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Altered state of cannabis discussion Change in Enfield council makeup leads to new thinking on possibility of businesses in town
By Laura B. Hayden
What a difference an election makes – especially when the party majority flips for the first time in 14 years. Case in point: In September, the then Republican majority Enfield Town Council voted to ban newly legal cannabis-selling businesses. Democratic minority members
opposed to the ban expressed their frustration. “We were rushed into it too fast,” said Councilman Robert Cressotti after the vote. “We asked for additional information, but the (Republican) leadership set the agenda,” added Councilwoman Gina Cekala. Then came the November election and, in a huge turnaround, Democrats gained control of
Decked out for the holidays The Barn Yard & Great Country Garages in Ellington was lit up for the Christmas season and got into the giving spirit by collecting gifts for patients at the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center and Farmington Pediatric Endocrinology. See another photo, Page 11. Photo courtesy of The Barn Yard
the council, with Cressotti and Cekala appointed mayor and deputy mayor, respectively. By early December the previous Republican-initiated ban was repealed. “We reversed the ordinance and now we are just back to neutral,” Cressotti said late in December.
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