14-Year-Old Fortuna Girl Tells County Supervisors She’s Tired of Smelling Pot in Her Home

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This letter from a 14-year-old Fortuna girl was originally sent to the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors, but her family has requested that we reprint it here. Their family’s property is in the city of Fortuna. The cannabis grow is just outside of the city limits.

To Whom It May Concern,

My name is Jenna Lewis and I currently live…in Fortuna, CA. I am a freshmen at Fortuna high school and I currently play volleyball.

Lately, a pot smell has been surrounding my house. I know that the city of Fortuna and the county of Humboldt know there is a pot garden right across from the residential area I live in, but I don’t think they realize how much it actually affects me, my family, and the families around us. The smell is VERY strong.

My brother and I like to open up our windows, which helps us sleep. Well, now when we open our windows, we get a strong smell of pot into our rooms, which gives us headaches and then we’re not able to sleep as well. My family and I are also very active. We have a basketball hoop outside and a ping pong table in the garage. We also like to play catch with a football, play wiffle ball, and even set up a volleyball net in the backyard and play volleyball. There is also a fire pit in our side yard and we love to roast s’mores in it. However, lately we haven’t been able to go out and do those things because of how bad the smell of the pot has been.

We also really like to have people over, including the Fortuna high football team for their weekly Thursday night dinners. For those dinners the team eats outside because there is not enough room in our house. While they’re outside eating, it is VERY embarrassing to have the smell of pot roaming around as if it was my family with a pot garden.

I realize that the pot industry is very big right now and someone is getting A LOT of money for the garden across from us, but life isn’t all about money. Besides, wouldn’t you rather have a nice, friendly family that does a lot to support the community live here than some pot growers who will just cause more problems?

Aside from my personal views on pot, this is a problem I would like fixed because of the way it is affecting my life and the air that I breathe everyday.

Thank you for your time and for considering my family when you make decisions.

Sincerely,

Jenna Lewis

14 years old

Fortuna, CA

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George Straw
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George Straw
6 years ago

Welcome to the new world of drugs.

Money rules and the financial backers of the supervisors want Humboldt to become a drug mecca, then drug mecca it shall be. This isn’t about red or blue parties, this is about green money and they are selling all of us out for it.

Anon
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Anon
6 years ago
Reply to  George Straw

One of the supervisors sons was greenlighted for a major grow op.

GroBroHater
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GroBroHater
6 years ago
Reply to  Anon

Said son and partner have had to pay $70,000 in fines for blowing it up before getting their permit. Is that why said supervisor suggested that fines paid be counted towards the general fee for application? Sounds pretty fishy to me!

Andrew
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Andrew
6 years ago
Reply to  GroBroHater

70,00$ fine, when they make millions. What a joke. So corrupt.

fuckwalterwhite.com
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fuckwalterwhite.com
6 years ago
Reply to  GroBroHater

Would love to read an investigative article on that.

Ezra
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Ezra
6 years ago
Reply to  Anon

No Bohn about it

Victor G. Flashman
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Victor G. Flashman
6 years ago
Reply to  George Straw

I’m kinda inclined to say that Northern California, it smells like pot. And not in a good way!

The stink of weed is just a fact of life, and this is the saddest possible statement. When children are suffering from the stench, the wages of drug madness become the ultimate nightmare.

I have stated previously that the act of creating a child in Humboldt is ipso facto an act of abuse.

I think that it is 50 years late to legalize pot, but I never could have imagined how devastated Northern CA has become by the drug trade.

The degradation will continue until pot is a pedestrian commodity, grown only out on farmland and away from the tenderest citizens… The odors though, are not going to go away.

Troy Johnson
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Troy Johnson
6 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

I feel bad for this family. I also live in a drug riddin community. But mine is meth and tweekers. I say NO dope in resident areas. No grows in neighborhoods. Just my opinion…..

KL
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KL
6 years ago
Reply to  Troy Johnson

I agree that grows should not be allowed in residential areas. NO GROWS in Our Neighborhoods. I also like to be outside and enjoy fresh air, but all I smell is pot too. There is plenty of land away from all the neighborhoods, and if it is going to be legal or allowed to be grown, it should not be allowed near or in our neighborhoods.

iamnoonespecial
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iamnoonespecial
6 years ago
Reply to  KL

What if your neighbors were chain smokers who smoked 2 packs of cigs per day. And said smoke whafted over into your property offending your sensibility ? What if a certain ethic group moved next door that burned incense day and night as a part of their religious practice and said smell whafted over to your property again offending your sensibility ? I can go with Other smells that easily can be transmitted by the wind offending those who do not prefer that smell. I doubt very seriously that a true organic cannabis plant resin smell could cause these sorts of physical issues this teenager states. However I don’t know maybe they can. However when one lives clustered together like cattle in a feed lot in a neighborhood invariably their will at least be one thing person smell etc that offends someone. And that someone and their overzealousness has rubbed off onto their children creating a society where the significance of Me First over rides the Masses. Why can’t we just all get along together celebrating our own each others uniqueness ? I surely ramble on but imagine that your life could be quite worse than offensive smells.

robert jackson
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robert jackson
6 years ago

I love your created world of “What ifs”. Anybody can use a straw man.

C
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C
6 years ago

I can say the smell of pot when in a grow causes me to get a headache. It’s not pleasant. Also the smell of a grow doesn’t even have to be close it can be a couple miles away & the over whelming stench from it still can cause me to get a headache. So don’t doubt that it causes this child to get a headache.

Karen
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Karen
6 years ago

Victor, you cross some lines there buddy. I have had two children in Humboldt county and my grandson was born a few days ago. I do not abuse my family. Maybe if you or a loved one is ever very sick or critically injured you will be glad that I, and those like me, don’t agree with you. What you say is insulting and you should consider who you are insulting when you chose your words. I should think you wouldn’t want anyone to really take you seriously when you talk like that. It would be a dreary situation if productive members of this area listened to you and agreed. All I can surmise is that you don’t want to be taken seriously at all. Maybe you just want to vent hot air and rattle off words that sound potent but hold no water. You end up negating all your points as over the top hog wash. If it is your choice to dilute all you say as meaningless, then by all means, carry on.

Mary
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Mary
6 years ago
Reply to  George Straw

Why can’t they plant of array of fragrant flowers and herbs that aren’t marijuana…? To absorb the marijuana smell? I’m sure if there’s some research done they could figure something out. There is plants that they plant around homes to deter insects and rodents. I bet if they did some research they could figure out how to surround they’re pot growing industry area with other types of plants to absorb the stench.. anyway just an idea or thought

Christian
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Christian
6 years ago
Reply to  Mary

Wouldn’t that be the job of the grower to mitigate the smell. Why would it be the family’s burden ?

Andrew
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Andrew
6 years ago
Reply to  Mary

Maybe an 8 foot tall by 3 ft hedge surrounding their property might help a little!

Wouldn’t cost much, take a while to grow though.

R-DOG
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R-DOG
6 years ago
Reply to  George Straw

Pay her off

Doug Pederson AKA SpectateSwamp
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Reply to  R-DOG

Or jail them
When everybody starts growing it will be just a couple plants. No need for dozens and dozens

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nHTYT3hoFQ

grow male plants
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grow male plants
6 years ago
Reply to  George Straw

jenna, your family should do what i am doing to rid my mountain of the earthraping bitches that cut a big whole in the beautiful forest here right up against my property line. GROW MALE PLANTS near them. no smell to bother you and theres no way for their weed to not get ruined esp if they dont know its happening. theres nothing they can do about it. you dont need a permit for a small “medical” grow just get them going early w an early maturing variety so you can ruin their early light dep too. figure out a good location w wind currents that flow their way. you will prob only have to do it for 1 season. that or open a “youth day camp” if theyre within 1000 ft. i dont think you need much licensing or permits for a day camp. but i would go with pollination. when they have a huge crop failure they will sell/move.

Dick head
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Dick head
6 years ago
Reply to  George Straw

What you should do is grow a bunch of male plants or spray pollen on a windy day and seed there crop they will stop

Jaekelopterus
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Jaekelopterus
6 years ago

Dear County,

My neigbors smoke cigarettes on thier porch. Please send police to ruin their lives until they stop.

M T
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M T
6 years ago
Reply to  Jaekelopterus

Stupid is as Stupid Does………~*

Mike
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Mike
6 years ago
Reply to  M T

I feel sorry for the kid, but that’s life. When I was her age, I didn’t like having to eat dinner on the couch because there were disassembled transmissions and carburetors on the dinner table all the time. The smell of carb cleaner gave me a headaches. But ya gotta pay the bills some how. I didn’t like living in old Town eureka being forced to inhale roasting coffee bean smoke, also giving me headaches. The pulp mill stunk, low tide stinks, and yes outdoor weed stinks for 2 months out of the year too. My friend said he just got back from Tijuana and it stinks there too.

Mike
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Mike
6 years ago
Reply to  Mike

Life is like a shit sandwich. The more bread ya have, the less shit you will taste.

Liberal hypocrisy
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Liberal hypocrisy
6 years ago
Reply to  Mike

Hahaha spot on my friend, life’s a bitch then you die. I am so tired of the whining

Cass
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Cass
6 years ago

You people make me sick!

Liberal hypocrisy
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Liberal hypocrisy
6 years ago
Reply to  Cass

And they thought it was a good idea to submit this letter to the editor for public viewing on this site, that shows you the intelligence of the parents…

Jaekelopterus
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Jaekelopterus
6 years ago

Those darn liberals, always whining about marijuana legalization.

Stormy
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Stormy
6 years ago
Reply to  Mike

Yeah …. Slightly different. Car parts aren’t drugs. Pulp mills don’t interest the cartels. Roasting coffee beans doesn’t bring attendant crime. Etc. Etc. Weed = crime (until the prices bottom out completely – which I hope ruins all the carpet baggers).

We should sympathize with this teenager and not pretend to “teach her a lesson” with our own worn-out life experiences (see comments above and below). She is just starting out in life, unfortunately in a community that values money and materialism and self-stimulation over logic, love and the law.

The supervisors don’t care. They have cush jobs and health insurance and retirement while the rest of us have to deal with the crime on the streets brought by dope.

Jaekelopterus
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Jaekelopterus
6 years ago
Reply to  Stormy

If you don’t think carb cleaner is a drug, try enhaling it and see if you feel any different.

Dan Fuller
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Dan Fuller
6 years ago
Reply to  Jaekelopterus

*inhaling ;-\

Life time local
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Life time local
6 years ago
Reply to  Jaekelopterus

Yes please this is a joke! Sprays on legal ag fields of letuce are worse than the smell of growing pot. People are brainwashed! This little girl needs to stop listening the the brainwashing. It isn’t the smell of pot that is giving u headaches look for another cause! Maybe sprays… marajuana is now legal in California people need to start teaching their children this. You will shortly b able to buy it for recreational use in eureka ca .

Liz
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Liz
6 years ago

I’ve been smoking weed since the 60’s and the smell of green pot gives me headaches.

Gbigio
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Gbigio
6 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

Pot smells like skunk to me. Spent a night at the Hampton in Ukiah recently, and that “lovely” skunk smell was emanating into a large part of the hallway. Next day, driving in the Comptche area, there was that “lovely” smell of skunk again, but it wasn’t real skunk, it was just a big grow.

I’m with the bright 14 year old.

MK
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MK
6 years ago
Reply to  Gbigio

I’m with you, we have a couple poorly filtered indoor grows in my neighborhood as well. Half the time I can’t tell if I’m smelling a skunk spraying near our house or the wind blowing the rank weed smell my way. Me personally, have never thought the smell of a plant that mimics the defensive odor of a certain black and white animal pleasant. Doesn’t give me a headache, but neither does smelling someone’s farts, but that doesn’t mean I enjoy smelling it.

Desirae
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Desirae
6 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

I feel it smells delightful

Jaekelopterus
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Jaekelopterus
6 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

Grow GSC. The smell is totally floral and unskunk-like.

Shel
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Shel
6 years ago

Not everyone in humboldt is a stoner, nor enjoys pot. Yes, there is a population that the smell actually gives them terrific headaches and nausea . Maybe if more people were not egocentric and actually thought about their impacts on other people lives, more people would be apt to get along and work together to the benefit of all, not just a few.

Bonnie
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Bonnie
6 years ago

The smell of pot growing gives me terrible headaches and nausea! I am NOT an impressionable “brainwashed” young girl – I am an adult who lives in a county where you can’t go anywhere without smelling it. September and October are almost unbearable.

Kevin
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Kevin
6 years ago
Reply to  Jaekelopterus

Dear county , my family lives across the street from cow fields. It’s smells really bad. It gives me headaches. I can’t sleep with the windows open because it makes our house smell like crap. It’s really embarrassing having people over because everything smells like crap. I know that people make money from the cows, but everything isn’t about money. sincerely – dumb teenage girl from fortuna

C
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C
6 years ago
Reply to  Kevin

This is what I was thinking along with the smells of sewer treatment plants and coffee roasters in Etc

Lonny whitlow
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Lonny whitlow
6 years ago
Reply to  Kevin

Best comment ever!!!!!!!!

Koastdog
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Koastdog
6 years ago
Reply to  Lonny whitlow

Seriously…

triniboldticino
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triniboldticino
6 years ago
Reply to  Kevin

And the flies . . .

But I can see it could get not just a little obnoxious after awhile. I can understand what the kid is saying, and wouldn’t want my grandaughter to have to put up with that.

Richard
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Richard
6 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

What did you think was going to happen when you posted an article like this

Sally Ride
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Sally Ride
6 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

I strongly disagree with this letter. My first thought is, she’s calling marijuana “pot” if you want us to take this serious, use its given name. Secondly, she seems uneducated in the fact that the crop will be making her county and state a lot of money to come, seeing how the letter is written she seems uneducated on marijuana in general. It’s 2 months out of the year, she has 10 months to do all that she stated. Third, they are legally permitted in the county, though it may be along the city limits, it’s still in the county, its unfortunate that their house is so close, but how much revenue her family brings to the city and county is pocket change canpared to the grower.The farm is going to win here as long as they are following the laws and regs. People do need to start coming to terms with the Green Culture. Personally I enjoy the smell, around here it means it’s truly harvest season. Grapes, pears, apples, and marijuana.

Truthy
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6 years ago
Reply to  Sally Ride

We can’t take her seriously because she calls it pot?!? What a ridiculous comment. Go back to your pot pharm. your medicine probably needs some fungicide.

Just replace "pot" with "pigs" in the letter
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Just replace "pot" with "pigs" in the letter
6 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

The comment should have used the word “ignorant” instead of “dumb”. After all, she is currently learning what it means to live “near the edge of town” next to “agriculture” lands. I gonna admit, it’s a shocker to those who aren’t used to it, or didn’t know they were so close to such places, and every year there is always someone writing in letters just like this one about the odours of farm life blowing over their houses overlooking said farms.

Timothy Meade
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Timothy Meade
6 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

Spot on Kym !!!!!!!

Sharon S.
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Sharon S.
6 years ago
Reply to  Kevin

The difference…the cow fields were there long before you moved in. You were aware of them before you purchased your home. Rather like the person that moves next to an airport and then snivels about the planes. She didn’t move into a grow…the grow moved in on her. And I can remember driving down to Kings County when I was a kid and the fertilizers they put on the tomatoes and other fields would sting your eyes and burn your throat. The smell of growing weed sends a friend of mine into an allergic fit. To the point that she can’t breathe and has to use an epi-pen. So…she’s moving. Lived here her whole life and has to move. There is good and bad in all things. Lets not let the bad overload the good.

Christian
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Christian
6 years ago
Reply to  Jaekelopterus

It’s already a law that you can’t smoke when others are affected. Since 1984 it’s been illegal to smoke in a work place. It’s also illegal to smoke cigarettes on public beaches in SoCal

Jaekelopterus
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Jaekelopterus
6 years ago
Reply to  Christian

Smoking cigarettes inside of an office building and growing tobacco on your agriculturally-zoned farm are not the same thing.

Bozo
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Bozo
6 years ago

Good thing she doesn’t live next to a dairy.

VHDA
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VHDA
6 years ago
Reply to  Bozo

Exactly!

M T
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M T
6 years ago
Reply to  Bozo

Would rather smell Dairy droppings than Green Pot in my Yard!!!

Life time local
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Life time local
6 years ago
Reply to  M T

I wouldn’t and the rivers run brown with shit next to dairy farms in winter the same cannot be said of most pot grows. The impact is different…

M T
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M T
6 years ago

Really? Pesticides and the likes? Not to mention the need for security as the stupidheads who want to get in on the grow and help themselves? They might be in Jenna’s backyard some night when they are out enjoying their yard. Nope…get them out of the neighborhoods and back out in the country away from the city.

Forrest gilliam
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Forrest gilliam
6 years ago
Reply to  M T

They are outside city limits it’s their right to grow there if they want and probably have paid alot for the permits and if not the sheriff would have appeared have now and shut it down looks like a clean place to me and not all growers are criminals

Common Sense
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Common Sense
6 years ago

Yup, the impact certainly is different. Some sections of local rivers don’t even ‘run’- thanks (in part) to pot grows. Sections of the Eel “disappearing”, anyone? Those that do run are largely low, warm and filled with blue-green algae- again, thanks to local grows.

The impact has been well documented, but as a primer: an unsustainable number of people operate marijuana grows, many of whom siphon water from *our* rivers (or feeder streams). These same people are often most concerned with the size of their bud
**as an aside** (it’s possible that they feel the need to overcompensate for some other aspect of… well, we can leave that for their psychotherapist… if they ever stop masking sympoms with chemically induced euphoria, sell the oversized truck and dump this year’s grow hoe…).
Anyway… the ‘size matters’ philosophy often encourages growers to over water and over fertilize (not to mention those who use rat poison or pestisides). The excess water flushes a significant amount of this extra fertilizer back into our local water supply. The introduction of such high levels of plant nutrient, coupled with higher water temps from the already low water volume, creates the perfect environment for blue-green algae. voila! local swimming spots that can be deadly to dogs and can make people sick.
I could also talk about local communities who can’t even count on having enough water to flush their toilets during growing season?

We need to tell these people that Nor Cal is a terrible place to grow herb. Our area has a lot of “knowledge” when it comes to cannabis production/genetic modification/extraction, because this was considered a good place to hide grows. Since that’s no longer necessary, I think it’s high time we encourage these people to take their show on the road. They can take their problems down to the central valley- or anywhere else that has the infrastructure, land and labor to deal with them.
We need to tax the crap out of this drug so that we can repair the damage that these criminals (yes, people growing before legalization, or any medical growers who don’t adhere to the regs. are criminals) have caused. We also need that money to provide drug treatment and mental health services, both of which are already inadequate. We need to invest NOW to make sure that we have enough treatment capacity for people who want help quitting or who experience mental health issues (most seriously schizophrenia) as a direct result of using cannabis. We also need to up our law enforcement game. We need LEO’s who are highly qualified and highly trained. Specifically, we need to ensure public safety and eliminate drug related robberies/theft/home-invasions while also engaging in more verbal/non- (or less) lethal deescalation of situations where LEO’s interact with mentally unstable/psychotic individuals.

Somehow I don’t think that the laughably small sq.ft. tax on grow operations will provide money to benefit anyone, let alone the priorities that I’ve mentioned. It’s sad to see how far this beautiful area has fallen in the last decade and even more so to think of the bleak future that this drug haven has in store.

Jaekelopterus
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Jaekelopterus
6 years ago
Reply to  Common Sense

In terms of environmental damage, we’re in better hands with the weed industry than we were with PALCO.

Common sense
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Common sense
6 years ago
Reply to  Jaekelopterus

In terms of environmental damage we’re in better hands with neither.
Is less environmental damage than PALCO really a standard we’re comforable with? There’s a huge gap between great (or even good) environmental stewardship and PALCO, so saying it’s better than, isn’t saying much…

Paul Bun-Yawn
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Paul Bun-Yawn
6 years ago
Reply to  Jaekelopterus

Are the grow-dozers replanting the trees and repairing creeks and streams now too?

Nope.

Next lie please…

Vickie Fowler
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Vickie Fowler
6 years ago
Reply to  Common Sense

here here, or is it hear here or hear hear!

Steve
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Steve
6 years ago
Reply to  Common Sense

Best comment I have ever read! Thank you! Glad to know that there are still logical humans roaming around. Big thumbs up!

707avage
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707avage
6 years ago
Reply to  M T

pot dont bring thousands of flies to your house like living next to a field does

Sleepy Alligator
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Sleepy Alligator
6 years ago
Reply to  Bozo

Or a chicken farm.

Janice Heitman
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Janice Heitman
6 years ago
Reply to  Bozo

This is BS. A girl from Fortuna wanting to live a normal life . Her family does live a normal life. All these comments about “suck it up” “welcome to the real world”.
Growing is a fact. Yet why you all ditch her, make fun of her. She is brave to post how she feels…
She’s 14. Give it a rest. “It’s natural to smell weed “”””
IDK you all posting negative and hateful thoughts of this young lady is unjustified.
Respect the feelings of this young pre-teen.
DAMN
PS: IF HER FAMILY LIVED NEXT TO A DAIRY FARM. DAAH DAAH NORMAL SMELL. She just wants to have friends over.
BACK OFF

Hire
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Hire
6 years ago
Reply to  Janice Heitman

Thank you!!

Another view.
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Another view.
6 years ago
Reply to  Bozo

Petaluma and alot of other dairy lands were open areas before businesses and homes engulfed the areas around them. The home owners and businesses complained about the odors and pollution from the dairys had to fix the problems at a hugh cost to dairy owners so your choice of comparison is not a good one. Seems our economy friendly, medical pot growers show no compassion for another’s health concerns. Some people are allergic to pot, not everyone feels like having to be shut in their homes to avoid the smell, even if it is “only” 2 months. So if you don’t grow dope you have no right to complain about the quality of your life because it doesn’t pay your bills. You people really are self serving entitled growers.

Bryan
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Bryan
6 years ago
Reply to  Another view.

I live in Sonoma County. They haven’t fixed the dairy smell problems. Once a year, for a few week period, the dairy operators empty their manure lagoons by spraying it on to their pastures. The smell is putrid, and at times I can’t go outside, and I live right in Santa Rosa. Having said that, I’m glad the dairies have prevented the entire Santa Rosa plain from being planted in vines, Without the dairies we wouldn’t have the wide open green spaces, so there’s a tradeoff.

I lived in Eureka when the pulp mills stunk 24/7. I wonder if people complained about the smell when the pulp mills went into operation.

I think decision makers are always going to allow for some nuisance smells if they are associated with industries that drive the local economies.

I give this young lady credit though. She very articulately stated her concerns to the decision makers that are responsible for land use decisions that affect her. What’s wrong with that? The County SHOULD be considering these issues as they make land use decisions.

hmm
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hmm
6 years ago

I hate smelling the brewery.

Shaka
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Shaka
6 years ago
Reply to  hmm

Life’s probably going to get worse since you ratted out your neighbors….

M T
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M T
6 years ago
Reply to  Shaka

well Shaka… I don’t think she ratted them out..it was OBVIOUS indeed!!

Common sense
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Common sense
6 years ago
Reply to  hmm

Thankfully there aren’t thousands of breweries scattered throughout Humboldt. You’re fortunate- you can live, work & recreate just about anywhere without being annoyed by the smell! If only that were the case for people who love this area but who are bothered (or harmed) by the smell of cannabis.

Pamela Brown
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Pamela Brown
6 years ago

A young person willing to speak up. Thank You! I live in Willow Creek with a 16 year old in the house. She says the exact same thing on a daily basis. Shame on Humboldt County for not considering how this affects our children.

Stugotz
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Stugotz
6 years ago
Reply to  Pamela Brown

Well, just think, in a couple of years she can move to Iowa, unless she hates the smell of corn. Idaho smells like potatoes. You can go thete when you are 18… but please dont whine about back to landers when its legal weed you smell and not some guy in a yurt 70 miles away trying to feed his kids in a market flooded with monsanto-legal dope –(thats what you smell!) … I think it smells like freedom…

NeeSee
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NeeSee
6 years ago
Reply to  Stugotz

Who cares if it’s legal…dumb statement!

Common sense
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Common sense
6 years ago
Reply to  Stugotz

That ‘freedom’ you’re smelling just might be an example of cannabis-induced olfactory sensory distortion.

A majority of people here don’t consume pot, and what we notice (with uncompromised sensory perception) is that it looks, smells and sounds like a giant exploitation of our regions resources. Yes, I know, it’s hard to fathom that people might come to nor cal with plans to clear-cut, strip mine, or grade, siphon and grow their way to untold personal wealth. Yup, sure is hard to imagine.

judi
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judi
6 years ago
Reply to  Stugotz

nope, not iowa. not southern wi, southern mn…
drive through iowa and you will see small to huge wild hemp patches growing in fields and along fence lines, and along railroad tracks. i’ve see 10+ ft plants grow wild in a little city park inside cedar rapids.
beautiful healthy plants that my mouth water…ah, if only…

they’re a throwback from the days a farmer was fined of they did not plant a % of their acreage in hemp. federally mandated grows. hemp was king before cotton.

Kevin
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Kevin
6 years ago
Reply to  Pamela Brown

Think of the children!

Common Sense
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Common Sense
6 years ago
Reply to  Kevin

I wish more people would seriously think of the children. I know that many people use, or have used, pot and haven’t had any problems. I’m a realist, and I know that not every child exposed to the production, distribution or use of the drug will go dope mania, but I also know that lives have been destroyed by cannabis. I have seen it happen. I know that it can hurt people- mentally, physically, financially and/or relationally (not to mention one of my biggest fear- the increase of drugged driving). Just because people claim that other things bother them more (cow crap, coffee beans, patchouli, etc), doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t address the bothersome odors of marijuana (including the release of any other environmental irritants). Now is the time to establish regs. that will work for our community. Now is the time to make sure that we have a strong tax and enforcement plan in place so that these canna-businesses don’t continue the legacy of gold and timber-rushes.

Lover
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Lover
6 years ago
Reply to  Pamela Brown

reading all of these little comments more than half of you people sounds so uneducated and have no idea what you are saying. Marijuana can be a great thing and for people to say it is so bad you obviously don’t know what you are talking about. Probably about 95% of he people who are on here hating on weed have never smoked it. [edit]

fuckwalterwhite.com
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fuckwalterwhite.com
6 years ago
Reply to  Lover

Foolish assumption!

And your “little comment” does not sound educated.

Common sense
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Common sense
6 years ago
Reply to  Lover

I can’t speak for anyone else, but I, for one, know exactly what I’m taking about. I spent years as a heavy user. I don’t claim that it is extrramly harmful for everyone- though consumption in any form does have some consequences- but I can’t deny that it has ruined lives. I have seen many people experience serious problems, specifically as a result of their pot use.

I also know that cannabis can trigger, cause and prolong mental health problems. Most worrying is that cannabis use is linked with schizophrenia activation (in those who have a genetic predisposition). Sadly, this risk is amplified in this who are in their late teen/ early 20s and those who experience significant life challenges (e.g. new college students who overindulge in the Humboldt State of life and run into problems with grades, money, work etc). Consider that these young adults may be living away from family who might be more aware & likely to notice/ intervene. Also consider the serious lack of mental health and substance abuse treatment options available. Recipe for pain and suffering. Why? So a few people can get rich off of the Humboldt (area) “brand”?
Why are we letting these people exploit our resources anyway? Haven’t we learned anything from the gold and timber rushes??

Born and raised
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6 years ago
Reply to  Common sense

I agree! I’ve seen this happen in 2 of my family members!

V
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V
6 years ago
Reply to  Lover

“Can be” yeah let everyone grow fucking pot. That way the marijuana industry will crash and those who rely on making money off of it will end up suffering since they didn’t start soon enough in the business. I personally HATE the smell of marijuana and people as young as 14 year old miss Jenna shouldn’t have to deal with the constant smell of that. I know when I was growing up I never had to breathe in that awful smell. it’s very upsetting to me that kids have to “deal with it” and are becoming more aware of a substance that could have a negative affect on them.

Sharpen your pencil
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Sharpen your pencil
6 years ago

Wow parents, way to let your kids fight your battles….. PATHETIC!

M T
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M T
6 years ago

No, not really… 14 year old are very smart and speak for themselves these days. And not the “Pathetic” ones who need a 215 for headaches and menstrual cramps. Get Real People!!

Humboldt Lady
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Humboldt Lady
6 years ago
Reply to  M T

Smoking a little pot for headaches and cramps is a whole lot less damaging to the system then the pharmaceuticals! Having a 215 does not make someone pathetic! Educate yourself!

M T
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M T
6 years ago
Reply to  Humboldt Lady

Really? I know of several young people who brag about their 215 when actually they only initially got it because a parent wanted to be able to grow more… Now what has their parent taught them indeed? Again, Stupid is as Stupid does. And there are other herbals out there for cramps other then MJ…. do your homework and use your “Words”

Sharpen your pencil
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Sharpen your pencil
6 years ago
Reply to  M T

Key words there smarty “I know several young people…” You are not talking about adults, I AM!

Kevin
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Kevin
6 years ago
Reply to  M T

I know several young people that lie. See how that works?

Truthy
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6 years ago
Reply to  Humboldt Lady

Do you mean the pharmaceuticals at CaliPharms? 😄

fuckwalterwhite.com
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fuckwalterwhite.com
6 years ago
Reply to  Humboldt Lady

Humboldt Lady-
This is not about “Smoking a little pot for headaches..”

Or the hills wouldn’t be full of missing people and dried creeks. And 14 year olds wouldn’t feel the need to contact corrupt officials.

Perspective
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Perspective
6 years ago
Reply to  M T

You are absolutely right! It is pathetic an adult would need to have a 215 to self medicate using a plant. You hit the nail on the head.

Kevin
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Kevin
6 years ago
Reply to  M T

Those god damn free loading cancer patients! How dare they!

Another view.
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Another view.
6 years ago
Reply to  Kevin

With the amount of dope being grown just in humboldt, I would say this is one sick world. The big 215 lie was to try to legalize marijuana and turned into a big joke. Those same people are now complaining because they are now going to have to pay taxes on money made from that dope since it is now becoming legal…talk about “whiners”.

Life time local
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Life time local
6 years ago

Agree

Boudreaux
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Boudreaux
6 years ago

Quit sharpening your pencil and go read the 1st Amendment, is there anywhere it says you have to be of a certain age to express your views.

Sharpen your pencil
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Sharpen your pencil
6 years ago
Reply to  Boudreaux

Children getting brought into adult conversations is not a good thing. No matter what you think. 14 year olds think they know a lot, when really they are just beginning to learn. BTW, you need to be how old to vote? So I could care less a 14 year olds view of the world. These KID’S still have a lot of learning to do, and if you are teaching them that allowing a smell to ruin their lives is a proper way of handling issues in your life you are sadly mistaken!

Boudreaux
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Boudreaux
6 years ago

Sorry 14 years old is not a ‘child’ and actually with parental consent she is old enough for marriage in California. Usually these ‘kids’ (as you like to call them) that take part in government and politics at an early age are our leaders of the future. It’s too bad you like to compartmentalize people because that’s exactly what’s wrong with America today. It’s too bad you’re against free speech of any kind and especially of young adult standing up to orate her point. .

Greg Tunison
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Greg Tunison
6 years ago
Reply to  Boudreaux

Yeah , S.Y.P.! Don’t say stuff about people saying stuff! Stay in your own compartment!

Isa
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Isa
6 years ago
Reply to  Boudreaux

Good point !!
Seems these days it’s all going to Pot. Including families not raising their children with values anymore.
I’m with the young lady, I think that she is right. Kudos to her and her family!!

Adultwhohearsyouth
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Adultwhohearsyouth
6 years ago

Think before you speak. I find it troubling that you believe the opinions of our youth don’t matter. They are our future. Regardless of how I feel about her words- I think it’s GREAT for this 14 year old to gain experience writing to her local leaders. She wrote to someone who can actually do something about how she feels rather than just complain about it mindlessly. Don’t talk about it, be about it. I COULDNT care less of the age… if a child is brave enough to speak up for their views then more power to them! Just please don’t be a sheep and follow the masses. how about a comment focusing on the issue at hand and leave the age of the letter writer out of it? Though she does state her age, it really has little to do with the subject matter.

Shake Well
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Shake Well
6 years ago

I think it is great parenting to teach your children the civilized way to address grievances and present an argument. Kudos to those parents!

Koastdog
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Koastdog
6 years ago

First comment if yours that I agree with…

Common sense
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Common sense
6 years ago

Alternately- way to go parents! Great job teaching your child to speak up and engage her community in (what should’ve been) a constructive dialogue about an issue that impacts a lot of people.
Thank you for teaching your daughter that it is one thing to whine and complain about a public issue, and quite another to try to solve it through active civic engagement.

Wanda
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Wanda
6 years ago

I can understand if you don’t like the scent, but embarrassment?

M T
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M T
6 years ago
Reply to  Wanda

I believe the embarrassment part was from people thinking they had a pot grow, and yes…some are feeling embarrassed about the fact that Humboldt County has “Grown” into the POT HEAD Capital of California….whenever I travel and say I am from Humboldt County I now think twice and Say the City Name instead…now that is an Embarrassment to have to think twice before you say Humbold….indeed!! Good for you Jenna, Stay Strong in your beliefs. You will go far and beyond.

Life time local
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Life time local
6 years ago
Reply to  M T

It was the pot capital if we don’t do something we will loose that soon. Other arts of ca are much more proactive.

Sharpen your pencil
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Sharpen your pencil
6 years ago
Reply to  M T

Humboldt has been the “pot” capital since long before legalization, or has your head been in the sand for 30 years?

FishFromsAYak
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FishFromsAYak
6 years ago
Reply to  M T

People choose to say they are from Humboldt county cause they want a reaction or response. I have never said I’m from Harris county Texas. I say I’m from the Houston, Texas.

Communityminded
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Communityminded
6 years ago
Reply to  FishFromsAYak

HAHA! Very true statement indeed! Some of the population flood to the area in order to brag back home.. but how much do they really care about the longevity of our beautiful home and the people actually LIVING in it? Sigh. Such opposing mindsets that just get further and further apart. Y’all need mentors LOL

Interested-party
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Interested-party
6 years ago

Ha what a joke, move to somewhere far far away where closed minded parents who curupt their open minded children can unite.

Embarrassing?? Why? Because your parents minds were polluted by Regan at a young age. Grow up, learn to think outside the box. I grew smelling the pulp mill (something with actual negative health effects), some grow up near a dairy smelling manure, some live near a coffee roaster smelling coffee…

I hope our supervisors have this the attention it needed and tossed it in the trash. ✌🏿

VHDA
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VHDA
6 years ago

The supervisors should weigh in on your comments. There could be a concern if there was pesticide or fungicide drift though.

Truthy
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6 years ago

Just because other people were exposed to noxious odors, doesn’t mean we need to continue. Lots of people don’t like the smell of green weed. Most likely, this girl and her family were living there long before the pot pharm was there. She has every right to speak her mind. And not be trashed for it.

Sharpen your pencil
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Sharpen your pencil
6 years ago
Reply to  Truthy

It doesn’t matter how long one has lived at their home…. This gives them no more right than someone who moved in today! The area is obviously zoned in a commercial district. You can’t just throw up a LEGAL grow in a residential area…

Festus Haggen
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Festus Haggen
6 years ago

Wow sharpen your pencil, you really need to sharpen your pencil. The street she lives on is part of a newer subdivision at the eastern edge of Fortuna. It is within the Fortuna City Limits, as the article states, and the grow is just to the east, outside the city limits, and under Humboldt County jurisdiction. The zoning of the grow is Agriculture General, and it is designated as being “Prime Agriculture Soil”. The nearest commercial properties are 1/4 mile to the west on Rohnerville Road, and the subdivision has a residential zoning. Do your homework, because you flunked this assignment.

judi
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judi
6 years ago
Reply to  Festus Haggen

personally, i miss the smell of horse shit. nothin’ like the smell of a barnyard in spring.
i love this sign. maybe THAT friendly city needs to surround their city limit border with them.

fuckwalterwhite.com
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fuckwalterwhite.com
6 years ago
Reply to  judi

Trade houses then…

Dan Fuller
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Dan Fuller
6 years ago
Reply to  Festus Haggen

As the article states… The cannabis grow is just outside of the city limits.

Mariahgirl
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6 years ago

I live in a residential area and everytime property changes hands the first thing the new owners try is to do is put in pot. They are all after the Money! These people can contact code enforcement and see if there is any actions that can be taken. There might be something that can be done about the smell. Do not bother contacting the Stupervisors because they are no help. Get the neighbors involved!

Vava
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Vava
6 years ago

That sickening rotten broccoli smell that wafts through eureka. CAn we send police to those guys?

M T
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M T
6 years ago
Reply to  Vava

Hmm I don’t believe Jenna said send the police but she wanted the Supervisors to think before they approve everyone and anyone and anywhere for their grows. “Read Your “WORDS” who said said in the Police? are you one of the “Illegal ones”? 😉

Dave Brown
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Dave Brown
6 years ago

Jenna – Thank you for having the courage to speak your mind! Too bad that not everyone shares your concerns. But, that is part of being in a community. You are not wrong for wanting to enjoy the outdoors and fresh air. That’s what we like living in Humboldt County! It’s also why we have environmental laws and development concerns related to things like air & water quality, noise and views. I am sure that many people share your concerns, but are afraid to talk about them. Maybe one day you will be in a position to take people’s concerns and help steer your community forward! I am sorry that you get negative comments on your letter. Don’t let em get you down. As your parents have told you, it’s ok to speak your mind! It really does comes down to the sticks and stones thing…. Let people say what they say, while you and your family & friends keep doing the good things you do.

M T
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M T
6 years ago
Reply to  Dave Brown

Hmm I don’t believe Jenna said send the police but she wanted the Supervisors to think before they approve everyone and anyone and anywhere for their grows. “Read Your “WORDS” who said said in the Police? are you one of the “Illegal ones”? 😉

tm
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tm
6 years ago

I grew up next to a dairy, and worked at two breweries. The dairy was located in a very rural area with other farms, not in residential housing. The breweries were both located in areas zoned either commercial, or industrial. It’s odd that in many towns and cities you can’t have chickens or other small livestock due to noise or smell, but it’s deemed to be ok to have pot, which also can cause nuisance smells. Also when I was growing up it was considered fine to smoke cigarettes around children, until medical science verified the link between ear infections and bronchitis in those exposed to second hand smoke. Many youth and infants are exposed to second hand pot smoke without considering the long term effects on development. Not saying all pot is bad or all pot is good, just that folks should be respectful and aware of what the potential impacts and activities have on youth and neighbors. Not everyone wants to breathe second hand smoke and get second hand high.

Isa
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Isa
6 years ago
Reply to  tm

Mr. Brown and TM I totally agree.

Buck up!
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Buck up!
6 years ago

I like my window open but the smell of trees and grass is totally ruining me AND my families life. Oh and I have to get up to walk places, that’s really hard too. AAAAND I have to feed myself. All of this is completely unfair waaahhhhhhhh 😭

Michelle
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Michelle
6 years ago

What a bunch of Rude As……. on Here I am happy to see a 14 year old voice her opinion on here about the smell of pot causing headaches along with nausea and such. I to experience this same thing. I was raised on a farm with several different types of animals and the smell from these animals was way better then smelling POT. Not everyone is for the Cannabis industry that’s why I never voted it in in the 1st place. Everyone has a right and a say in there own opinion without you Trolls being an arse. To her.

CA Armstrong
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CA Armstrong
6 years ago
Reply to  Michelle

Yes people are rude. But this young girl is not going to get sympathy because a certain smell bothers her. The pulp mill made life miserable in Eureka for many years. You get used to it, or go somewhere else. Pickup trucks next to me stink. My neighbors grow Garlic. Yeah, pungent. But in the grand scheme of things, hardly worth getting that upset over. Ever live in a home with a crab fisherman? Life is real, and comes complete with smells.
It is much better to simply understand that some people have consideration, some don’t. I hope this girl has at least left a note or called them asking them to be more considerate. If they don’t, ask the cops to intervene. But don’t just whine about it.

Concerned
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Concerned
6 years ago

Seems more dangerous to print your address, age & activities on the internet.

Concerned
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Concerned
6 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

Thank you Kym. There’s no shortage of creeps. You never know…

SmellARat
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SmellARat
6 years ago

Wow pretty pathetic writing this letter and then putting the blame on your 14 year old underage daughter. Now THAT is embarrassing

robert jackson
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robert jackson
6 years ago
Reply to  SmellARat

I love your created world of “What ifs”. Anybody can use a straw man.

Thatsauceisboss
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Thatsauceisboss
6 years ago

Just wanted to chime in here, the part where she says “someone is getting a lot of money for the garden across from us” is most likely a false statement. Prices are in the shitter. Secondly this really wouldn’t surprise me at all if her parents put her up to this, I mean it’s more likely to garner attention and for the supes to care a bit more since it’s coming from a 14 year old rather then if it was just some older neighbors complaining…just saying

Life time local
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Life time local
6 years ago

Ya someone is making a lot of money…. that is the county of it is permitting…

M T
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M T
6 years ago

Yes indeed, Now 75 acres along side the bay on the 101 Corridor will even be more dangerous with what is planned out there…. The County needs to think twice!!

Boudreaux
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Boudreaux
6 years ago

You must know from experience of putting your children up to do stuff for you, why else would anyone even come up with this idea.

Perspective
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Perspective
6 years ago

Don’t try and bullshit about how much money a farm makes. They will most likely hit the 1000 pound mark and probably more. Even at $600 a pound, the math speaks for itself. 1000x$600= $600,000. The overhead might be at 35%.

Perspective
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Perspective
6 years ago
Reply to  Perspective

After looking at photos, they will harvest well over 1000 pounds and it looks more like 2000 pounds.

Truthy
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6 years ago

Boo hoo, CaliPharms won’t make any money. Let’s have a benefit for them, so they can plant twice as much next year. Let’s pass a parcel tax, and give all the money to the poor pot growers, because, well, they’re poor.

Sigh
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Sigh
6 years ago

Bad idea to list your street & that you sleep with the windows open. Registered Predators all over this county!

Sigh
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Sigh
6 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

Thank you Mrs. Kemp.

M T
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M T
6 years ago
Reply to  Sigh

Really Sigh, good advice ….and we all know about those sickos and that is another subject!!!

Oh me aching head
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Oh me aching head
6 years ago

Eye roll. MT is a neighborhood grinch who obviously needs her some cannibuzz .

Then there was this :
…”and someone is getting A LOT of money for the garden across from us, but life isn’t all about money. Besides, wouldn’t you rather have a nice, friendly family that does a lot to support the community live here than some pot growers !!! who will just cause more problems?!!!”

With no facts provided to back up your outlandish claims one can only chortle and guffaw. . Back to the drawing board lassy.

M T
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M T
6 years ago

Interesting people who just A.S.S. – U.M.E. I never said that I did or did not support truly “Medicinal Use” of MJ. I believe in Neighborhoods and keeping them Safe and Sane!!

Kevin
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Kevin
6 years ago
Reply to  M T

No but you called people who use for headaches and menstrual cramps pathetic. So are you saying that one alignment is ok to treat with but not another? What experience do you base this on? Have you ever used cannabis to treat any conditions? Or do you like to spew logical fallacies so other unintelligent people can agree?

local observer
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local observer
6 years ago

its rather disturbing that the parents allowed this release.

Life time local
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Life time local
6 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

Because their child will be attacked. They just made their 14 year old the face of a fight she clearly does not fully understand. This poor girl will be ridiculed because her parents couldn’t fight their own fight!

M T
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M T
6 years ago

Poor Girl? Ridiculed? Really, someone else needs to get real indeed!! There is a chance for our Youth indeed!!!

Humboldt Lady
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Humboldt Lady
6 years ago
Reply to  local observer

I am disturbed with her home address being listed. Too many crazy, angry people out there. While I don’t share her concerns. I still care for her and her family’s well being. 🙁

Namaste
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Namaste
6 years ago

They breed the snitches young around here

Life time local
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Life time local
6 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

Sorry any way u put it its snitching…. change the name still the same action. When enforcement is done on a complaint driven based any now a days complaint is equivalent to a back in the day snitch. Just saying it’s the same action but encouraged by some now that’s the difference. I’m not saying sometimes complaints aren’t warranted! But try and be good neighbors in this crazy green rush people. If u have a problem go to the Sourse first and ask for change, don’t jump right to complaints. Our communities are becoming more and more decided over this Snichy bullshit. What im saying is try and give these soon to be, if not already struggling farmers a chance to fix community issues before taking it to the officials. Our community needs more unity not more of this pot growers against the families bullshit. Btw most marajuana growers strongly support community organizations and have families…. Things like the 100% volunteer fire department I volunteer for would not exsist if it were not for the generosity of these demonized marajuana growers. Remember people this plant has helped make Humboldt what it is and our future is intertwined with the future of this plant since logging as a future economy is a joke unless we don’t want to keep Humboldt beautiful….

N
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N
6 years ago

Snitching: The act of standing up for someone or something by saying others what needs to be said.

No locals? Really?
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No locals? Really?
6 years ago
Reply to  N

Snitching: telling on someone out of spite, or to get out of trouble. This isn’t snitching, it’s a 14 yr old doing what 14 yr olds do. What they want. And that’s ok. But it ain’t snitching, yet. Maybe if it weren’t so public of a garden but please, di you think they will get in trouble? Redic.

Born and Raised
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6 years ago

Life Time Local:

I was born and raised here and moved away in my early twenties… I still have family and friends that live here and so I return frequently for visits. I’ve watched the changes over the past 60yrs.

You said, “remember people, this plant has helped make Humboldt what it…. ” What Humboldt County is, is a long way from the place I grew up…. And yes, it’s all owed to the pot/drug industry and believe me, its not positive what I see! Probably 90% of my local friends, as well as those who have moved away, feel the same way! It would take pages for me to list all the ways that this County has gone down hill, thanks to the drug industry! Oh, and the illegal grows have done more to damage the environment in Humboldt than the timber industry!

I want to briefly address the letter from the 14yr old young lady the is bothered by the smell of the pot grow next door! I’d be upset like she is if I were in her situation! I hate the smell of pot being smoked and being grown! Very much exposure and it makes me nauseous as well as it starts a headache… so I understand her issues! And maybe nothing can be done about it but she has the right to express her opinion without getting slammed by all of the rude commenters! I think someone has a right to live in their neighborhoods without having to constantly breath noxious orders!

Communityminded
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Communityminded
6 years ago

Your logging comment inspired a comment from me. I agree with what you said however, I’ve seen plenty of grow spots completely destroy the beautiful land around it… I’ve seen plenty of growers not give a flying flute about the impact their grow is having on the community around them. Perhaps you can be a growers community leader in this area and incourage growers to think before they plant? To think before they put up yet another white tarp. Another black wall.. driving around the county and all I see is grow after grow after grow. Fortunately the trees are tall enough that no one is growing in the tops of them- yet! Haha

CA Armstrong
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CA Armstrong
6 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

Exactly. And we will having growing pains of course. Probably a few years worth. But once it IS truly mainstream, the greedsters and idiots will be gone, replaced by legit businesses that want return customers, and who employ local people. We are trying to undo a 60 year old illegal lifestyle, and convert it to a legal and healthy one. It wont happen overnight, but it WILL happen. It IS happening!

Namaste
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Namaste
6 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

With all due respect, this is adolescent snitch training in the making, no matter how you want to tell the story.

Lost
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Lost
6 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

Move to Petaluma or Modesto. Live near lockeed Martin where they test bombs….we all have problems. Jasmine blooms,
not being one of them.

Joe McKenzie
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Joe McKenzie
6 years ago
Reply to  Namaste

The comments calling this girl a “snitch” only go to prove the criminal element of the marijuana industry. If you are not committing a crime, then someone can’t “snitch” on you. These comments only confirm neighbors complaints against having a grow in a residential area.

Truthy
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6 years ago
Reply to  Namaste

Nope. Not snitching. But you are definitely an apologist for megagrowers. Like a bunch of other commenters. There might be less objection if you could reel it in a little, and stop rubbing the rest of our faces in YOUR bullshit!

Communityminded
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Communityminded
6 years ago
Reply to  Namaste

HAHA you’re being ridiculous with this snitch business. Have you not any better argument to present? Or are you only here to poke the bear? You like poking bears don’t you 😉

Cy
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Cy
6 years ago

I’m frankly flummoxed by some of the comments on this thread. This is simply someone who is making a nuisance complaint about a new industrial activity that has moved in next door. It really isn’t any different than if someone started up an incinerator, a fracking well, or any industrial activity that has significant effects (smell, waste water, noise, etc..) that impacts existing residents. It’s different than moving next door to an existing activity (e.g. dairy farm) and then complaining about it.

It is somewhat telling that many commenters chime in to attack to person making a complaint simply because it’s about pot. If this were someone complaining about a hydraulic fracturing well, or a wind generator, they’d all be supportive of the complaint.

We need to treat commercial cannabis as an industrial activity and get past this “pot is cool” mentality to recognize people are impacted by the production in negative ways.

fuckwalterwhite.com
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fuckwalterwhite.com
6 years ago
Reply to  Cy

Amen!

Brian
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Brian
6 years ago
Reply to  Cy

#1 comment on a long thread of comments.

Communityminded
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Communityminded
6 years ago
Reply to  Cy

Thank you, Cy. Thank you! Well said.

For Real
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For Real
6 years ago

This family has nothing to worry about after this season. You can’t grow outdoor in Fortuna. MOLD CITY! They will lose the whole crop and be broke.

Mary Mary Quite Contrary
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Don’t look to the supes to do anything that impacts these grows negatively. They already know about illegal grows run by (LOL) “stellar citizens” and nothing is ever going to be done to stop these!!
But how Progressive of all the trolls on this thread to voice such inane comments about a 14 year old! She has a right to her opinion. If you don’t have something constructive to add to the discussion, SYPH!

whokilledourdaddy
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whokilledourdaddy
6 years ago

Complaining solves nothing. action does. There are some things in life worse than an obnoxious smell. I didn’t like a lot of things about Humboldt County so I sold my house and moved 3 states away. The main reason was I did not want my grandsons to have to go to school with the son of the man that murdered their Daddy on 15th street almost 3 years ago. I could see the handwriting on the wall early… After 3 years its pretty much a cold case, no named suspects and no arrests. Now we live in a neighborhood where kids leave their bikes outside at night and they never get stolen, hard to believe but true and soooo much better. there are 6 former Humboldt families that I know of within 1 hour of us. I would love to have stayed 25 more years but life happens.

Eureka's Clueless
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Eureka's Clueless
6 years ago

I believe that most in the state understand that growing pot is legal now. But, it’s wrong to attack someone…that complains that they don’t like the smell. With the open, mostly acceptance of this, many home owners and long time renters are now be subjected to having a “farm” pop up next to them with out any say. If you owned your own home for many years and suddenly a dairy farm (this was one of the examples from above) wanted to be put in next door to you, there would be complaints as well. When the folks bought, they did so knowing that there wasn’t a pot farm next door.

If you want to grow, fine, then it needs to be grown in such a way that you new comers aren’t stepping over the rights of the folks that were here first. Shasta County has an ordnance where you can NOT grow out in the open, growing must be in enclosed buildings and your neighbors aren’t suppose to be able to smell it. (There is a long list of other compliance measures) It can be done. How many in door illegal growers here in Humboldt had fans with charcoal filters on them, and if changed on a regular basis, no one it Pretty much only PG & E had a clue you were growing.

Also growers and partakers of the wonderful Herb have to realize, that not everyone is accepting of this, and when we are rude, in your face about your right to grow or smoke, you are basically telling someone that their rights don’t matter. Like tobacco too many could care less what you ingest into your system, folks got tired of the smoke being blown into their face and the butts littering.

Angela Dills
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6 years ago

I feel the same as this poor 14 year old .I’m allergic to the smell growing get or smoked .Gets my asthma and allergies going crazy.. I fight it being grown in my neighbor hood. Should be done away from homes ,schools,etc. Grown on farms in central valley or farm areas away from towns .It just stinks to much.. watching how it’s ruined our County.With the crime ,trimmers car chases and gun fire…by greedy folks looking to make fast buck. Have watched the forests wrecked,water taken,animals killed by all the poisons..it’s not helping anything..have watched people die thinking smoking it has helped their condition medically Not made them worse ,just couldn’t see it by then…

WTF
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WTF
6 years ago

Wait till someone tries breaking into your home or garage because they smell the neighbors pot, and think it is coming from your place. My house right on the street neighbors house behind ours behind a hedge. Twice we have had people in the middle of the night lurking around our property. Likely because of the smell. Just FYI we don’t live in the city.

fuckwalterwhite.com
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fuckwalterwhite.com
6 years ago
Reply to  WTF

Yup.
My neighbors plants are right by my front door. VERY Close,behind a fence.
EVERY SINGLE VISITOR comments on the strong smell.
And the thieves try prying at my windows when his flowers are ready….

G-MAS
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G-MAS
6 years ago

Remember the pulp mill smell?YUCK,PUKE!! There’s all kinds of bad smells,the dump,the sewer plants are ripe on a hot day! Sorry for her troubles,I wish her well!✌

local observer
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local observer
6 years ago
Reply to  G-MAS

there was a lot more than just a smell to the Kraft Paper process effluent. do you remember the scandal with the local Air Board with this effluent, it even made an article in national geographic. and it is not a coincidence that the two major cancer clusters in our area are directly downgradient of these stacks.

judi
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judi
6 years ago
Reply to  G-MAS

one sniff of patchuli and i have an INSTANT headache that developes in a round of violent throwing up. oh the joys.

what would i do if my neighbors decided to grow a row of it?

Gringo
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Gringo
6 years ago

Plywood Mills, asphalt plants, dairies, concentrated feed lots on industrial scale, breweries, these are bad smells. Sorry that you don’t like the odor, but it could be MUCH worse.

Johnny
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Johnny
6 years ago

The timber industry used to create a foul smell through the pulp mills, the fishing industries had foul smelling processing plants, cows smell bad, and so on. I would be surprised if there will be a regulation regarding cannabis smells.
I feel her pain but what can be done?

local observer
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local observer
6 years ago
Reply to  Johnny

the digester at pacific exceeds the odor threshold and has been sent notice by the Air Board, but they refuse to do anything and cite the cost as their excuse.

DDDDDBBBBBBB
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DDDDDBBBBBBB
6 years ago

This is the same BS residents pulled with the Cypress Grove goat farm in arcata. If you don’t like the smell of agriculture, then don’t buy a house bordering it.

Hugo
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Hugo
6 years ago
Reply to  DDDDDBBBBBBB

She’s 14, I don’t think she bought any houses yet.

Teegan
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Teegan
6 years ago
Reply to  DDDDDBBBBBBB

The houses were there well before the agriculture.

KIDDZZ
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6 years ago

Anyone notice the manure smell in Arcata today? Now that is offensive!

Stay Tuned
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Stay Tuned
6 years ago

The family was there before the growers. Basically, growers big and small, legal and illegal give less the a damn what their impact is on a neighborhood. It’s just a fact of life in Humboldt.

Lynn
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Lynn
6 years ago

Plants are better for the earth 🌏 it’s natural. Get used to it👌 And remember you can actually leave your house at times , it’s not a prison 😂.

fuckwalterwhite.com
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fuckwalterwhite.com
6 years ago
Reply to  Lynn

Geez Lynn.
Are you the grower neighbor?
Such a stoned comment…

Maple
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6 years ago

I smoke 215 ( marijuana,pot or weed ) and have grew it and help in many gardens and I love the smell of it not only to mention that it does help with people’s medical like cancer if they have eating problems I personally use it for my arthritis in my hip and my back and also to relax at nite and to distress. Harvest time is just a few weeks away 🤗

Someone
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Someone
6 years ago

You know those trees with the yellow flowers that grow in fortuna and along large chunks of the 101? Those things are death! The smell and the pollen is out of control. But im also not expecting the county to eradicate them. Just have to roll my car windows up during their peak season…

hmmmm
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hmmmm
6 years ago
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We should all just keep our doors and windows shut and simply not go outside during “peak” grow season?? That’s a long time to stay indoors during the spring and summer…especially if we OWN our home, and are not just “driving thru” the neighborhood anytime between, what… april & october? or longer? If we do have to go outside, should we just wear masks and move on? ….Do you live on one of those chunks of 101 that you’re referring to?

Truthy
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6 years ago
Reply to  hmmmm

Yes, because it’s all about the snowflake growers. Poooooor things. Humboldt County could pass an ordinance banning the opening of windows during peak season. And, another one making it illegal to breathe outdoors during peak season. Then, no one would be able to object to the smell, leaving all the growers up on their pedestal. Where they know they belong.

Stay Tuned
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Stay Tuned
6 years ago
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Acacia.

fuckwalterwhite.com
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fuckwalterwhite.com
6 years ago

Shame on folks telling her to move.
I hope she stays and helps repair the area. Good to know she is willing speak up against an entire blackmarket culture.
Keep it up. The “pro-weed everywhere” folks won’t stop. Neither should the other perspectives.

Jennifer leeland
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Jennifer leeland
6 years ago

Normally I ignore this place and it’s comments. Not this time. 1. The pulp mill was not plunked down in a residential area and it was zoned for industrial use. The environmental issues are why it’s not in business. 2. Smoking pot in your private property is your business. But growing it is different. Would we allow a tobacco farm go in next to residential housing? No. Stop calling these things “,farms”. These are non-native, industrial grows and most use damaging practices to make their stuff grow better/faster. 3. I’d like to see some actual data about the percentage of cancer patients/mentally ill patients who smoke pot Vs. the ones who smoke it for a high. A 16 year old kid can’t drink to “relax” but pot apologists will say the pot he smokes is for his anxiety. There has to be some limit somewhere.
4. Dairies were also zoned before residents.
Fortuna has ignored its citizens. Why do they have to grow in the city limits? Residential should be residential. Business should be business.
Maybe pot users are nose blind to the pot smell and its effects. The lack of concern and immediate shrill reaction from pot culture speaks for itself. The message is clear. If you don’t want pot, you don’t matter. You want us to move? We were here first.

local observer
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local observer
6 years ago

it says the grow is outside City Limits. for a apples to apples. the cancer cluster in Humboldt Hill has been found to be a direct result of the upgradient stacks on the Peninsula. I guess you could say that is environmental, but that’s not why cut and ran leaving multi-million dollar cleanups to the next property owner.

Joe McKenzie
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Joe McKenzie
6 years ago
Reply to  local observer

You are right. We need to not repeat the mistake of allowing greed to exploit our homes, and leave when there is no money left To plunder. The marijuana industry will be no different.

Greg Tunison
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Greg Tunison
6 years ago

Some of the children who lived around there had their beating hearts ripped from their chests in front of their families! “Here first!” ain’t gonna get you through this invasion. Don’t go there. Just sayin’. I mostly agree about the toxic methods and greed, though; very sad. The pulp mills in Samoa poisoned many people for many miles outside of the “industrial area” that was also once a home for people surviving off of the land and sea.

judi
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judi
6 years ago

“Stop calling these things “,farms”. These are non-native, industrial grows and most use damaging practices to make their stuff grow better/faster…”

lol you are describing exactly what a farm is…corn, wheat, tomatoes, hay, soy beans…everything grown industrially on a farm are non-native and most use damaging practices in every aspect of farming.

please get real.

Livin' Easy
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Livin' Easy
6 years ago

Anyone ever get off the 12th Street exit in Fortuna and smell how bad the sewage plant gets???? I’m sure Tom’s Sourdough Pizza doesn’t appreciate it, along with anybody within a mile. And that’s year around.

yuck
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yuck
6 years ago

My neighbors have a “legal” grow in their backyard. Unfortunately they are not in the class of being honest, hard working “farmers”. They are people who cannot even keep their front yard free of trash, so I have no doubt their back yard is without any kind of respectable grow operation. I find the smell to be dank, foul and very offensive. Just because I live in Humboldt, absolutely DOES NOT equate to me liking or appreciating the smell of pot. It’s a little different than cigarette smoke folks…cigarette smoke does not linger and stick in the air, which is thick with this crap. I live in a residential neighborhood, and should not be forced to smell marijuana every time i open a door or window in my own home, or decide to go outside… and if there are any cool, funny people that want to suggest I move, I say no. The pot growers can take off and go back out in the hills where it’s all open. The smell is gross.

No locals? Really?
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No locals? Really?
6 years ago
Reply to  yuck

I think it should do a report on the organic soil company polluting in blue lake. So heady. I am aso sick of growers calling themselves organic farmers. They couldn’t make soil if they shit it out themselves

Truthy
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6 years ago

😂

gunther
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gunther
6 years ago

If the offending property is legally zoned then she has two choices. Change the zoning/use of that property or move. That’s the way it’s worked for ever. If enough neighbors agree with her, she may prevail. If not, she can move or adapt.

J
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J
6 years ago

While I respect and understand this young girls opinion it is very irresponsible of her parents to allow her to publish her name and school.Like it or not that could cause her alot of harassment.And also if they bought property that borders the county and is zoned for agriculture not alot they can do but maybe sell and relocate to a residential neighborhood where their children can be comfortable with who’s next door.

LynnMae
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LynnMae
6 years ago

Perhaps people might consider petitioning the county to allow fences higher than whatever the current height is when it is an abatement of a quality of life problem.
Figure out how the wind blows during the grow season and put the fence up. Even
if the plants grow taller than the fence it will still provide a barrier which will alter the
air movement.
You drive along some highways and you’ll see a row of eucalyptus trees as part of a fence
dividing one property from another. They were wind-breaks and worked very well. We
planted fast-growing Lombardy poplars since they grow up, no out, they were a very good wind-break, especially when the afternoon winds came up. Grow string beans that would block some of the odor and sell the beans (or can/freeze them yourself).

What I’m trying to do is give examples of what the letter writer might consider since it looks like there will be no official legal remedies. Ideas don’t have to be perfect but she sounds like she’s smart enough to explore other things.

The issue she’s raised is one which may come up again. Air pollution is air pollution which is why some feed lots have been closed and the City of Irwindale brought a lawsuit against the makers of Sriacha sauce. Once it’s legal and the laws that have been written are on the books, that’s when people will start contacting their legislators and asking for new laws or rules or changes. I’ve no doubt there will be groups funding studies to show the effect of exposure to mj plants can have on children (etc), or any of a number of other approaches to better control the process.

Marianne
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Marianne
6 years ago

Yep. I used to work at south Fork High and the smell of pot was so strong especially during harvest that it smelled like a hundred skunks in the morning when I arrived to work. The smell was outside, inside, on the clothes and the backpacks of many students whose homes must have smelled that way. It was really pretty annoying.

shawner
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shawner
6 years ago

I don’t know a 14 year old girl or a football team full of teenage boys who don’t smoke pot or have at least tried it..seriously.,.

Brian
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Brian
6 years ago

It’s spelled “farms”.

Pharm is not a word, but an allusion to the illusion of coolness regarding Phish and the likes.

No locals? Really?
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No locals? Really?
6 years ago
Reply to  Brian

Has nothing to do with Phish brah. Plus Phish is pretty cool. Cooler than you. I don’t even go see em anymore. Actually has more to do with pharmeceuticls than Phish . Although they do hang out occasionally

Brian
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Brian
6 years ago

Ya brah brah brah brah brah.

So cool bra.

Sure, pharmacy philopsophy…

Still, it’s spelled wrong brah brah.

Because you aren’t a pharmacy, you’re a farm.

Brah.

judi
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judi
6 years ago
Reply to  Brian

ah phuck.

Road Weary
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Road Weary
6 years ago

A pot farm that big is an agribusiness. Someone writes a letter complaining that the odor is a public nuisance; a type of air pollution. That is a legitimate complaint, period. Grow dope? Grow up!

tsm
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tsm
6 years ago

Haha, coached letter much?

tsm
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tsm
6 years ago

Also, I just looked up all the Lewis owned properties in Fortuna. Either her parents are renting and their property didn’t come up, or she is speaking about an indoor grow which is ALREADY ILLEGAL. Therefore, she can probably just go stick her head back in the sand, or at least get an education…or maybe at least separate herself from her parental pigeon-holed existence. Please don’t post trash like this on here, Ms. Kemp.

fuckwalterwhite.com
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fuckwalterwhite.com
6 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

Interesting thought about the male plants.
Could a large farm sue a neighbor for pollination? Like everyone says: they’re just natural plants.

More to ponder…

Truthy
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6 years ago
Reply to  tsm

Please don’t blindly support mega grows! It might actually be you writing trash.
Suck up much?

Gazoo
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Gazoo
6 years ago

Life is like a box of chocolates…hopefully she gets past this and things get better.