Several local recovery home founders and owners contend that the ordinance that prompted Lotus Peer Recovery LLC’s lawsuit against the city of Kerrville is not discriminatory toward the recovery community.
Grace Collins, founder of the North Star recovery home, said she remembers the attitude of city council members around 2012 as largely positive toward recovery home owners.
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