| Graphic: Colorado Springs Independent |
Lost jobs and property tax revenues, more commercial real estate vacancies and foreclosures, and difficulties for patients will result if voters on November 2 approve a ban on medical marijuana-related businesses in unincorporated El Paso County, Colorado, according to speakers at an opposition kick-off campaign on Thursday.
“We’re encouraging you to vote ‘No’ if you believe in patient rights and the sanctity of the doctor-patient relationship, want to save jobs and protect the local economy, and want to keep businesses tightly regulated and out of our neighborhoods,” said Michael Elliott, campaign manager for Citizens for Safer Communities, reports Debbie Kelley at The Colorado Springs Gazette.