CLOSE VOTE ON MARIJUANA ORDINANCE

BOARD DRAFTING LAW TO PROHIBIT DISPENSARIES

Holly Twp. -- On Tuesday, the Holly Township Board of Trustees
directed attorney Gregory Need to draft its own ordinance governing
medical marijuana inside the township.

Before agreeing to the drafting of the ordinance, the board voted 3-2
to prohibit dispensaries. Supervisor Jesse Lambert and Treasurer Mark
Freeman voted in favor of allowing dispensaries in the township. The
board passed the motion to draft an ordinance with the same 3-2 vote.

"What does it do for our community," asked Trustee Janet Leslie,
calling the facilities in which medical marijuana is sold, an
undesirable commercial situation.

"We're really beating this to death," said Lambert, who called for a
vote, after a lengthy discussion.

Resident Dawn Johnson asked the board not to let their personal
opinions affect their vote on medical marijuana dispensaries. "I would
be more comfortable to go into the store and get it," said Johnson,
who said she has medical conditions that would allow her the use of
medical marijuana. "I think it's important you not use your personal
opinion on pot (instead of) what some people in the public probably
would want," she said.

The ordinance would not be in conflict with the recently passed
medical marijuana dispensary ordinance passed by the village council.
The ordinance would bar dispensaries from the township, with the
exception of the village, and allow home use as allowed in the Medical
Marijuana Act of 2008.