Pittsylvania County, VA to Shut Down Skill Game Operations

First of all, the C store is a convenience store, not a mini casino. Virginia people can easily find them at convenience stores so that they do not lose money in the next gambling. Only a small number of owners run this business. Why they work hard to pass this law, it's a simple money. Save Virginians, save Virginia, and religion does not allow gambling

Last name: Hudson location: Farm Building

Do not vote for this bill, and those who need diapers with illness run out of money in the s o-called skill game and demand diaper. With my eyes, I saw many virginians spending money on s o-called skill games that can be obtained at nearby stores.

Surname York member group: American gaming associations Location: Alexandria, Virginia

添付の書簡は、米国ゲーミング業界を代表する米国ゲーミング協会（American Gaming Association）の会長兼 CEO からバージニア州議会に送られたものである； 米国ゲーミング協会（American Gaming Association）は、米国の合法的な It is an organization that represents the gaming industry under the regulations. It has expressed a strong opposition to legislation that tries to legalize the s o-called "skill" gaming machine, such as the HB590. This ban should not be overturned.

Surname: Light Organization Name: VA UMC location: Green Building

I am Sandra Light, a pastor with a doctor's license for the Calvary UMC of Virginia Stuarts Draft.

Surname: Anderson Place: Chesterfield

My name is Pam Anderson. A pastor in the Richmond district of Virginia Joint Methodian Church in Glen Allen and opposes this bill. Any positive comment made by the Dangerous Government does not offset the distant effects of this bill. I have destroyed many life and have seen the catastrophic effects of gambling directly.

HB698 - Cannabis control; establishes a framework for creation of a retail marijuana market, penalties.

Surname: OK group name: decent virginian location that does not want to be involved in drugs: Richmond

Opposite the bill that citizens can smoke cannabis. https: // www. foxnews. Com/Health-Weed-smokers-higher-highers-higher-higher-highter-hight-start-american-heart-association-style-stoody

Surname K place

Side-by-side table: Turn to page 9 and read the last comment. Turn to page 27 and read the third comment. Organization: https://go. boarddocs. com/vsba/henrico/Board. nsf/Public Visit https://go. boarddocs. com/vsba/henrico/Board. nsf/files/D3CJHX4D404E/$file/Written %20Comments%203-14-24. pdf Last name: O Organization name: People for a Safe and Clean Place to Live Location: Richmond and Virginia Why do progressive Democrats and some Democrats want to destroy Virginia? Oregon changes leniency amid rising drug overdoses: the "experiment" is over https://youtu. be/FN1DSR4vRgI? si=xeuBM_MpxmyDbCJx

Last name: O

Organization: All Good Citizens Concerned About People's Mental Health

Location: Richmond

Answer: Because they don't respect law-abiding Virginians who don't want drugs in their neighborhoods, communities, parks, grocery stores, shops, schools, and institutions. Look at Illinois, California, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, New York, and others. Many people don't want a toxic drug-ridden society where crime and gangs thrive. Would you want that next door to your house? I bet you wouldn't. You don't care about our young children or our mental health. You want to make money. Video link: https://www. foxnews. com/video/63198847112

Last name: O Organization: Our Children Location: Henrico

I strongly oppose this bill and SB448! Both representatives who introduced this bill should be ashamed of themselves and those who voted for it. If you think this will reduce crime, violence, traffic accidents, and theft, you are so wrong! This bill will be a disaster for the people of Virgin State. Look at California, Oregon, Colorado, Illinois, etc. Encouraging recreational drug use is shameful for leadership. Why would anyone with decent values ​​and integrity vote for this bill?

Last name: Watts Organization: Civil Rights Activists Location: Waynesboro

How about outdoor sungrown? I just won first place in an outdoor growing contest and I only used water and feed. Zero pesticides, zero chemical fertilizers with Jadam and KNF practices. Look up some videos on soil food webs and regenerative agriculture, especially permaculture. The sun outdoors is what makes us grow and we need as much sun as we can here in Virginia. Beware of small home gardeners who want to waste your hard earned money on half-assed grade materials.

Last name: Myers

Organization name: Protect VA Farmers

Location: Chesapeake

I do not support this bill. This bill will only monopolize the Virginia cannabis market and put money into the hands of big corporations. This bill does not include Virginia farmers or home growers. This bill takes away everything farmers have fought for. This bill will prevent farmers from benefiting from a free cannabis market. Big money corporations should not have an advantage over regular farmers. There should be no barriers to entry. We are talking about barrier plants. This bill will not put money back into Virginia's economy. Virginia farmers can grow the best cannabis in America. We just need to give them the opportunity to use their sun and land.

Last name: Dillard Location: Gooster

HB698 is a harmful bill for small businesses wanting to enter the recreational cannabis market. The ban on outdoor cultivation is a huge barrier to entry for small businesses that don't have deep pockets or access to a lot of capital. The Early Access Program sounds great on the surface, but when you run the numbers, you realize that even with a $400, 000 grant, most businesses can't afford to build an indoor facility and dispensary. For example, buying 10, 000 square feet of grow lights would cost more than $150, 000, and that doesn't include the electrical infrastructure to run the lights. To run a development site of this size, the energy costs for the lights alone (not including environmental controls) would be about $18, 750 per month. In addition to lighting, you'll need proper dehumidification, heating, air conditioning, environmental controls such as air purifiers, humidifiers, freezers, dry rooms, and fans. You'll need soil, fertilizer, containers, etc. to grow. These are just a few of the things needed for an indoor facility, which already totals about $250, 000, excluding monthly operating costs and labor costs for cultivation and construction. On top of these, forestry would need to provide everything such a facility needs.

According to the CCA report, the average cost of medical cannabis is over $19 per gram. Furthermore, if medical businesses are allowed to operate in 20 times the square footage, they can flood the market with cannabis and force operators to operate at a loss. Because they know they can lose much more than any small business. Once small businesses are pushed out of the market, they will continue to monopolize the cannabis market and start taking money from citizens with exorbitantly high prices. This has happened and been proven in many states before us. Don't sell out to multinational cannabis companies. Virginia's cannabis industry should be by Virginians, for Virginians, and the priority should be preservation of the wealth provided to Virginia's cannabis industry, not pocketbook. If you would like to discuss this bill or SB448, please contact me at 757-272-3407.

Last name: Davidson Location: Caroline

According to the CCA report, the average cost of medical cannabis is over $19 per gram. Furthermore, if medical businesses are allowed to operate in 20 times the square footage, they can flood the market with cannabis and force operators to operate at a loss. Because they know they can lose much more than any small business. Once small businesses are pushed out of the market, they will continue to monopolize the cannabis market and start taking money from citizens with exorbitantly high prices. This has happened and been proven in many states before us. Don't sell out to multinational cannabis companies. Virginia's cannabis industry should be by Virginians, for Virginians, and the priority should be preservation of the wealth provided to Virginia's cannabis industry, not pocketbook. If you would like to discuss this bill or SB448, please contact me at 757-272-3407.

Last name: Gerald Location: Richmond

I want to apologize for misunderstanding HB698. I do not support and will not be involved in any bill that supports Virginia farmers with a black market and destroys what our communities have worked so hard to protect. I am not willing to support this bill for the betterment of Virginia. We must not allow this bill to gain any more momentum. A bill like this will not create a positive image or movement and will not give our people what is right and fair.

Last name: Gerald Location: Richmond

I would support and embrace HB698 because I believe a recreational market is more appropriate for the betterment and convenience of the people. A bill like this would bring about a big positive change in our community. Because I see no harm in changing our cannabis laws and allowing those who want to embrace and pursue the medicinal benefits that can be benefited from cannabis use.

Last name: Walter Organization: Virginia Farmers Location: Pittsville County

We request strongly to submit the HB698 committee. The bill creates unfair advantage to Virginia farmers and small and mediu m-sized enterprises. It is unfair to admit that only some people are early. It is criminal and hypocrisy for all agriculture to unlock outdoor cultivation without acknowledging. The bill entrusts all controls and funds to no n-stat e-based hands who do not keep the good intentions of Virginia in mind. We support HB698 and strongly seek SB448!

Surname: James location: No fork

The bill has taken a great deal of traditional markets built by Virginians, with JUSHI (Florida), Green Thumb, and Columbia Care (New York Care) with hundreds of millions of dollars from the Virginian economy. It is given to a large company that spills multiple states.

Surname: Johnesen Birthplace: Loanok

We need an adult cannabis market, but this bill hinders competition and hits a small business. Outdoor cultivation is a great way for small farmers to enter the cannabis market. -The outdoor cultivation has a significant amount of carbon dioxide emissions than burning fossil fuels and supplying power to cultivation lights. -At present, the bill gives the pharmaceutical processor an unlimited number of facilities, so that they can completely determine the state market prices so that they can control the entire state. For the above reasons, we hope to vote in opposition, recognize outdoor development, and correct the bill so that pharmaceutical processors do not completely control the future market.

Surname: SHIPE location: No fork

We need an adult cannabis market, but this bill hinders competition and hits a small business. Outdoor cultivation is a great way for small farmers to enter the cannabis market. -The outdoor cultivation has a significant amount of carbon dioxide emissions than burning fossil fuels and supplying power to cultivation lights. -At present, the bill gives the pharmaceutical processor an unlimited number of facilities, so that they can completely determine the state market prices so that they can control the entire state. For the above reasons, we hope to vote in opposition, recognize outdoor development, and correct the bill so that pharmaceutical processors do not completely control the future market.

S basis: Davidson's group: VCA location: Virginia Beach

A vote for this bill! Support local farmers and SMEs. We want a hemp from Virginia to Virginia ... We have enough MSOs to open a market for local SMEs. We want hemp from Virginia to Virginia.

Surname: Davidson Organization: VCA location: Virginia Beach

We strongly ask for this bill, as this bill has a serious adverse adverse effect on local business, farmers, and our community. We want a hemp for Virginia in the soil of Virginia to Virginia ...

Surname: Donegan place: Nelson

In Virginia, cannabis cultivation on outdoors is currently legal, but this bill prohibits cannabis cultivation outdoors. I can't think of a legitimate reason that needs to take up the rights given just a few years ago. There is no legitimate reason for growing this plant for adults in Virginia to use them personally. I understand that the intent of this bill is to provide legal means and make this important agricultural product more no n-crime and use it. If you are really trying to legalize cannabis, you cannot add new crimes or penalties. It is only greed that Virginia's taxpayers can move multiple states who are trying to deprive their current rights and freedom. Get an opposite vote on this bill, or eliminate the ban on outdoor cannabis cultivation for personal use. During World War II, farmers in Virginia were growing hemp for war. The nature of the rural areas in Virginia does not make crime for outdoor cultivation, ends the failed "drug war", and is strongly sought to cooperate now to allow peaceful outdoor cannabis cultivation. I am.

Surname: Nick Rosa Organization: Virginia Cannabis Association-Veteran's Committee Location: Virginia Beach

Virginia is an agricultural state where everything, from its rich soil, warm climate, long history of enthusiastic farmers, to peanuts to cigarettes. Cigarettes have been a source of cash income for many years, but many farmers are hoping for the cultivation of hemp and cannabis as a substitute for cancer. This bill, which restricts cultivation outdoors, is bad for Virginia farmers and for small and mediu m-sized enterprises in Virginia, but absolutely for a very small group of outer institutions that are trying to dominate before the cannabis market. That's a great thing. We oppose the HB698 as chairman of the Virginia State Cannabis Association, a representative of the Virginia, 67. 000, the Virginia State.

Last name: Suit < SPAN> Currently, outdoor cannabis cultivation is legal, but this bill prohibits cannabis cultivation outdoors. I can't think of a legitimate reason that needs to take up the rights given just a few years ago. There is no legitimate reason for growing this plant for adults in Virginia to use them personally. I understand that the intent of this bill is to provide legal means and make this important agricultural product more no n-crime and use it. If you are really trying to legalize cannabis, you cannot add new crimes or penalties. It is only greed that Virginia's taxpayers can move multiple states who are trying to deprive their current rights and freedom. Get an opposite vote on this bill, or eliminate the ban on outdoor cannabis cultivation for personal use. During World War II, farmers in Virginia were growing hemp for war. The nature of the rural areas in Virginia does not make crime for outdoor cultivation, ends the failed "drug war", and is strongly sought to cooperate now to allow peaceful outdoor cannabis cultivation. I am.