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August 24, 2016 Vol. 35, No. 1 ONE DOLLAR
JOURNAL of Oak Park and River Forest
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The Trump dilemma Local Republicans, conservatives talk about their mixed feelings By KEN TRAINOR Senior Writer
WILLIAM CAMARGO/Staff Photographer
Medical cannabis comes to downtown Oak Park
Dispensary open to customers this week By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter
It’s been a long, bureaucratic trip for medical cannabis dispensary owner Brad Zerman, but late last week Oak Park’s newest – legal – marijuana dealer held a grand opening for Seven Point Medical Cannabis Dispensary. A couple of dozen residents, business leaders and members of the media turned out for the ceremonial ribbon cutting at the high foot-traffic storefront at 1132 Lake St.
Zerman, flanked by members of the Oak Park River Forest Chamber of Commerce and the Berwyn Development Corporation, among others, thanked the village of Oak Park and the business community for its support. During a tour of the facility, Zerman said Seven Point will continue its open house over the weekend for anyone to tour the facility, but after that the dispensary is open to medical marijuana license cardholders. Inside Seven Point, there is a waiting room for non-cardholders. In a second waiting area, a glass-enclosed showroom displays various pipes and other paraphernalia used for consuming the drug. In a third room, patients are al-
lowed to peruse the various cannabis and cannabis-based products. Zerman said Seven Point was lucky to find a location centrally located with access to buses, trains and a huge parking garage adjacent to the Lake Street location. He also noted there’s valet parking three doors down from the dispensary, provided by the village as a result of its closure of the parking lot that is the future site of Oak Park Station, a mixed-use apartment building currently under construction. New developments like Oak Park Station will bring hundreds of new residents, and potential customers, to the
Donald Trump is arguably the most controversial major party candidate ever to run for president. Since Republican/conservative reaction nationally, as reported by the media, ranges widely, we asked Oak Park and River Forest residents, whom we thought were likely Republican voters or at least conservative in their outlook, how they are dealing with the Trump phenomenon. Of the 23 we contacted, nine were willing to respond with their names. Two responded but did not want their names used. Five replied, but politely declined to respond, giving reasons for not doing so. One simply directed us to a previous Viewpoints piece he had written about supporting Trump. The rest did not respond. We emailed all but one (a phone interview) and asked the following: Since this is probably the DONALD TRUMP most unusual presidential GOP nominee election in our lifetime, mostly because of the controversy surrounding Donald Trump (but also the first female candidate, who is controversial too), we decided to ask some local Republicans and/or Conservatives what they are thinking as we head toward the general election in November. I’m reaching out to you and a number of others. Here are a few questions.
See MEDICAL CANNABIS on page 15
See TRUMPED on page 8
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