Coast man critically injured in attack over marijuana

icysurfer wrote:

Sincere thx, BMD, I hadn't considered that....
Makes sense.
I am just shocked/saddenned, like everyone by the fact that it all is happening, I suppose. Random violence is truly bad for a community...

I would have to agree RANDOM violence is bad for a community.. But in this case it really doesn't seem so RANDOM. To me it seems these people are looking for 2 things.. pot and money.. So basically what it says is that if your not breaking the law growing and dealing pot then you are probably pretty safe.:)

Arcata is the real pot growing mecca in Calif.,not Mendo. Arcata's city government could care less about folks growing weed, and that attitude trickles down to their local police department. The county D.A. was elected and funded by pot growers and eco-nazis so there's not much enforcement in that department. PG&E transformers routinly blow up in Arcata because of the immense draw of wattage. Don't think about moving there though because there's not much left in the way of rental houses. Go figure.

ya the government wants every body to be a groveling worker ant...grow weed

The mind set that the only options people have in Mendo are to either grow weed or work at Wal-mart is sad. There are plenty of opportunities for people who are willing to apply themselves and make short term sacrifices in return for long term financial and social well being. Get an education, get a job, start a business, do something productive and you might just enjoy it. Or grow that weed and party it up until the cops or the robbers come knocking at your door...

Katlyns Sister wrote:

First think if it weren't for weed mendo county wouldn't be wat it is today.

and what, exactly, IS Mendocino County today? frankly i find there to be very little about this area aside from the natural beauty to write home about so to speak. don't get me wrong, i like living here as opposed to a big city, but that is due to friendly people, lower traffic, and general safety (comparatively speaking), none of which has to do w/ the marijuana trade. that said, we've never had a bustling economy (hardly a self-sustaining one even), most of our roads are in poor shape, our planning & government seems to be primarily reactive rather than proactive and our sense of community has never seemed more fractured. i'm not blaming it all on marijuana cultivation, i'm just saying that it certainly isn't curing what ails us as a society

Ukiah_Mom wrote:

The Sheriff's Office is "not currently pursuing drug charges"...?... why the hell not!!!?? What an INJUSTICE! This is CLEARLY beyond the boundries of 215. Or is someone going to tell me he needed over 800 plants for his sick mom?
MCSO don't know how the robbers knew of the pot farm? Well how about they are drug dealers and they've purchased pot there before?
Come on... where is the justice. This is all crap.
You're growing over 800 plants... there is a chance bad people will hurt you for your drugs and money. You're breaking the law. Deal with the consequences.

Read that sentence again - not CURRENTLY - means the MCSO can initiate charges any time they want, they just have not done it so far. It does not say they are not going to, a conjecture which your further remarks are based on.

Perhaps it's slightly entertaining for some of the Lurkers reading this stuff, however I question whether your inflammatory remarks contribute anything at all to an informed discussion.

It might not be curing what ails you but maybe it relaxes others.... and to the guy that knocked what i said cause of spell check - we all know how to use spell check, toilets, microwave ovens and the rest of the stuff so stick to the subject.

What is wrong with growing weed. It's NOT A HARD DRUG!!!! Why would any of you say that the growers in question got what they deserve, NO ONE DESERVES TOURTURE!!!

icysurfer wrote:

Sincere thx, BMD, I hadn't considered that....
Makes sense.
I am just shocked/saddenned, like everyone by the fact that it all is happening, I suppose. Random violence is truly bad for a community...

I agree! The scariest part is that any of us could happen upon it and become victims too.....

The Ar-Qaida Eye wrote:

Arcata is the real pot growing mecca in Calif.,not Mendo. Arcata's city government could care less about folks growing weed, and that attitude trickles down to their local police department. The county D.A. was elected and funded by pot growers and eco-nazis so there's not much enforcement in that department. PG&E transformers routinly blow up in Arcata because of the immense draw of wattage. Don't think about moving there though because there's not much left in the way of rental houses. Go figure.

Now that is just funny...Have you ever even been to or lived in Arcata or are you just repeating BS rumors and urban legends? In fact Arcata has some of the strictest MMJ regulation in the whole state as well as some of the strictest police. Oh, an transformers do not regularly blow up, and there are plenty of rental houses.

FB Grower wrote:

It might not be curing what ails you but maybe it relaxes others....

oh, i totally agree with you there; my point was simply that marijuana and the people growing it are not making Mendocino County some wonderous place to live. what's good about it has nothing to do w/ pot, and while the issue has certainly divided our community, it's not the only thing creating problems here either

love it wrote:

I hope they catch them soon too. I hope they catch them, deputize them, give them medals and a parade. I love it. 54 year old burned out hippie....he needed a good rap on the beak. Get a real job old man Congrats to the FBI!
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What is wrong with you? Growing mj may be illegal but it is a NONVIOLENT CRIME. They are growing plant's. You support this violence? That makes you just as bad as the attackers, and one hundred times worse than the grower. You disgust me.

Think wrote:

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Now that is just funny...Have you ever even been to or lived in Arcata or are you just repeating BS rumors and urban legends? In fact Arcata has some of the strictest MMJ regulation in the whole state as well as some of the strictest police. Oh, an transformers do not regularly blow up, and there are plenty of rental houses.

You are dead wrong. Arcata has a huge MJ problem, as anyone who lives there will tell you. Available rental housing IS a problem due to homes being rented for commercial grow.

FB Grower wrote:

You puritain rednecks sure sound "simple" - brian washed F'in sheep

Your not just a dirtbag grower your funny too!

Realist wrote:

<quoted text>You are dead wrong. Arcata has a huge MJ problem, as anyone who lives there will tell you. Available rental housing IS a problem due to homes being rented for commercial grow.

i'd have to agree if the news article i read recently was any indiciation; if i recall correctly, local officials estimated that around 1000 of the 7500 houses in Arcata are strictly vacant grow houses. my apologies if my recollection is off

Ukiah Mom wrote:

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Oh....I see, so your saying unless towns are full of drug dealers, they cant survive? wow, I have had it wrong all along. I was wondering how towns all across our county have been making it. Thanks for the insight!

Check your history Ukiah Mom. Two of the original main industries in Mendo were logging and fisheries. They are mere shadows of their former selves due to exploitative practices and non-sustainable yields. The poor logging practices impacted the fisheries by raising water temperatures and putting too much debris in the creeks.
Maybe if pot is legalized it will give people another legitimate, legal crop to grow besides grapes.
Sorry Ukiah Mom I just don't think pot is the problem. Greed, now that is a problem.

your just as bad wrote:

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What is wrong with you? Growing mj may be illegal but it is a NONVIOLENT CRIME. They are growing plant's. You support this violence? That makes you just as bad as the attackers, and one hundred times worse than the grower. You disgust me.

Yeah A little Marijuana NEVER hurt anyone. People like that don't go after the LITTLE guys.

I do not support the Violence, but the fact still remains if they hadn't been growing such a "small" amount this would not have happened to them in the first place.

People want to grow and sell they need to be prepared do deal with the "good" people they are dealing with.

Shine a little light on the subject, KEEP IT PERSONAL AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THIS KIND OF THING HAPPENING TO YOU!

clearly this was a medical robbery.

Realist wrote:

<quoted text>You are dead wrong. Arcata has a huge MJ problem, as anyone who lives there will tell you. Available rental housing IS a problem due to homes being rented for commercial grow.

Realist, don't you know by now that Think knows all? He has all the answers and if you disagree then you are a bigot! I have stated FACT personally experienced by me and all think can do is call me a liar! Think doesn't, he just spews his garbage all over, nobody listens to him/her/it anyways.

Growing pot brings money into the county that wan't there before. I do not agree with the giant commercial grower operations and I blame that souly on greed. All the crimes that happen are not becuase of pot but because of greed. Because mendocino does not have the logging of fishing to rely on any more they have to move onto something or else this would become a ghost town. Maybe Walmart isn't the answer but something needs to be done. Rather than dogging the growing of weed maybe we should start promoting the growth of hemp. This could help to stop the marijuana growers by contaminating their crops and it would generate money for the town county. People who say marijuana is the devil really have no idea what they arre talking about. Meth is the devil. Heroin is the devil. Coke is the devil. All of these drugs make the addicts unstable, unreliable and dangerous. Pot makes people mellow, calm and tolerable. Maybe more people should start smoking we might have a more tolerable society.

What do they mean "it's not our concern".Why then did they come to a neighbors house simply because SOMEONE reported he was growing pot in his hot house when in reality he grows orchards. They looked and of course found no pot. The neighbor was told by the sheriff had there been even one plant on the property they would have hauled him into jail. These people had over 800 and "it's not our concern". Who chooses who the laws apply to and who they don't apply to? If it's not their concern then they should just leave everyone alone and let the growers all they want to grow. If they are going to arrest a person for even one plant such as they said they would have done to the neighbor then everyone with one plant should be arrested. Still wondering, who decides who to arrest and who not to arrest?

Katlyns Sister: You are right pot does make people mellow. Booze makes most people crazy and causes many deaths each year. Pot is the only economy there is in the Fort Bragg area. The timber industry is gone and so is the fishing. The growers are the ones keeping businesses afloat. Something to think about.