Carrboro Mayor Mark Chilton is asking town staff to look into a local store residents say is a head shop.
In a letter in today’s Chapel Hill News, resident Judi Chatowsky says she was looking forward to a new coffee shop in town until she visited it.
“My initial excitement about having a coffee shop and potential gathering place so close to home quickly turned to dismay when I walked through the 'boutique' portion of the Looking Glass Cafe and Boutique, and discovered that it's a head shop complete with bongs, hand pipes and incense,” she wrote. “And directly across from Carrboro Elementary School!”
Resident Tyler Huntington wrote the town similary concerned.
“I realize in a free market society the choice of citizens to support or not support a business will, in the end, dictate the success of failure of any business,” he wrote in a letter to the mayor, “but as the town leaders you and the Board are setting a bad precedent for the town by allowing this type of use so close to a elementary school. “
Chilton responded to Tyler saying the Looking Glass cafe and boutique was aproved by town staff as an administrative matter and did not come before the Board of Aldermen.
"I am not an expert on the state of the law, but basically I understand that smoking devices that are intended to be used for marijuana etc. are illegal, but that it is very difficult to prove beyond a reasonable doubt,” Chilton wrote. “In any case, I am asking the town staff to look into this matter, although I am unsure what exactly what our options are.”
Comments
Apart from marijuana there
Fri, 06/19/2009 - 15:20 — gordmanApart from marijuana there are other legal herbs that can be smoked with such devices, I don't think there should be any reason to worry for these head shops. The mayor should know details about the legals status of certain herbs.
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Monkey see, mayor do
Sun, 04/19/2009 - 23:25 — vraptorSee the sl-easlyes steal. Do the same.... It is not your money. It is theirs..... So they can take it at any time. Annie get your gun............
head shop is a retail outlet
Wed, 10/21/2009 - 09:45 — carryhead shop is a retail outlet specializing in drug
paraphernalia related to consumption of cannabis, other recreational
drugs, and New Age herbs, ...canon toner
If the Mayor gets his cut, you won't hear a thing
Sun, 04/19/2009 - 20:48 — PercyKutionThe Mayor is a politician (spit) and as such he's absolutely entitled to all the bribes and payoffs he can scam. If they'll slip him a few dollars, he won't have a thing to say about whatever they do. If they don't, they'll be out of business ASAP.
That would never happen in Carrboro
Sun, 04/19/2009 - 21:15 — elvisboy77Or would it?? Http://www.squeezethepulp.com no evidence there, folks.
Witch hunt
Sun, 04/19/2009 - 20:14 — vraptorThey jailed tommy chong for 1+ year for selling a bong. Who cares if someone tokes on their own time. They will have to pass a drug test if they want a job..... People. Stay out of other people's personal lifes...........
Ok, folks...have we looked
Sun, 04/19/2009 - 18:37 — troloo9193Ok, folks...have we looked at Carrboro lately?
And we're surprised there's a head shop? Are you kidding me?
It's a great, eclectic, crazy, well educated group that inhabits Carrboro. I don't live there but I go there daily and I think it's got so much more character than Chapel Hill. So much going on.
So there's a head shop? Don't like it, don't go in.
Are folks smoking a little weed in Carrboro? Come on, Mommies,
get your head out of the sand.
That's not going to change if you put this place out of business.
I didn't know it existed but now that I do, I think I need some
incense for my meditation room...
Four legs good (sheep)
Sun, 04/19/2009 - 18:05 — elvisboy77Two legs bad.
This is humorous.
Now THAT was funny.
Sun, 04/19/2009 - 20:59 — ActLocal... particularly when you consider the other hot topic in Carrboro involves how many goats one can keep.
Oops I meant goats
Sun, 04/19/2009 - 21:17 — elvisboy77Where is Obama when we need him? Someone needs to bail out this head shop.
Goats get more respect than sheeple in this town. Dang!
Goats and sheep
Sun, 04/19/2009 - 22:44 — mrcrosbyThe reason goats get more respect in Carrboro and Chapel Hill is there are no cliffs in that area. the thing that made sheep the prefered animal in the rest of NC is that when you get a sheep at a cliff, they push back
hm
Sun, 04/19/2009 - 16:19 — yyyikesThis flattering profile -- http://carrborocommons.org/2009/04/17/new-coffee-shop-supports-environment-local-artists/ -- just mentioned that the boutique sells: "incense, scarves, skateboards and organically made jewelry." Sounds harmless to me...
The Mayor is doing the right thing
Sun, 04/19/2009 - 14:56 — nandud1962No, it sounds to me like there are concerned citizens and the Mayor is looking into it. I didn't read anything that says he is trying to close anything down or outlaw pipes. Read the article again, mrcrosby.
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wake up
Sun, 04/19/2009 - 21:00 — mrcrosbynandud, maybe you live in Carrboro and as a result, you can not read. Try re-reading my post, it said nothing about the mayor closing the store down. Read it again, nandud. In case you are incapable of reading with comprehention, I will put it in kindergarten terms for you. The mayor is a pervert for finding something wrong with a business before he has been there and even if he does find something wrong with it, who cares. He is mayor of Carrboro and that makes him strange enough to not matter
Sounds like Mayor Mark
Sun, 04/19/2009 - 12:09 — mrcrosbySounds like Mayor Mark Chilton wants to find fault in everything. He is the one who thinks these things are used for drugs. Sounds like he has some issues that need to be addressed. He needs to stop being so suspicious and stop looking for fault in things. Tobbacco pipes can in fact be used to smoke pot out of, does that mean that Tender-Box stores should be closed down. I guess Mayor Mark Chilton is a pot-head since he thinks everything can be used to smoke pot out of. Just because it can be used that way, does not mean it is intended to be used that way. What a warped mind that mayor has. I gues he will want to out-law plastic bags since pot can be stored in them. He is a pervert for thinking that way
that made absolutely no
Sun, 04/19/2009 - 15:28 — HeelDownEastthat made absolutely no sense whatsoever.
low IQ??
Sun, 04/19/2009 - 22:39 — mrcrosbyHeeldowneast, It is not my problem that you have too loo of an IQ to understand what is being said. Maybe in a few years when you get old enough to drive, you may be able to understand. Okay little guy