Florence Reminder & Blade Tribune:  “Duke Rodriguez, principal officer of Ultra Health in North Scottsdale, has hired a Scottsdale attorney to represent his company when it pursues a lawsuit against the town of Florence.  Jeffrey S. Kaufman will represent Ultra Health when it begins its legal battle to establish a medical marijuana dispensary in Florence. . . . Rodriguez said the decision comes in the aftermath of the Town Council’s 5-2 vote on March 17, which denied a conditional use permit to his company to dispense medical marijuana . . . . The lawsuit could be filed in Pinal County Superior Court as soon as tomorrow, Rodriguez said. . . .

[Rakesh “Rocky”] Pahwa, who was trying for his fourth conditional use permit in Florence, urged the council to vote against Ultra Health’s request. He said his nonprofit company, Healing Healthcare, has the dispensary license for the Florence Community Health Analysis Area, but was not on the application for the town’s permit.”

See also “Florence denies medical marijuana permit, again.”  This story states:

Rakesh “Rocky” Pahwa, up for his fourth try for a conditional use permit to open a dispensary in Florence, asked the council to deny it. He explained his nonprofit company, Healing Healthcare, has the dispensary license for the Florence community health analysis area but is not on the application for the town’s permit.  Pahwa was in partnership with the medical marijuana company Ultra Health of North Scottsdale, which was the applicant.