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Albany council talks pot, again

Written January 7th, 2014 by Hasso Hering

Marijuana was on the minds of the Albany City Council again Monday. I’m speaking figuratively, of course. The mayor and five councilors (Bill Coburn was away) were nothing if not sober at Monday’s work session, where they spent nearly an hour hashing over what the city government might do come March, when the state expects […]


Albany dives into marijuana debate

Written October 23rd, 2013 by Hasso Hering

As if it didn’t have enough to do, the Albany City Council has voted to enter the debate about marijuana. On Wednesday night, with nothing much on the official agenda, Councilwoman Bessie Johnson spoke up and said she didn’t want medical marijuana dispensaries in Albany. She made a motion to instruct the city staff to […]


 
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