Boston City Council to vote on Allston medical marijuana dispensary opposed by local city councilor
The Boston City Council is expected to hold a vote Wednesday on a proposed medical marijuana dispensary seeking to set up shop in Allston, according to The Boston Globe.
The neighborhood’s city councilor, Mark Ciommo, has raised concerns with Compassionate Organics, the local business group seeking to operate the dispensary. He prefers another group that was approved by the council earlier this summer —Mayflower Medicinals — that also hired one of the councilor’s friends and political consultants, the Globe reported.
Ciommo said Compassionate Organics scores low with the Department of Public Health, and, despite a letter from the company addressing his concerns, the councilor still won’t throw his support behind the venture, according to the Globe.
“Compassionate Organics’ initial application received the Department of Public Health’s lowest score among all Boston applicants,” Ciommo said in a statement to the Globe. “More disturbing, Mr. (Geoffrey) Reilinger (chief executive of Compassionate Organics) falsely listed three public safety officials as supporting his proposal. How could I ever support a business owner that makes false statements on his business application?”
Read the full Globe story here.
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