Wednesday morning the WHOW Morning hit the road for its annual hometown tour and stopped at City Hall in Lincoln.

Local leaders talked about the community and the happenings, among the topics was the legalization of recreational cannabis. Mayor Seth Goodman says the council vote was split and explains why he decided to support the measure for a dispensary in the community.

The Mayor believes if a potential dispensary comes to Logan County, Lincoln should be the benefactor of the tax dollars that come with it, rather than a neighboring community. He emphasizes it is not a guarantee Lincoln would even get a dispensary. 

Mayor Goodman notes Cresco Labs in Lincoln is expanding and that business could soon benefit from recreational cannabis in their community.

Cresco is a medical cannabis dispensary and those facilities have been given preference in becoming a dispensary for recreational cannabis in the early application process.