City officials described being blindsided by Breakwater Treatment and Wellness' Instagram post Monday night, which they said ran counter to what they've been telling every other business hoping to open a dispensary in Asbury Park.
The City Council has been approached by more than 70 businesses seeking their support for their plans to open dispensaries within the city, Moor said.
All received a similar response: The city would not consider any requests for dispensaries — medical or recreational — until it received clear guidelines from state lawmakers on the regulations.
Moor said he only learned that the proposed Breakwater dispensary would be for medicinal marijuana rather than recreational marijuana by reading an article Tuesday in the Asbury Park Press.