Cover, April 6: “Growing Pains”
Stunning
This is stunning. Everyone who applied for a license is aware going in of the nonprofit requirement. How can shared management with 100 percent of revenue going to a for-profit entity be legal?
Carolyn Karnes
SFReporter.com
Ridiculous and Silly
Good story. The nonprofit designation by the state is ridiculous. Let the marketplace decide. Learn from other best practices in other states. Nonprofit has never meant you don't make money. Nor has it meant that you're always a softer, kinder business. For profit doesn't mean you can't build a patient-centric business model. These are not 501(c)(3)s. The designation is silly.
Kyla Thompson
Los Ranchos
We All Suffer
I was a patient member of the NM Top Organics board for two short meetings with Vincent Contrastino. I left when I realized that the organization did not or could not get board insurance. But in the two meetings I attended, it was clear that making a lot of money was the goal. One member/owner was very happy to tell me that he expected in the range of $350K per year. It was just a matter of time before the current structure of the program would be analyzed for maximum profit. They figured it out! And patients? What patients? The "community" aspect was bound to dissolve.
Bravo to those who are still maintaining "community" as a part of their programs. I'll stick with those folks.
And to our legislators: get over yourself and your constituents and legalize this puppy to help bridge the gap of ever-fluctuating oil revenues. It's time to become a 420 state and bury some of those pump jacks.
Stephen Andreas
SFReporter.com
Briefs, April 6 “RIP, Rob DeWalt”
Rising High
Rob: We will always remember what you did for the music scene at Pasatiempo, your sweet smile, your sense of humor and all the food you loved to eat and bake. May you be rising high in the above, our friend. You are one man we will miss. Bless you!
Ana Reinhardt
via Facebook
Correction
In "Sign of the Times" (April 6), we misattributed a statement about the importance of a Jewish state to Rabbi Berel Levertov. SFR regrets the error.
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