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Residents urge council to reject two cannabis-related resolutions, cite conflicts and youth impacts
Summary
Two residents urged the Highland Park Borough Council to vote against resolutions numbered 118 and 119 concerning cannabis retail permits, citing alleged conflicts of interest and proximity to youth-oriented businesses; the transcript does not record separate roll-call votes on those two resolutions.
Two residents used the meeting’s public-participation period to ask the Highland Park Borough Council to vote no on resolutions identified by commenters as Nos. 118 and 119, raising concerns about conflicts of interest and locations near youth-serving businesses.
Mary Boteum, who identified her address as 709 Madison Avenue, told the council: "I ask you to, kindly vote no on resolutions 118 and 119." Boteum said the location tied to Resolution 119 involved people she said were connected to former Mayor Gail Mittler, and she urged council members to decline the permit because she considered the…
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