K2 supporters and protesters te council meeting domina By Ly, Reep liz@northtexasmedia.com ALLEN - Tuesday's city -couneil meeting didn't have the proposed K2 ordinance ‘on its agenda, but that did: n't stop people on both sides of the issue from pil: ing into city hall to voice their opinion. The citizen's comment portion alone lasted 40. minutes, and every speaker brought up the “legal” drug currently plaguing Allen. While an ordinance ban: ning K2 isn’t expected to pass until the Allen Police ‘of the drug is complete, coneerned parents and res idents approached — the -counell with a plea to pi the ordinance as soon as possible. “It devastates me that something like this could be near our children right here in Allen,” said Andrea Samples, mother of an Allen High student. Those against the pro- posed K2 ordinance dis- cussed their anger with the actions of the police toward customers at Jabary Mediterranean, a local hookah lounge that sells K2, Joshua Alamo, a regu- lar customer at the lounge, told the couneil that police were treating custom unlawfully due to the cur- rent rise of K2 in Allen. “There's been a certain amount of officers. that have come into Jab smoke shop to basically ke away our civil liberties as human beings and make feel as if we've been vio- lated,” Alamo said running customers off ~ we're nat doing anything il- legal. If you're not 18, you an sit there and not touch tobaeeo but officers will Still give tickets to thei ‘These customers fee! like they're being profiled and labeled as bad kids, as criminals, Jabary” Mediterranean owner Mike Jabary also spoke at the meeting, telling the council about his encounter with an angry parent demanding a refund for the K2 her son had pur. chased at his shop. “[ said, 'Ma’am, if you know your son isdoing that (K2), why are you giving him your own card to buy this stuff," Jabary said.“ said, “I have children, [ put money in the bank. I con: trol their money, I don't let them go out and buy a product that can harm them.” These comments were made prior to the closing of darby Mediterranean ‘Thursday night fora health code violation. While the city council had discussed the K2 issue during the pre-meeting workshop, they are not al- their eomments or opinions on the issue until it appears as an agenda item in a fu ture meeting. The rest of the meeting focused on two regular agenda items: an ordinance for a new shopping center and a motion to confirm city council appointments to committees for the ap- pointment of boards and commissions for the 2010- 2011 fiseal year. Both were passed unanimously.