Legal recreational cannabis is here to stay.
Springfield city employees may use it, with some exceptions. Under a newly-approved fire contract, the exceptions include while on duty and during the 36 hours leading up to being on duty.
That’s not good enough for citizen Alice Ramey.
“If I see a fireman come to my house that’s high, I will not let him come to my house. I will let it burn down,” she told council members.
Corporation counsel Jim Zerkle told aldermen they could not slice out the parts of the contract they don’t like; they could ratify the contract or send the whole thing back to the drawing board.
Ramey said the latter option would have been better than what the aldermen passed, 9-1, with Ald. Joe McMenamin voting against.