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Tilting-at-Windmills is Not What Deschutes County—or Congressional District 2—Needs | Editorial | Bend | The Source Weekly

Tilting-at-Windmills is Not What Deschutes County or Congressional District 2 Needs  Let s skip over the protracted, partisan battle that came ahead of this week s passage of a new economic relief package by Congress and look instead at some local examples This week, a number of developments have served as reminders of the difference between productive and obstructive forms of governance. Let s skip over the protracted, partisan battle that came ahead of this week s passage of a new economic relief package by Congress and look instead at some local examples. It now appears that the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners decision to put its no new marijuana grows measure on the local ballot has had some severe consequences not disclosed until now. Because the county successfully passed a partial opt-out on new grows, it is no longer eligible to garner its share of the state s collected marijuana taxes. This includes taxes that existing farms and dispensaries in Deschutes C

Editorial: Marijuana tax revenue may be up in smoke

Here is a story of unintended consequences. Deschutes County voters opted to not lift a moratorium on more marijuana grow or processing operations within the county’s borders. Because of that moratorium, the county cannot collect any tax money on current operations now in place or in the future. A county only receives the money if it allows all licensed recreational marijuana activity to take place within the county, according to Mark Pettinger, a spokesman for the Oregon Liquor Control Commission in a story by Bulletin reporter Brenna Visser. “When Deschutes County Commissioners voted to put a ban on allowing further licensed marijuana production that essentially became the point in time which the count(y) was no longer eligible to receive its portion of the 17% state tax collected at point of sale,” Pettinger said in an email. “Even though existing producers are allowed to continue production, and even though retail activity takes place in Deschutes County.â

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