Re: “Langford pot shop busted after one day,” Jan. 18.
Congratulations to Langford Mayor Stew Young for doing what the mayor of Victoria was too afraid to do — shutting down the illegal sale of marijuana in his town before it gets out of hand.
Despite what many think and say, the sale of marijuana in retail outlets is not legal and the locally sold marijuana is not “medicinal” by definition of the federal legislation, which regulates the growing and sale of marijuana for medical purposes. I am fully aware that there are people who legitimately require cannabis for their medical conditions, but I’d like to know who’s “prescribing” so much marijuana for “medicinal” purposes that it takes 35 retail stores to supply it for the alleged illnesses.
Of course, Young’s actions aren’t that surprising, as Langford also doesn’t spend thousands upon thousands of taxpayers money for such frivolous and useless things as musical handrails on parkade stairways, puzzle piece crosswalks, a platoon of poet laureates that no one has ever heard of, and ridiculous proposals such as $11,000 for ping pong tables and giant chess boards for their public spaces.
What would it take for us to convince Young to run for mayor of Victoria in the next election? Langford thrives while our beautiful city becomes a laughingstock, where I’m sure the next proposal from the council chambers will be a bouncy castle city hall with wizards and unicorns that will roam the soon-to-be-renamed Centennial Square.
Rick Anthony
Victoria
