Editor,

According to the May 19 issue of The Examiner, the Town of Coupeville is eyeing the ban on pot businesses. Councilwoman Pat Powell even says she’s “in favor of prohibition,” stating it’s not right for our town.

A 1,000-foot buffer zone is even at question. Yet, the town approves and celebrates the opening of the tap room right across the street from our grade school.

So, we don’t want to prohibit alcohol sales or consumption near our children and grandchildren, but we do want to prohibit the selling/buying of pot even if it’s a great distance from “sensitive areas”?

Would it make a difference if the pot shop also sold sandwiches or had bands playing? Trivia game nights?

Seriously, why is it okay to have what is little more than a bar across the street from our school, but it’s hells bells come talk of a pot shop nowhere near the school?

Marv and Luanne Raavel

Coupeville