During the moratorium, King County needs to hear from you now more than ever
As King County examines current code and considers new legislation during this moratorium, it is important to REGULARLY communicate with them to keep your concerns at the forefront.
You can be sure that the marijuana industry is campaigning even harder to persuade the Council to disregard the voice of the rural resident.
Set reminders on your calendar to email and call the Council and keep an active dialog with them over your concerns, some of them which may be:
- Increased crime (proven impact, MAJOR concern as rural residents have less police protection than a municipality)
- Lowered property value
- Increased traffic (commercial vehicles, employees, waste management, testing labs, and ARMED security guards)
- Increased chemical use (fertilizers, pesticides, growth hormones, growth retardants, fungicides, etc.)
- Increased noise (24x7 industrial activity)
- Increased odor (MAJOR concern as Chelan County demonstrated already that it permeates anything fibrous, carpets, curtains, hair, clothes, etc.)
- Increased light pollution (grow lights 24x7)
- Increased risks to our public health and safety
- Increased risks to our water systems (all those chemicals have to get washed off the plant at harvest and go into the ground. We are all on private wells with no protections for our water)
- Increased risks to the environment
Marijuana production and processing is incompatible with the rural zone and it is up to the rural resident to bring that fact to the Council members.
Now is the time to be contacting ALL of the council, here are the addresses you can cut/paste:
reagan.dunn@kingcounty.gov
rod.dembowski@kingcounty.gov
larry.gossett@kingcounty.gov
kathy.lambert@kingcounty.gov
jeanne.kohl-welles@kingcounty.gov
dave.upthegrove@kingcounty.gov
claudia.balducci@kingcounty.gov
pete.vonreichbauer@kingcounty.gov
joe.mcdermott@kingcounty.gov
