| Newton MA News and Politics BlogThe arguments in opposition to the proposed medical marijuana clinic (and possible retail store) on Route 9 and Eliott Street, are getting more and more, um, creative.

In a TAB article this week (which does not seem to be online) one opponent cited the location’s proximity to a school as an argument against the location — without explaining just how the toddlers attending a Spanish immersion preschool in question will cross six lanes of Route 9 traffic to score their refer.

And then there’s this comment from my friend and former Newton City Councilor Brian Yates, that the proposed location at the site of a former Green Tea resturant, isn’t a strip mall, it’s a “neighborhood retail center.

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