Pubdate: Sun, 04 Oct 2009 Source: Record Searchlight (Redding, CA) Copyright: 2009 Record Searchlight Contact: http://www.redding.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/360 Authors: Harry and Susan Vossoughi DISPENSARY IS FINE TENANT We are the owners of the building where Trusted Friends Inc. has its medical marijuana dispensary at 3061 Churn Creek Road in Redding. We received one of the nine letters that Police Chief Peter Hansen sent out regarding marijuana being illegal under federal law. Chief Peter Hansen's letter definitely has us nervous; however, we are very pleased to have Trusted Friends as our tenant. Our building was sitting empty and at risk of foreclosure. Thanks to Trusted Friends becoming our tenant, we still own the building. Trusted Friends is an attractive, well-kept, clean, quiet, law-abiding, taxpaying, licensed business that provides jobs to many people. Has crime in Redding increased since these dispensaries have been allowed? We have not been aware of any crime related to our tenants or the other medical marijuana dispensaries in Redding. Everything has been very peaceful. Citizens of Redding, please allow our tenants Trusted Friends to thrive. They are good, law-abiding, contributing members of our community. Harry and Susan Vossoughi Redding - --- MAP posted-by: Jo-D