Based on turnout Tuesday night at a Boones Mill public hearing on the merits of allowing legal sales of cannabis, it could be said the Franklin County town is totally chill about weed.
Hopes for public feedback about cannabis retail stores went up in smoke as the number of town citizens in attendance matched the number of news reporters — two — and one of those was the newly elected Boones Mill representative to the Franklin County Board of Supervisors.
Opinions in the 275-person town aren’t necessarily nonexistent, but simply haven’t budded yet. As Cardinal News’ Dwayne Yancey reported on Monday, the earliest that retail cannabis can be a reality in Virginia is Nov. 1, and that’s assuming the General Assembly passes such legislation in this session and Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger signs it, as promised…