NEIGHBORHOODS LA - Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council President Michael Larsen and Vice President Michael Nogueira were featured Tuesday on the NBC4 channel 5 p.m. news hour as they discussed a hot-button issue likely to dominate elections to the ERNC scheduled on Oct. 13:
Should people who don’t live in Eagle Rock but who patronize the neighborhood’s medical marijuana dispensaries be allowed to vote in the elections, which have attracted a record number of candidates?
“The battle over medical marijuana has become extremely local here in Eagle Rock,” NBC4 reporter Ted Chen said in the introduction to his two-minute video report, which can be viewed by clicking here. The conflict centers on an institution “people used to largely ignore—the Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council,” he added.
Marijuana activists led partly by Eagle Rock resident Nelson Grande II, one of five candidates for ERNC president in the upcoming elections, are encouraging patients and customers who patronize local pot shops to exercise their franchise on Oct. 13, Chen noted. (The rest of Ajay Singh’s report … including the debate over whether pot shop customers are stakeholders … here)
-cw
CityWatch
Vol 10 Issue 76
Pub: Sept 21, 2012