HomeMy WebLinkAbout33 June27, 2017 Z, J
Mr. Steven K. Causseaux
Jefferson County Hearing Examiner
902 S. 10th Street
Tacoma, WA 98405
Dear Mr. Causseaux,
Re: JEFFCO Case#ZON17-00003
Bldg Permit#BLD 17-000093
Unlike other counties in Washington State, Jefferson County Commissioners did not make sure
that marijuana production or processing facilities were required to be in industrial areas, and
NOT residential areas. I went to all the public meetings held in Port Townsend in 2015, listened
to the pleas of residents and the presentations of producers, and realized that the commissioners
were more interested in dealing with the "start up" industry than in the needs and wants of their
constituents. It was a great disappointment.
Most of us live here because it is beautiful, peaceful -removed from the frenzy and complexity
of urban life. If we are retired, it is reasonable, quiet. If we are still working, we accommodate
distance and time to allow ourselves the luxury of beauty and seclusion. If we have children,
there is room to explore, grow, and learn. And if we are young and unemployed we can stretch
to find ways to earn enough dollars to go to school right here and stay or go, depending on
wishes and opportunities. None of it is easy, but it is worth it, if we want to stay.
But now we are faced with having to accommodate an industry, like the old fashioned alcohol
industry, which alters brains and lives by addiction, and can contaminate the ground we live on
and grow on and consume water and food from- through no choice of our own. Our precious
homes and gardens and neighborhoods are threatened by the intrusion of mind altering drugs that
benefit no one but the producer/grower- certainly not the consumer. Oh,but you say,many
people benefit from medical marijuana.... Fine,when it is produced in a limited, controlled
fashion and distributed by doctors to people who are already damaged and can be soothed by the
effects of marijuana. But to have it produced in proximity to young people, school aged
children, and families where its' effect can permanently damage a normal brain,that is not
acceptable.
For seventeen years I was on the board of directors of Genesis House, a residential drug and
alcohol treatment center in Seattle, and I know that marijuana is not harmless. To those with an
addictive tendency it can lead to stronger drugs and derail a life permanently, to others give them
a"high"that is hardly productive. To be called a"pothead"has never been a compliment.
The impact of your decision today will affect not only individuals, but the future development of
Marrowstone. I beg you to consider allowing this permit to be permanently cancelled.
Sincerely,
Heather Tillman
1291 E. Marrowstone Rd.
Nordland, Wa. 98358
Cc: Patrick Hopper, DCD
June27, 2017 Z, J
Mr. Steven K. Causseaux
Jefferson County Hearing Examiner
902 S. 10th Street
Tacoma, WA 98405
Dear Mr. Causseaux,
Re: JEFFCO Case#ZON17-00003
Bldg Permit#BLD 17-000093
Unlike other counties in Washington State, Jefferson County Commissioners did not make sure
that marijuana production or processing facilities were required to be in industrial areas, and
NOT residential areas. I went to all the public meetings held in Port Townsend in 2015, listened
to the pleas of residents and the presentations of producers, and realized that the commissioners
were more interested in dealing with the "start up" industry than in the needs and wants of their
constituents. It was a great disappointment.
Most of us live here because it is beautiful, peaceful -removed from the frenzy and complexity
of urban life. If we are retired, it is reasonable, quiet. If we are still working, we accommodate
distance and time to allow ourselves the luxury of beauty and seclusion. If we have children,
there is room to explore, grow, and learn. And if we are young and unemployed we can stretch
to find ways to earn enough dollars to go to school right here and stay or go, depending on
wishes and opportunities. None of it is easy, but it is worth it, if we want to stay.
But now we are faced with having to accommodate an industry, like the old fashioned alcohol
industry, which alters brains and lives by addiction, and can contaminate the ground we live on
and grow on and consume water and food from- through no choice of our own. Our precious
homes and gardens and neighborhoods are threatened by the intrusion of mind altering drugs that
benefit no one but the producer/grower- certainly not the consumer. Oh,but you say,many
people benefit from medical marijuana.... Fine,when it is produced in a limited, controlled
fashion and distributed by doctors to people who are already damaged and can be soothed by the
effects of marijuana. But to have it produced in proximity to young people, school aged
children, and families where its' effect can permanently damage a normal brain,that is not
acceptable.
For seventeen years I was on the board of directors of Genesis House, a residential drug and
alcohol treatment center in Seattle, and I know that marijuana is not harmless. To those with an
addictive tendency it can lead to stronger drugs and derail a life permanently, to others give them
a"high"that is hardly productive. To be called a"pothead"has never been a compliment.
The impact of your decision today will affect not only individuals, but the future development of
Marrowstone. I beg you to consider allowing this permit to be permanently cancelled.
Sincerely,
Heather Tillman
1291 E. Marrowstone Rd.
Nordland, Wa. 98358
Cc: Patrick Hopper, DCD