NEIGHBORS PROTEST MARIJUANA DISPENSARY

ANAHEIM Residents upset over a medical-marijuana dispensary took
their protest to the street Friday night.

Some 100 protesters with signs such as "Yes Kids, No Pot" and "Go
Away!" marched along busy Harbor Boulevard near Lincoln Avenue and in
front of the shop in the 500 block of West Chestnut Street, which
intersects Harbor. They blew noisemakers and chanted: "Kids at play,
keep the pot away!"

"Dispensaries don't want attention, and that's exactly what we are
giving them," said Wendy Walker, 55, who has lived in Anaheim for 50
years. "We also want to get the attention of our city leaders and let
them know it's not good enough to say their hands are tied."

The dispensary is in a two-story home at the end of a street zoned
for a business on the bottom floor and a residence upstairs. A family
unrelated to the dispensary lives upstairs.

When the dispensary opened in early January replacing a dog-grooming
business neighbors were outraged and took their complaints to City Hall.

But the problem for them is that Anaheim's ban on pot dispensaries is
tied up in the court system. City officials have said they are
powerless to close the dispensary while the legal issues are being decided.

Shop operators have declined comment and didn't answer the door Friday.