Kim Scheinberg
@Mikal
I had a friend who for decades ran a restaurant in NYC. It had a steep staircase leading down to the basement where all the food was stored
He maintained that the most challenging part of running the place was resisting the urge to push the restaurant inspector down those stairs every time they visited
Where bureaucratic inspectors are concerned, ACAB rules apply
I'm sorry they're making your life miserable
My camera shoots fascists
The CW was somewhat joking, but I generally like to keep my @PlantHumboldt promotional posts separate from my regular online life.
We have a mailing list that we send out to notify people about things like East Bay deliveries, sales and so on. I've taken to adding "editorials" this season. Mostly about the Brazil-the-movie-level bureaucratic insanity of trying to run a simple cannabis plant nursery in California. But yesterday's was about how much our customers and employees love this place.
It's true! We have so many people who come here year after year to get their plants and think it's the coolest place ever. (They're right!)
Many of them say things to me like they hope we can survive and stay in business. I'm guessing they sense the tiredness in me when I'm writing about what a stupid and tiresome mess California cannabis is for anyone without millions of dollars in investor money to burn.
My camera shoots fascists
Imagine running a business for 10 years that can be shut down at any point by any random bureaucratic inspector who decides they don't like something. That's the reality of the Dept. of Cannabis Control's "provisional license" system. Any time, for any reason, they can shut you down with no recourse. As of this year, no new provisional licenses can be issued and everyone has to transition to "annual" license status. But we can't do that until Humboldt County gets through their convoluted process and gives us our CEQA (CA Environmental Quality Act) clearance. They've only had 10 years to figure this out. WTF?
If that doesn't happen by July 2nd, when our provisional license expires. We'd have to shut down and then start the entire annual license application process over again. After 10 years.
I don't want to do that. But then I'm torn between what I want for my life and how all the employees here and our customers feel about this place continuing.
My camera shoots fascists
My nursery has weed plants you can buy and we're delivering to the East Bay if you want to grow your own and say fuck corporate weed. https://planthumboldt.com/delivery
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