Let's Grow Some Weed!
- Three companies that want to be among the city's first medical marijuana dispensaries won zoning approval Friday, but still need state license.
Three fledgling companies that want to be among the city's first medical marijuana dispensaries cleared an initial hurdle Friday when the Zoning Board of Appeals granted them special use permits to set up shop.
But even with zoning approval in hand, all three will still be competing for the limited number of licenses to be granted by state regulators within eight geographical areas of the city.
- Most of the questions from board members related to security, and each of the would-be operators trotted out security chiefs with extensive resumes.
Green Thumb has hired Terrance Gainer, the former Congressional sergeant at arms.
Kind Care, which seeks the Elston Avenue spot, has hired Zvi Kremer, a former security manager for El Al Airlines in Moscow and Chicago.
And Professional Pharmacy Management — the partnership between longtime pharmacist Barry Golin and brothers Doug and Danny Marks —has hired Michael Chasen, who retired after 39 years at the Chicago Police Department as chief deputy of detectives, to run security at its proposed shop on Milwaukee Avenue.
Wow. The connected Gainers, the ex-Chief of Detectives, an international airline security boss. How ever will Quinn/Madigan/Rahm choose to grow the medicinal weed? Maybe some sort of "sharing" among the connected?
Is it just us or does this remind anyone of the defunct Chicago casino license? That had a Who's Who list of connected rich folks looking to get richer.
Is it just us or does this remind anyone of the defunct Chicago casino license? That had a Who's Who list of connected rich folks looking to get richer.
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posted by SCC at 12:05 AM
69 Comments:
As long as some of that money goes to filling the pension gap, who cares, we've already been screwed by this contract, what else can happen?
are the unaccompanied illegal immigrant gonna be the pack mules?
When you think about it, who better for an enterprise than the well connected and well clouted. Sort of like hiring an ebola czar. Did Obama hire some never heard of infectious disease M.D.? No way, he hired a well connected attorney with clout.
Chasen was always a jagoff. Still is.
Darn this City..ain't nothing straight??
Vanecko Weed, LLC.
Yep - keep votin' Democrat.
Nothing new here, just another demonstration of clout-heavy entrants.
Doesn't it make any of you sick to see this? Or, is it acceptable?
Sheeple!!
FU Chicago Democratic Party!
All these connected Socialist/Democratic people involved with the distribution of marijuana. And a retired detective selling marijuana in the heartland of 016 on Milwaukee.
Our children will be damned. We failed them by not voting for solid politicians and working to elect heros.
Cant wait to share the road with zoned out potheads.
This whole weed legalization thing brings to mind the Opium war between China and Britain. The British operated poppy fields in India. The British then sold opium to middlemen in China in exchange for silver. The result was lots of addicted opium addicts in China and lots of silver for the British Empire.
Lots of people on social security disability entitlements seem to have just enough money to get by and somehow are able to scrounge up a few shekels to buy that smoking weed. This degenerate class does not require opium but rather the democrat party’s HOPEium to get through the day after collecting from the working class helping rise up that national debt. Get a free check for doing nothing and you to will be a HOPEium fiend. Cannabis dumbs and numbs people down so populations are easily controlled.
Obviously there is modern day silver, a.k.a. government transfer payments, which these conniving fat cat democrat connected scheisters seek to cash in on and make those evil corporate six figure plus profits. The Italian mob aspiring pinky ring fantasizing Chasen rose through the ranks to a coveted six figure gold star pension with a little help from the controlling big democrat money crews from the north shore. Make arrests, do police work, get lots of awards, stay out of trouble and off the disciplinary radar screen will get you nowhere. Chasen was represented by big money and served their interests. It’s all legit, right blue shirt? Keep up the good work while the power that be keep a tight rein on you through their appointed and anointed henchmen cronies.
Even that billionaire democrat donor George Schwartz better known as George Soros knows that oppressed people need their daily medicine or medicinal weed. Soros knows there is a lot of money to be made and in addition, a more controllable political class of people to perpetuate his influence and power. That why he publically supports reefer legalization.
Vanecko Weed llc. And little bitch Daley, with his baseball bat, as head of security.
How well is little Mikey Chasen recovering from his self inflicted GSW? Enough to pick up a shekel or two, I imagine.
Anonymous said...
FU Chicago Democratic Party!
All these connected Socialist/Democratic people involved with the distribution of marijuana. And a retired detective selling marijuana in the heartland of 016 on Milwaukee.
Our children will be damned. We failed them by not voting for solid politicians and working to elect heros.
Oh, boo fucking boo. So what they open a weed shop in 016. Its a medical marijuana shop, not a recreational one like the ones in Washington or Colorado. So relax douche. Besides have you even looked into what you have to have to even get a medical marijuana card in Illinois? You pretty much have to be on your death bed. So don't worry there won't be any stoners driving around your hood or hanging out. You probably also think weed is a gateway drug too.
Chasen needs the weed to dull the pain of the unintended GSW to his calf. What a joke.
Didn't Chasen invent the video recording system that is breaking down in all the AREAS?
I also remember he had very expensive taste in clothing?
Keep thinking those exempts are helping you work your case. They really are the leaks in this department when other clouted are locked up.
Why isn't our pension fund getting a taste of this grab for weed!
Chasen is and will always be a self centered, "look at me," out for himself asshole.
Greed.... It makes the world go around
Dude...I'm so wasted!
Mike C. God's gift to the police. He was knee deep in the Koschman case and was pissed when he didn't become Chief of Detectives after taking care of the families business. We wonder why people don't like the police. The CPD is a sick organization at the top. Exempt promotions are given to get something in return when the time is right. A little tit for tat in this case. The Chicago way.
As long as the folks keep putting democrats in office this shit will continue. We know what we have. Lets try the other party for four short years and see if that fixes a few thing, if not put the dems back in charge.
Follow the Democrats to make money.
The Illinois State Police are the ones reviewing the applications. Who is the head of the Illinois State Police? Hiram Grau - former Deputy Superintendent of Chicago Police Dept. Is he going to tell the clouted no? The democratic machine will just get a new head of ISP to continue to fleece their taxpayers.
How much is the Daley-Vanecko Joint Venture going to seek from our pension so they can invest in the ObamaWeed® Program?
Colorado is bracing for weed-laced candy giveaways to kids on Halloween. Real nice gift from a pulp brained president of The United States and his stool pigeon pal mayor of Chicago.
It's the Chicago way. The rich, and/or connected, get richer while the rest of us get poorer due to overtaxation.
Anonymous said...
Cant wait to share the road with zoned out potheads.
10/20/2014 01:56:00 AM
You already do.
This whole weed legalization thing brings to mind the Opium war between China and Britain. The British operated poppy fields in India. The British then sold opium to middlemen in China in exchange for silver. The result was lots of addicted opium addicts in China and lots of silver for the British Empire.
Lots of people on social security disability entitlements seem to have just enough money to get by and somehow are able to scrounge up a few shekels to buy that smoking weed. This degenerate class does not require opium but rather the democrat party’s HOPEium to get through the day after collecting from the working class helping rise up that national debt. Get a free check for doing nothing and you to will be a HOPEium fiend. Cannabis dumbs and numbs people down so populations are easily controlled.
Obviously there is modern day silver, a.k.a. government transfer payments, which these conniving fat cat democrat connected scheisters seek to cash in on and make those evil corporate six figure plus profits. The Italian mob aspiring pinky ring fantasizing Chasen rose through the ranks to a coveted six figure gold star pension with a little help from the controlling big democrat money crews from the north shore. Make arrests, do police work, get lots of awards, stay out of trouble and off the disciplinary radar screen will get you nowhere. Chasen was represented by big money and served their interests. It’s all legit, right blue shirt? Keep up the good work while the power that be keep a tight rein on you through their appointed and anointed henchmen cronies.
Even that billionaire democrat donor George Schwartz better known as George Soros knows that oppressed people need their daily medicine or medicinal weed. Soros knows there is a lot of money to be made and in addition, a more controllable political class of people to perpetuate his influence and power. That why he publically supports reefer legalization.
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Amen,
Hey Dean, I bet your position is that the revenue should be directed toward our pension fund. You'll then tell everyone to vote Yes, while half their kids are addicted to pot.
The Lord will judge the leaders and followers alike.
Did one get promoted to captain , refused promotion because he never applied . Now that person is honest and did not take away a promotion from a lieutenant that applied . An example of integrity and proof police officers do refuse merit , political appointments .
Mike Chasen? The guy that shot himself in the ass while qualifying with his retirement pistol? That inspires all sorts of confidence to those of us that live in 016.
The contract passed and I won the ghetto lottery (Retro).
Tiny Dancer & the whole Insane Clown Posse Alinskite crew will come out of this deal with well-oiled, down-right greasy palms.
New, Bigger Houses all around for the Ruling Class elite
Weed isn't the problem- it's all the rules and control they will enact to make it impossible for the independent businessman with no connections to make a living. A small grower will be choked out of the market so these thieves can monopolize yet another industry. Personally, I think the drunks are much worse to deal with than any pothead I've ever encountered. I've never seen any angry or belligerent toker, unlike all the bad drunks and angry alkies we deal with daily.
Can the Daley-Vanecko weed emporium be on the horizon?
In a building that pays no taxes, of course.
Money to be made selling weed,wow,no wonder the drug dealers did it,and Al Capone did alcohol,until it became a legal business, oh my how history repeats itself,clouted and the rich get richer on the poor,knowing full well there will be security breaches and weed sold under the table no different than drug dealers,some people don't care how they earn their money no different than Capone and drug dealers,wait now we legalize it and make money on it too and drop the title drug dealer,let do this,let's see how long it's totally legit!
I just hope Chasen doesn't shoot himself again before his friends get the contract.
You Folks All Blog And Rant About How The Democrats Have Control Of This State. Fine! How Many of You Will Strap On The Democratic Feed Bag of Fear, and Vote Democratic In November ?
Anyone Who Blogs On This Site and Votes Democratic In November Is A Hypocrite, at The Least.
Heh...
Kind of like all the maneuvering behind the curtains for the No-Lympic bid...
The made members of Daley Inc. were hot and greasy with greed, arrogance and an overblown sense of entitlement.
Everything was already divvied up, multi-billion dollar contracts were already drawn up and signed and the skim was already calculated.
See:
>Shadowy figures darting furtively from doorway to doorway with nice leather architect portfolios stuffed with uncut sheets of new issue $100K Gold Certificates because the thievery would be too massive to accomplish by regular means of bricks of $100 USC notes<
A lot of the same names we've been seeing for the last 40 years...
And no doubt, the usual cast of characters hiding in the shadows.
We hope that this money making venture grenades in their anxiously awaiting faces with multiple catastrophic casualties just like the other overheated "let's steal some money" schemes that the clouted in Chicago love to engage in.
Usually at great tax payer expense...
1992 World Fair/500th Anniversary of Columbus' landing in the New World.
The numerous pushes for a land based Chicago casino.
2016 Olympic bid.
...And others.
Funny...
They usually failed because they couldn't settle on how to lock the churls out of the revenue stream/divvy up the skim to keep all the inside players happy and quiet. Can't have any inside people jaw-jacking to the Feds because they felt like they were cut out of their "fair share" of the thievery.
Reason why Daley Inc. pushed "Him Self" to the White House?
Naawwwww...
That can't POSSIBLY be the case.
Right?
>Snicker!<
As is often said here...
Follow the money.
Is that the same Terry Gainer that was on Let's Make a Deal while wearing his Chicago Police Department Sgt's uniform ?
These weed companies hired the lightweights Terry Gainer, Michael Chasen and a foreign national Zvi Kremer to lobby on their behalf. Lightweights. Things get done with a lot less red tape and faster with the right “people”, wink, wink. A better lobbyist would be Loretta Durbin, the wife of Illinois Senator “little dick” Durbin. When you see “little dick” talking excessively about the evils of corporate lobbyists, overlook the apparent nepotism with this 32 year career politician. The apple does not fall far from the tree. Oh by the way Loretta Durbin was a paid lobbyist of Wyeth, one of those big pharmaceutical companies Senator little dicky rallied against to get government mandated, government controlled healthcare on the unwashed masses. Hypocrites, I tell you, hypocrites. Some people will say anything to get elected, but overlook and put aside that same public rhetoric condemnation speech for mass consumption, if there is an opportunity for family to get paid real big and fat. On second thought, maybe this Kremer is not a lightweight. Doesn’t el-al get its on runway on departure and arrivals at O’Hare along with the accompanying exclusive CPD escort and its passengers forgo that harassing long wait everyday Joe TSA stuff for its own security checkpoint. Now that’s power through big money single political party contributions and control.
Vanecko Vines & Associates LLC. " We grow 'em, you smoke 'em"
hey ssc cant to write them 11-501a4 under thew influence of weed a win for all
Are there any qualified people who might need a job and are raising a family and are not already collecting one or two pensions.
All this name dropping is making my little weenee hurt.
Now, kees me you fool!!!!
Lets see Gainer gets State Police Pension, Federal Pension and whatever else was hidden from public view, Chasen, the Hillard/Heinz insider who is rumored to know about the Kochman/Vanecko caper and an Israeli security guy, think he is connected to or thru RhAM or Rauner, I'll bet on it. Amazing how smart they are and how smart their friends that they'll hire are.
Spicoli Said:
Hey Bud, Let's Party!
Anonymous said:
"Oh, boo fucking boo. So what they open a weed shop in 016. Its a medical marijuana shop, not a recreational one like the ones in Washington or Colorado. So relax douche. Besides have you even looked into what you have to have to even get a medical marijuana card in Illinois? You pretty much have to be on your death bed. So don't worry there won't be any stoners driving around your hood or hanging out. You probably also think weed is a gateway drug too.'
Says the stupid liberal.
So you don't think the stoners will be hanging out in front wanting to buy the "medical marijuana" from those "on their death bed". Have you read the law? Everyone & their brother will have a card in a year. Walk out and sell the best weed around.
Democrats get first crack at all the good stuff.
Build a marijuana clinic in Mo Town!!!
Can you hear that..... That's my skull
The contract passed and I won the ghetto lottery (Retro)
So did the government when they get their piece and so did baby's mamma when she comes back for a raise in child support.
Yo, 10:38 AM : "while half their kids are addicted to pot."
You are an idiot.
Gee, and to think the city is still fighting tooth and nail against Gun Stores / Ranges from opening within city limits...smh
And the peons worry about their pension. The clouted all know that another gravy train is around the corner. Chasen was a goof on the job. Arrogant does not express it properly.
Fyi- i know coppers don't vote but for those of us who care about the future:
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/
Sounds like typical democratic bullshit, lie cheat and steal
Anonymous said...
And the peons worry about their pension. The clouted all know that another gravy train is around the corner. Chasen was a goof on the job. Arrogant does not express it properly.
10/20/2014 09:16:00 PM
I hope Chasen is now using a holster for his diminutive .380 semi-auto pimp gun so he doesn't shoot himself in the leg again.
Anonymous said...
Mike C. God's gift to the police. He was knee deep in the Koschman case and was pissed when he didn't become Chief of Detectives after taking care of the families business. We wonder why people don't like the police. The CPD is a sick organization at the top. Exempt promotions are given to get something in return when the time is right. A little tit for tat in this case. The Chicago way.
10/20/2014 08:26:00 AM
True. He was hopping mad and screaming about loyalty after he was pushed aside. Many around him felt it couldn't have happened to a finer fellow.
And now Reefer Madness sets in. Just wait until they decriminalize heroin. I might come out of retirement and start a Narcane pen business.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Can the Daley-Vanecko weed emporium be on the horizon?
In a building that pays no taxes, of course.
10/20/2014 12:00:00 PM
Paid for with our pension money perhaps?
This is the point of a crony capitalist (fascist) system.
But if there is no enforcement of licensing then the grant of privilege to the cronies becomes nearly worthless.
So you don't think the stoners will be hanging out in front wanting to buy the "medical marijuana" from those "on their death bed". Have you read the law? Everyone & their brother will have a card in a year. Walk out and sell the best weed around.
Democrats get first crack at all the good stuff.
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1.) medical marijuana is set at a price that completely diminishes it's resale value. A ounce of the stuff is going to go for the same price the weed on the street is. Same with a gram, eights, quaters etc. if not a little more.
2.) this is a city of over 2 million, in the middle of the map, controlled by mexican drugs. They're heroin and cocaine may be good, but their weed? Not at all. The market for high grade weed is here, high grade weed is already here, and so this medical stuff will just have a special name on it.
I don't care what Fox News told you. stoners are and should be the least - the VERY least - of your worries.
I don't care what Fox News told you. stoners are and should be the least - the VERY least - of your worries.
10/21/2014 12:25:00 AM
Ahhh, the new mantra of the left as it has been received from the worst president in our Country's history.
Alcohol, in moderation, is has it's benefits. There are food pairings, and complex spirits to be enjoyed. Wine is good for the heart, again in moderation.
Not the case with marijuana. You toke to get stoned. You cannot operate a motor vehicle after imbibing even a small amount, but it will happen. The caricature of the stoner is an accurate picture and you know it. So is the caricature of a drunk, but you have to work at it. Marijuana makes it easy to sit out life and we have endangered our youth by making it easier to get. I didn't need Fox News to see that.
"Did Obama hire some never heard of infectious disease M.D.?"
-- 10/20/2014 12:18:00 AM
...who might have had some grasp of the subject at hand?
"No way, he hired a well connected attorney with clout."
So you'd want Ron Klain at your bedside caring for you if you were deathly ill. Got it.
Makes as little sense as anything else you post here.
Weed=$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
I retired to Colorado and am making a fortune with my small weed store.Bye Bye Shitcago.
2.) this is a city of over 2 million, in the middle of the map, controlled by mexican drugs. They're heroin and cocaine may be good, but their weed? Not at all. The market for high grade weed is here, high grade weed is already here, and so this medical stuff will just have a special name on it.
I don't care what Fox News told you. stoners are and should be the least - the VERY least - of your worries.
10/21/2014 12:25:00 AM
I never liked the high grade stuff, too powerful. I liked the plain Mexican weed, a little Hendrix, a little Mexican weed, then cookies and milk.
After 30 plus yrs on the CPD retiring as a deputy chief of detectives, you take a job running security for a weed dealer? Just because is legal now to sell doesn't mean it's the right thing to do working for a weed dealer. What happened to integrity? .........so sad......
You missed this one: Jon Loevy is applying to be a medical marijuana grower and supplier: http://www.thexradio.com/news/78-local-news/13584-plan-commission-recommends-rezoning-change-to-allow-marijuana-growing-facility
Anonymous said...
Cant wait to share the road with zoned out potheads.
10/20/2014 01:56:00 AM
Oh come on now. I worked the Cook County area for my entire career with ISP and never, ever handled a serious crash involving a motorist who was under the influence of weed. Alcohol, well, that's another story. The drunks are the ones who are causing all the carnage on our highways, not the weed smokers.
Retired ISP
Anonymous said...
Lets see Gainer gets State Police Pension, Federal Pension and whatever else was hidden from public view,
10/20/2014 05:18:00 PM
Don't forget nearly 20 years of service on the CPD right here. He most likely used service at other law enforcement agencies to max out the pension here.
He also was in a high appointed position in DC, Sgt at Arms of the US Senate. Isn't that enough?
He is now a "senior" advisor at a DC security company. He ain't hurting for rent money.
After 30 plus yrs on the CPD retiring as a deputy chief of detectives, you take a job running security for a weed dealer? Just because is legal now to sell doesn't mean it's the right thing to do working for a weed dealer. What happened to integrity? .........so sad......
10/21/2014 12:40:00 PM
You are assuming he ever had integrity.
Oh come on now. I worked the Cook County area for my entire career with ISP and never, ever handled a serious crash involving a motorist who was under the influence of weed. Alcohol, well, that's another story. The drunks are the ones who are causing all the carnage on our highways, not the weed smokers.
Retired ISP
10/21/2014 05:26:00 PM
Having worked the inner city most of my career I can tell you it was part of the life style of most of my arrestees. Apples and oranges, friend.
It was illegal back in our day. It was well hidden (or they tried)and I don't believe we had a test for it on the street. It is a soul stealer and will be a huge problem for this next generation if they legalize it.
Retired CPD
After 30 plus yrs on the CPD retiring as a deputy chief of detectives, you take a job running security for a weed dealer? Just because is legal now to sell doesn't mean it's the right thing to do working for a weed dealer. What happened to integrity? .........so sad......
10/21/2014 12:40:00 PM
"Running security for a weed dealer"
regardless who gets the security gig, you make it sound like they will be riding a bike around a street corner operation. It's going to be a licensed, inspected, controlled and taxed operation. Yea, taxed. MAYBE (but not likely) the tax dough will go to public service pensions. Or cars, or facilities.
Like it or not, it's coming, and so is legalization overall. Just look at the financials from Colorado. There is just too much money to be made by cities and states. Alcohol, tobacco, gambling and now weed. All harming the user, and benefitting the government.
Makes you proud to be an American doesn't it?
Maybe the connected can grow weed on all the farmland they own in Peotone.
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