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The following is a letter to the editor, published here as opinion. The opinions expressed in this letter are those of the writer. If you would like to submit a letter to the editor feel free to write to [email protected].
To read more about this issue, and the ongoing lawsuits read Frank Hartzell’s article of Feb. 9, 2021.
Hello,
After reading the article on February 9th regarding Skunkworx Pharms, I wanted to clarify some things.
We worked extremely hard, and long to get legal and compliant. Working directly with the CDFA, CDFW, the waterboards, building and planning, even getting our SEQUA. (Yes, we did!)
Because we were growing prior to 2015 for Prop. 215 dispensaries, and had all the paperwork to prove it, we wound up getting vetted and grandfathered for life into the program. That means we were exempt from water diversion restrictions, waste discharge, we were Clean Green Certified, and enrolled with the regional waterboards prior to July 1st, 2017.
We were leading the way!
In October,2018 at 7:30am on a Sunday, we were getting robbed. The sheriffs came, and instead of going after the criminals, they turned on us!
They ignored our licenses, claiming they called the CDFA saying our licenses were expired! They detained us, and brought a wood chipper,
The CDFA investigated and agreed that our licenses were indeed active and that the sheriffs never contacted their offices.
The sheriffs ran us off, telling us to come back hours later. Why?
It is appalling that they would ignore state cultivation license certificates that were laminated and posted every where. Beyond police procedural irregularities.
Andy Rondon
Skunkworx Pharms LLC.
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California Environmental Quality Act or CEQA. Not sure what SEQUA is?
CEQA
See Rico case against mendoncino county
Yeah. Typo, sorry.
Waterboard is a form of torture; I think you meant “water board,” which is an entity which regulates water.
This is a most unfortunate story and I am very sorry this happened to you. Our county is poorly run in my opinion.
Thank you to Mendovoice for publishing this.
Does anybody out there hold a CCL or aWDID number mines 0001 I was 1st in California have the cannabis water diversionpermit, are any of you exempt from waster discharge due to cannabis waste .. anyone registered regional prior to July 1st 2017??
All you all hill folk see is Grammer misspelling
…thats why there’s so much wrong with Mendo..
Your all a part of the problem..
From the MCSD’s raid on “Eagle”‘s legally placarded grow in Covelo, reported this year in the AVA and Rondon’s story and his lawyer’s information that other such incidents have occurred in Mendo Co, i think the MCSD likes to bust unethical illegal growers, ethical illegal growers and legal growers alike. I think legal growers were robbed years ago by 4F federal marshalls. What can the witnesses say of the guys carrying police gear who came to rob them, that they called the MCSD on? How exactly were they dressed? Whatall do you remember about them? Maybe they were deputies or in cahoots with them, since any deputy must know how to read a date on a permit. I think they provided an excuse to bring the deputies so they could bust you. When what people say and do does not make rational, honest sense, it can be a clue of an ulterior motive. Talk with Michael Shambrook also, Rondon.