GREEN GROWS POT

A former Green Party city-council candidate has challenged the police to
follow through on Mayor Philip Owen's threat to shut down every
marijuana-grow operation in the city. Sid Chow Tan wrote a letter on July
26 to Vancouver police chief Terry Blythe, Owen, and city council to let
them know about a single marijuana plant in his home.

Tan's letter pointed out that in response to a question from Coun. Sam
Sullivan at the July 25 council meeting, Owen said the city would crack
down on growers of single plants.

Tan told the Straight that he hadn't been arrested by the paper's deadline.