RANGELY | Crossing Rangely’s Main Street is hazardous, according to a White River Village resident who spoke to the Rangely Board of Trustees at the March 26 meeting. The resident, who rides a scooter, said he has had a couple close calls on the highway and asked about installing caution lights or some kind of warning at the crosswalks.
Mayor Andy Shaffer said the town has been working with the Colorado Department of Transportation to…
First, in towns with less than 2000 people and multiple liquor stores, I really do not understand how cannabis is even a debate. Alcohol, which has an unarguable connection with homelessness, violence, domestic violence, unemployment, motor vehicle fatalities, and suicide; established over the centuries. About 88,000 deaths from alcohol use, vs CDC does not even have a category for cannabis related deaths.
The Rangely Chief mentions contact with the Parachute chief, yet this article does not define the accuracy or validity of the CONS? Perception versus fact. Define increased homelessness and crime and its relationship to the Cannabis industry. Aphone call between two Police Chiefs is an “opinion”. Support the position with fact. What methods are you using to determine association with cannabis industry? What other factors are involved? Other changes in industry and with the METH Epidemic how do you separate the relationship or are you still following the flawed “LUMP EM Together” methodology of the 1980’s?
If you want a discussion have one by all means, but please use facts and data. If you had that beer after work or that glass of wine with lunch? Then you need to sit down, shut up, and just ponder that for a few minutes. There really is no argument.