COUNTY SHOULD OUTLAW OUTDOOR GROWING

As a Butte county resident, are you fed up with marijuana growing in
your neighborhood? So too are many of our fellow residents. These
grows are filling our hills with major commercial operations.
Residential areas are being inundated with marijuana. These grows
produce offensive odors, endanger children and cause families to worry
for their safety. The hills are being environmentally damaged, guards
armed with automatic weapons are prevalent and neighbors threatened.

In spite of California law, marijuana cultivation, use, possession,
sale and transport is prohibited by federal law. As a nation of laws
what signal do we send to our young people? Can we pick and choose
which laws to obey? Are pot growers rights more important than anyone
else's? I say no. But what can be done?

There is a solution. Like Biggs, Fresno County, Rocklin and South Lake
Tahoe, the Board of Supervisors can simply prohibit outdoor marijuana
grows. This will be in the best interest, safety and quiet enjoyment
of home that all county residents deserve. Indoor grows and
collectives could still be available for those truly in need of
medical marijuana.

Please contact each of your supervisors to make your concerns and
opinions known. Most importantly, please also attend the next
supervisors meeting to voice your opinion. Meeting date is Tuesday,
May 24, at 10:30 a.m. at the Butte County Fairgrounds in Gridley. We
can and must protect our neighborhoods.

Larry Wahl

Chico