The Brief
- The Osseo City Council held a town hall Thursday night on a proposed cannabis dispensary in the city.
- Residents are pushing back on a proposed property tax abatement to help fund the building.
- There are also plans to pair the dispensary with a brewery.
OSSEO, Minn. (FOX 9) – The Osseo City Council held a public town hall meeting Thursday night to allow the public to weigh in on a proposed cannabis dispensary in the community.
The town hall comes after a property tax abatement has been proposed that would help fund the dispensary. Residents in the city are pushing back, and public comment got heated Thursday night as they took the microphone.
‘You’re going to tax us out of our homes’
What they’re saying
One resident sounded off for a little more than three minutes, and got a round of applause during her rant…