Hopeful marijuana cultivator awaits opt-out vote

Gary Morgan is an electrician for Power and Light. He is a borough employee, who doesn't smoke marijuana, and above all else he is a family man with a wife and a 19-month-old son he adores.

He sees cultivation of marijuana in the Petersburg Borough strictly as a viable business opportunity, and plans on growing the plant in a 500-square-foot well-monitored facility under heavily scrutinized regulations set by the state. Morgan already has the pad for his growing facility finished, and the steel building for the operation is in transit and paid for. But he doesn't know if his license will even...