The borough passed the ban in a second required vote Sept. 18, with several on the governing body, including its author, saying the restriction on medical marijuana could always be revisited.
Mayor John Birkner Jr., who spoke for the option to allow for medical marijuana, said on Sept. 19 he is “strongly considering” vetoing the ordinance, which took both bans as one.
He derided its Aug. 21 introduction by Republican Councilwoman Alyssa Dawson, the state’s youngest female official, as “theatrical,” “bad government,” and “a partisan campaign stunt” involving the chief of police.
“There’s a very good chance I’ll veto the ordinance and ask again that a new, more comprehensive ordinance be considered. I don’t think that the haste was really justified in getting it moved,” Birkner, a Democrat, told Pascack Press Sept. 19.