Now Lodi Knows Why Deputy Mayor Vinny Martin, Councilman Joe Leto, and the Rest of Foolish Pride Voted to Undo Lodi’s Ban on Marijuana Business In This Two Square Mile Town….

 

The owner of the marijuana building is Vinny Martin’s business associate and Joe Leto’s cousin.

In 2018, the Lodi Mayor and Council approved an ordinance barring marijuana business from Lodi.  They played it up big time like they were protecting the community.  They even got a positive story from the Record newspaper.

June 25, 2018 (Ordinance 2018-16):

Not too long after, the Lodi Mayor and Council reversed that ordinance.  They couldn’t have done it any quieter.  Many wondered why the change of heart in such a short time.  Nobody from the mayor and council commented or explained their flip-flop.

October 26, 2020 (Ordinance 2020-21):

Now Lodi knows why its mayor and council did a complete flip-flop in a two-year period.  The owner of 200 Route 17 South (marijuana building) is a business associate of Vinny Martin and a cousin of Joe Leto.  The timing and ordinance wording show that it was for a specific individual and location.

 

Bad special interests control Lodi.  Instead of attacking the messenger and calling people cowards that expose corruption, Vinny Martin should operate in a more transparent matter, disclose his conflicts of interest, and resign from the Lodi council.  Because of his horrendous background and current sources of income, he is unfit to be meddling in the Lodi Police Department.  He should not be in a position to target certain officers just so he can replace them with his puppets (in the mold of Donald Scorzetti) that will turn a blind eye to his shady business transactions.