody in the history of the world has ever Manzanita died from marijuana. Peoples' quality of life has been demonstrably improved. 215 been on the books for years now. Michela Alioto-Pier Will Take City to Court, if Necessary, to Run for Supe Again Robberies only happen because running a "legitimized" business actually carries more risk than does committing a robbery. Why is that? Because the cops bust legitimate Baylinks: Chocolate, Spilled Booze, & Star Wars businesses. City Hands Graffiti-Busters Fat Checks You can't "study" something that is shut down, either. You Think Carly Fiorina Gives a F*ck About Global I support Tom's efforts. Warming? Posted On: Tuesday, Feb. 16 2010 @ 8:59PM More Recent Entries... Dan Berkes says: At tonight's meeting, the city decided (1) Not to make MMJ a priority for the city's staff to study and (2) the motion to vote on a one-year moratorium failed to gather a second, so no vote was taken. In other words, nothing changes. The good spin on this is that Services Posted On: Wednesday, Feb. 17 2010 @ 12:44AM Ketama Dan Berkes says: View Ad | View Site Er, as I was saying this means the anti-MMJ crowd didn't get what they wanted and More >> while we didn't quite get what we wanted, at least the city didn't make it a more hostile

operating environment. One amusing evening diversion was watching the Police Officer's Association anti- compassion rant go down in flames because he couldn't get the PowerPoint presentation on his laptop to work.

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