Editorial: No Sumpter marijuana business — now what?

The Sumpter Township Board of Trustees voted 5-2 to opt out of the Michigan Medical Marijuana Facilities Licensing Act. Now what?
Andre Watson, a supporter of MMFLA for Sumpter, at Tuesday’s regular meeting, challenged the Sumpter Township board to come up with something else to move the township economics forward.
He said he supported the MMFLA fact-finding committee the supervisor had set up and now that that’s over, he would like to see a new committee set up.
This committee would pay attention to the younger population in Sumpter Township and come up with an alternative to bring industries to Sumpter Township so they could have jobs.
He challenged board members to show the community what their leadership is going to do to help the community grow.
He said Sumpter Township needs a spark in its leadership and shouldn’t be just sitting idly by.
Mary Herring said she agreed with Watson that an economic development committee is needed for Sumpter. She noted it would take a lot of work to make something happen, but it could be done while keeping the rural flavor.
Supervisor John Morgan said Sumpter had limited infrastructure. Herring agreed, but said something still could be done.
That would only be if someone wanted to look forward and have some dreams for the township. And, work hard.