Re: 鈥淪alt Spring鈥檚 controversial pot factory,鈥� Sept. 30.
We are appalled at the ease with which these grow-ops have sprung up, not only on North End Road. Another operation, a 16,400-square-foot greenhouse on Cairns Place, is also producing this 鈥渃rop.鈥�
Would a similar-sized egg ranch or hog facility be added to the community so unchallenged?
Yet, Salt Springers 鈥� either born and bred or here by choice 鈥� are powerless, hamstrung to stop these operations.
This is not downtown Toronto 鈥� this is rural Salt Spring Island. We value our land, air and water.
These operations are scars on the land, pollute the air and consume large amounts of water (even with catchments, there is no guarantee of adequate rainfall) threatening finite aquifers and groundwater availability.
Good Bud is not an asset to Salt Spring. It is the owners鈥� cash cow.
And, by the way, not all Salt Springers use or grow marijuana in their back sheds.
Fred and Marianne Hobbs
Salt Spring Island
