The medical marijuana dispensary issue in Claremont took a strange turn this past week. Foothill Cities has been following the follies with interest.
Tony Krickl in the Claremont Courier reported in Saturday's edition that Darrell Kruse, the dispensary's owner, has had a falling out with his business partner Dave Touhey and admitted that the real reason for their opening a dispensary in Claremont was to head off a competitor who was planning on opening his own medical marijuana shop. Krickl's article said that Kruse and Touhey own an existing dispensary in Pomona. By opening the Claremont location, they caused city council here to place a moratorium on such businesses, effectively ending the competitor's plans.
Yesterday, Wil Bigham in the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin reported that Kruse and Touhey have taken their dispute to court in Rancho Cucamonga where Touhey's family tried to get a restraining order against Kruse. And Kruse is claiming he has contacted the IRS in connection with the dispute.
Stranger and stranger.
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Yesterday's Bulletin ran a opinion piece from Pomona City Councilmember Stephen Atchley, who wasn't laughing over Claremont's proposed annexation of the Pomona plot in at Towne Ave. and Bonita Ave.
Atchley and Pomona Mayor Norma Torres are apparently unaware of Claremont's history of stepping on their neighbors' toes, or at least ignoring their property lines. We seem to recall a minor dispute with Upland a few years ago over the building of the Claremont City Yard on the Claremont-Upland border.
--George Santayana
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