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I would like to take a few minutes to address a couple of issues that were published in the lastSan Manuel Miner.
First, the author that covered the Town Hall meeting in Oracle, in reference to the Open Cultivation issue, wrote that it was stated that an illegal grow site had been selected by the Board of Supervisors for Oracle. To make that statement correct, it was actually said that there were four separate areas in and around Oracle that were zoned as GR and could be potentially used as cultivation sites.
The reporter is usually pretty accurate in his reporting of events. One might attribute his not hearing the complete explanation I gave due to the fact that he had another attendee mumbling and griping about everything that was being said in the meeting. that night, standing so close to him that I’m surprised that he could even breathe much less hear accurately. We had several participants complain about the disruption affecting their ability to hear what was going on.
The second item that I need to address is in the same paper. There was an article written by County Supervisor Rios where he chose in this same issue of theMineras was printed the article on the Town Hall meeting., to restate his position on the medical marijuana dispensary and the open cultivation site.
The timeliness of said response was “coincidental” I am sure! It does bring to mind a famous saying by Shakespeare,: “ methinks thou doth protest too much”. Why the supervisor felt compelled to restate his position in this matter is up for speculation. Or could it be, that he is feeling a little nervous because of a statement that he made during the Board of Supervisors hearing on the open cultivation issue on Feb. 18th., as can be verified by watching the video of the proceedings, insomuch as to have stated that since the sheriff had not responded to the issue of security for the cultivation site, that there must not be a problem with the security issue.
Were one to have heard those remarks, one would have assumed that they were being made by an advocate for the Rose Law Firm, which is representing the applicant and for the proposal of 8 open cultivation sites in Pinal County. Then realizing that Supervisor. Rios voted against the proposal does strike one as peculiar.
Especially when one considers that when the supervisor was up for election in 2012, the very same law firm, by means of a few of their employees, as well as Jordan Rose, made several cash contributions to the election campaign of Supervisor Rios.
/s/ Ron Thompson
Coordinator/Oracle Neighborhood Watch
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