To David Fleisher, it's about the fine print. Or, in this case, the missing fine print.
Fleisher, president of Cherry Hill Township Council, last week said the "quirkiness" of New Jersey's new law decriminalizing marijuana means municipalities deciding whether or not to welcome recreational marijuana businesses to their towns must do so without seeing the rules.
Those state rules governing cannabis retailers, wholesalers, cultivators and other businesses are not due out until August 22. But towns, cities and boroughs must make their decisions by August 21. No decision means the community is open to all classes of marijuana businesses for a period of at least five years.
"I personally don't think there's anyone in this room who would sign a contract without reading the fine print. My opinion is by enacting it before seeing the regs it would be like signing a contract without reading the fine print," Fleisher told Council members at their caucus before the meeting.