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Taking Exception

At the risk of making a nuisance of myself, I would like to submit notes on two subjects published by the Independent.

At the risk of making a nuisance of myself, I would like to submit notes on two subjects published by the Independent.

First, I want to express my disappointment in both the substance and the tone of the opinion piece by Joe Armendariz: " Cannabis Retail Gives Santa Claus Lane a Bright Future ."

First, I don't know where he lives, but it seems to me these decisions should be left to those who are local and affected. When he suggests that it is somehow only two wealthy medical doctors that oppose the location of a retail cannabis outlet on Santa Claus Lane, he is horribly mistaken. Did he check to see the petitions and the resistance by the entire community to this outlet? Not to look is so misleading and irresponsible.