  Gnome Member Username: Gnome Post Number: 2462 Registered: 08-2007 |
http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dp p/news/Police_Bust_Pot_Growing _Opera Bob and Sons Produce warehouse put to new use as a pot growing factory. | ||
Dannyv Member Username: Dannyv Post Number: 595 Registered: 08-2007 |
There seems to be some confusion between Homeland Security and Homegrown Security. This initiative to promote another "green" industry in Detroit in response to Obama's stimulus program has been thwarted by conventional thinking. | ||
Mauser765 Member Username: Mauser765 Post Number: 3048 Registered: 01-2004 |
"Pot plants were growing like weeds inside" Um....they are weeds, Robin. | ||
Baselinepunk Member Username: Baselinepunk Post Number: 135 Registered: 03-2007 |
"Um....they are weeds, Robin." A renewable energy resource as well ... if memory serves. | ||
Gnome Member Username: Gnome Post Number: 2466 Registered: 08-2007 |
Interesting to note that there doesn't seem to be a mention in either the Freep or the DNews. If Robin Shvartz's report is accurate, that semi-trucks would frequent the place at all hours, that means massive amounts of pot had been growing there for some time. If it takes 3 months to grow a plant to maturity, another couple of weeks to hang it and dry it, toss in a week for packaging ... that is a big farming/manufacturing operation. 4 months from seed to package. If semi trucks were showing up at all hours, that must mean there was a staggered start to the growing process. Some plants just starting, others maturing, others being dried and processed. Hence the Bob and Sons Warehouse must have been in operation for six months to a year. Assuming the operation was working off stolen heat and electricity, that means DTE (and its customers) have been underwriting this little venture to the tune of maybe $100,000. That is a heck of a lot of energy to just go missing. Maybe Gannon should work up a conspiracy theory, where Tony Early at DTE, funneled stolen energy into a pot growing enterprise, then siphoned off the dough and giving it to Kwame's NextGeneration PAC. Just a thought. | ||
Busterwmu Member Username: Busterwmu Post Number: 534 Registered: 09-2004 |
WWJ had something on their website about it the other day. They did not say what warehouse it was in, only that the address was about 700 W. Jefferson Ave. I google mapped it and funny thing is that the little pointer was right in front of Joe Louis.... HA! Of course I'm not insinuating anything, but a quick search for the "bob and sons produce warehouse" turned up nothing also. Where on Jefferson is this building? | ||
Gannon Member Username: Gannon Post Number: 9078 Registered: 12-2003 |
Seems like you don't need any help with your theory, Gnome. Legalize it completely and freely...it is a weed. Marijuana is likely the most beneficial plant EVER on the planet to mere humans, and we're still arguing this crap...playing whack-a-mole against those who provide such a valuable service that the entire government cannot even WAR against it successfully. | ||
Urbanfisherman Member Username: Urbanfisherman Post Number: 112 Registered: 07-2008 |
quote: You must be kidding. I mean, that's a joke, right? | ||
Gannon Member Username: Gannon Post Number: 9080 Registered: 12-2003 |
You've obviously never actually studied the plant...at least all of its benefits published before the 1930s propaganda when it was renamed marijuana instead of hemp. The joke is on the populace...sad one, too! | ||
D_mcc Member Username: D_mcc Post Number: 1710 Registered: 12-2007 |
Hemp...Probably one of the "greenest" plants for its multi-use ability. Fantastic fiber, better than cotton in most ways. | ||
D_parcells Member Username: D_parcells Post Number: 7 Registered: 04-2008 |
it will be interesting to see what happens with the Medical use and ability to be a "caregiver (grower )" for someone. That coupled with the Obama administrations stance of not wasting the DEA's attention on medical marijuana busts ( can't afford it? ) but rather to leave prosecution up to each state. I'm also pretty sure that busting all these growers sure isn't helping our local economy, not that they are paying taxes, but the money does go directly into our local economy. Probably 10's of millions for an operation of that size. | ||
Gnome Member Username: Gnome Post Number: 2467 Registered: 08-2007 |
The building is located on google maps at 7256 W. Jefferson, detroit. The link is too long to post. It is between Green St and S. Cottrell. Since the google maps guys drove by the building has been painted brown. Also in the google maps pic, you can see a company named Crown Plating next door. Since there are cars in front and the doors are open one can assume that in Aug/Sept of 2007 it was a going business. | ||
Savoyard Member Username: Savoyard Post Number: 10 Registered: 08-2008 |
Sadly, pot growing appears to be one of the last viable businesses in this section of Delay. Crown Plating, Kovacs bar and an Evinrude store seem to be the last survivors. Thank you Matty. | ||
D_parcells Member Username: D_parcells Post Number: 8 Registered: 04-2008 |
just think of all the pot that could be grown in the MCS! Could be a billion dollar business easy with that kind of space. hmmm city tax on a billion dollar business (if it were decriminalized )? anyone? + you'd get that pleasant skunk smell wafting around corktown. residents would be hungrier and therefore spend more time at area restaurants or make more trips to the grocery for munchies. it's a win/win. | ||
Eastsidedame Member Username: Eastsidedame Post Number: 683 Registered: 12-2006 |
If we could just tax it, now...we could fund an elementary school for a whole year. Or lay a few blocks of new sidewalks and streetlights in a neighborhood. See? | ||
Saintme Member Username: Saintme Post Number: 338 Registered: 08-2006 |
"If it takes 3 months to grow a plant to maturity" It took us about 6 months. Er . . . | ||
Gravitymachine Member Username: Gravitymachine Post Number: 1751 Registered: 05-2005 |
about two or three years ago someone rented space at the russell to do just this, but on a much smaller scale. i always wondered why the lights were always on in that particular space when i drove under their window... dunno if the law or the managment caught up to em, but they cleared out. though they left enough infastructure behind to strongly hint at what was going on (Message edited by gravitymachine on March 11, 2009) |
