{"id":4739,"date":"2017-12-19T02:39:48","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T07:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/?p=4739"},"modified":"2017-12-19T02:39:48","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T07:39:48","slug":"legalization-activists-bring-advice-weed-to-lavallette-council-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/2017\/12\/legalization-activists-bring-advice-weed-to-lavallette-council-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Legalization Activists Bring Advice, Weed to Lavallette Council Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Edward \u201cLefty\u201d Grimes, in green, at the Dec. 18, 2017 borough council meeting. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n

It\u2019s not particularly common to smell the skunky aroma of marijuana at the entrance to a police station, but the first floor of Lavallette\u2019s municipal building, which houses the department, got a hefty dose Monday night when a group of marijuana legalization advocates showed up to express their opinions at a borough council meeting.<\/p>\n

Edward \u201cLefty\u201d Grimes, the group\u2019s leader, was upset to see that Lavallette officials want to ban pot sales in town<\/a> if the plant becomes legal in New Jersey \u2013 a campaign promise made by incoming Gov. Phil Murphy. Grimes, of East Hanover, is planning to protest a similar measure in Point Pleasant Beach at that town\u2019s meeting on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

The group broadcast their protest on Facebook Live to about 25 viewers, part of what Grimes calls the \u201cIgnorance is no Excuse Tour.\u201d \u00a0Rose McGill, of Lawrenceville, said the council should be \u201carmed with the facts, rather than panic and fear\u201d when it comes to marijuana policy.<\/p>\n