Uncle Ike's Offers Later Sunday Opening and Free Parking to "Reduce Tensions" with Church Next Door

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The owner of Uncle Ike's says he'll open later on Sundays and offer his parking lot to churchgoers to "reduce tensions" with the church next door. 

 

After protests and a fizzled lawsuit, Uncle Ike’s Pot Shop is offering an olive branch to the church next door: a later opening time on Sundays and free parking.

Last fall, soon after the recreational weed store opened, Mount Calvary Christian Center’s Pastor Reggie Witherspoon led a rally protesting that a pot shop had opened next door to his church. Eventually, he sued to get the store shut down but then dropped out of that lawsuit because it was too expensive. (As of February, it appeared the suit might continue on behalf of an organization called Respect the Central District. The lawyer representing that group wasn’t immediately available for comment today.)

Now, Uncle Ike's is offering to open at noon instead of 10 a.m. on Sundays and says it's ready to offer its...

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