Who are the people in your neighborhood who legalized marijuana?

Anyone sitting through the Jan. 14 hearing on a proposed marijuana growing and processing facility in Cheney likely took away any number of observations.

What struck me was the emotion those opposing the facility projected during testimony. The heartfelt desire for maintaining a good, strong, family-oriented community wasn’t just expressed, and expressed well, but was a virtual physical presence.

But several statements caused me to pause and wonder – how well do we really know our community. How well do we really know those who live next to us, who we meet at the grocery or auto parts store, s...