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THE DAILY ASTORIAN MONDAY, MARCH 21, 2016
First month’s pot tax take higher than other states
Too early for
conclusions,
economist says
jected million to mil-
lion in tax revenue for the ¿ rst
year, after subtracting the cost
of regulating the market, said
Mazen Malik, senior econo-
mist with the Oregon Legisla-
tive Revenue Of¿ ce. His of¿ ce
has yet to calculate the overall
cost of regulation, he said.
“It is probably too early to
make the conclusion on what
is the overall picture out of this
¿ rst month,” Malik said. “9is-
ibility will improve as we go
on. It might be that this is the
trajectory of these things and
we would end up with more
money than we thought.”
Colorado and Washington
were the only states to precede
Oregon in collecting taxes on
recreational marijuana. Alaska,
the only other state where rec-
reational sales are legal, is still
writing regulations for the
industry.
Washington collected less
than . million in tax revenue
in its ¿ rst month of recreational
sales in July , according
By PARIS ACHEN
Capital Bureau
SALEM — Oregon’s ¿ rst
month of tax revenue from rec-
reational marijuana sales was
greater than the ¿ rst take of
any other state so far where
recreational sales have been
legalized.
The Oregon Department
of Revenue reported Thursday
that the agency collected about
. million in recreational
cannabis taxes in January.
Although each state’s tax
structure differs, Oregon’s tax
receipts exceeded even state
economists’
expectations,
boosted in part by an already
robust medical marijuana indus-
try and a three-month period of
sales before the tax took effect.
State economists had pro-
‘Visibility will improve
as we go on. It might be
that this is the trajectory
of these things and we
would end up with more
money than we thought.’
Mazen Malik
senior economist, Oregon Legislative Revenue Office
to ¿ gures from the Washing-
ton Liquor and Cannabis Board
and the Washington Depart-
ment of Revenue. The state lev-
ied an excise tax of percent
at every level of sale from pro-
ducer to consumer when the
recreational program started in
. The tax rate now stands
at percent only at the con-
sumer level.
Colorado’s ¿ rst month of
tax receipts on recreational
marijuana in January
Hispanic council, trust to host
meeting on grant programs
The Daily Astorian
The Lower Columbia His-
panic Council is partnering
with Meyer Memorial Trust to
host a meeting Friday to intro-
duce Meyer’s new Building
Community, Healthy Envi-
ronment, and Housing Oppor-
tunities grant programs.
The meeting is from a.m.
to noon in Columbia Hall Room
9, Clatsop Community Col-
lege, Lexington Ave.
Meyer announced new
funding opportunities this
Tonight
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month for each of the pro-
grams , and the meeting is an
opportunity to learn about the
opportunities, ask questions,
and meet Meyer staff work-
ing in the new programs.
To attend the meeting,
RS9P at http//bit.ly/9u=kAa
Cloudy with a little
rain
42°
Tuesday
Oregon Weather
Shown is
tomorrow’s
weather.
Temperatures
are tonight’s
lows and
tomorrow’s
highs
The Dalles
39/58
Astoria
42/53
Portland
44/56
Corvallis
43/55
Eugene
42/55
Pendleton
39/52
Salem
43/56
Albany
43/55
Wednesday
Burns
29/45
Medford
39/54
Mostly cloudy with
a few showers
53°
44°
Thursday
Breezy; a shower
in the morning,
then rain
53°
Friday
Mostly cloudy
with a couple of
showers
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51°
41°
39°
Almanac
Sun and Moon
Astoria through Sunday.
Temperatures
High ........................................... 57°
Low ............................................ 47°
Normal high ............................... 54°
Normal low ................................. 39°
Precipitation
Yesterday ................................ 0.43"
Month to date ........................ 10.01"
Normal month to date ............. 4.95"
Year to date ........................... 32.29"
Normal year to date .............. 22.59"
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Today
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Atlanta
57 37 s
Boston
39 30 sn
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48 40 pc
Denver
71 39 pc
Des Moines
59 46 pc
Detroit
47 34 pc
El Paso
80 52 s
Fairbanks
35 9 pc
Honolulu
82 67 sh
Indianapolis
51 39 pc
Kansas City
63 48 s
Las Vegas
83 58 pc
Los Angeles
69 52 pc
Memphis
59 42 s
Miami
69 57 pc
Nashville
56 38 s
New Orleans
61 45 s
New York
49 34 pc
Oklahoma City 67 48 s
Philadelphia
50 31 pc
St. Louis
59 45 s
Salt Lake City
69 43 c
San Francisco
63 51 sh
Seattle
54 43 r
Washington, DC 53 35 pc
Klamath Falls
29/44
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43°
Mostly cloudy, a
shower or two;
breezy
City
Baker City
Bend
Brookings
Eugene
Ilwaco
Klamath Falls
Medford
Newport
North Bend
Ontario
40/56
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Portland
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Seaside
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Tonight's Sky: Messier Catalogue published
(1781).
A 63-year-old Portland man
died in a single-vehicle crash
Saturday night on U.S. High-
way near Cannon Beach.
Paul Raymond Kipp was
traveling southbound in his
Volvo sedan around a curve
when he lost control, crossed
the oncoming lane and went
off the shoulder, according to
the Oregon State Police. The
car went into a ditch, where it
crashed into a set of trees. The
car came to a stop between the
trees, where it was overturned
on the driver’s side.
Kipp was pronounced dead
at the scene. No passengers
were in the car.
Cannon Beach Police
and Fire and Rescue initially
responded at about p.m. Ore-
gon State Police , Seaside Fire
and Rescue, Medix and Ore-
gon Department of Transporta-
tion units assisted at the scene.
The Oregon State Police is
continuing its investigation.
Bulk carrier runs aground in shipping channel
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CATHLAMET,
Wash.
— The U.S. Coast Guard is
closely monitoring a bulk car-
rier that ran aground in the
main shipping channel of the
Columbia River just after mid-
night today near Cathlamet .
Pollution responders from
the Coast Guard alerted local
and federal agencies and
established an incident com-
mand with the Washing-
ton Department of Ecology
and Oregon Department of
Environmental Quality.
“The positive news so
far is that responders have
not observed any oil in the
water,” Capt. Dan Travers,
commander of Sector Colum-
bia River, said in a statement.
“The vessel quickly activated
its plan and all federal, state,
and county responders mobi-
lized immediately. This is a
joint effort with both states and
hopefully will just turn out to
have been an exercise in mobi-
lizing pollution response
resources.”
The cause of the ground-
ing is under investigation. The
bulk carrier — the Sparna —
was outbound, fully loaded
with grain, and heading west
in the Columbia with a river
pilot still on board when it ran
aground. The vessel is also
¿ lled with more than ,
gallons of high-sulfur fuel and
more than , gallons of
marine diesel.
The Maritime Fire & Safety
Association and Clean Riv-
ers Cooperative deployed
response vessels, booms and
personnel. The tugs PJ Brix
and Paci¿ c Escort are on
scene to keep the Sparna stabi-
lized. The Coast Guard has not
closed the river channel.
BIRTH
Feb. 21, 2016
CARRIERE, Alanna and
Oscar, of Astoria, a boy,
Bronx Raymond Carriere,
born at Columbia Memorial
Hospital in Astoria. Grand-
parents are Connie and Terry
McCleary of Astoria and
John and Julie Carriere of
Hammond.
DEATHS
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
Tomorrow’s Tides
Astoria / Port Docks
Time
High
1:42 a.m. 8.5 ft.
1:44 p.m. 8.3 ft.
Time
7:47 a.m.
8:05 p.m.
Low
1.2 ft.
0.4 ft.
Tomorrow’s National Weather
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69 51 pc
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those dispensaries deal only
in cash. The revenue depart-
ment carved out a special
of¿ ce with security and sur-
veillance cameras to receive
cash payments for tax bills,
Krawczyk said. Dispensary
owners who can’t submit a
payment by check or money
order have to travel to Salem
to pay the tax bill in cash.
Mark and Cindy Cusick
of Salem’s Herbal Grass-
lands are among those who
paid their taxes in cash.
The couple delivered
, in cash to the revenue
department in early February
to pay their January tax bill,
Mark Cusick said.
“I’ve carried that much
cash before,” he said. “Obvi-
ously, it’s not the most com-
fortable feeling in the world.”
He said the taxes were
about what he expected.
The Capital Bureau is a
collaboration between EO
Media Group and Pamplin
Media Group.
Portland man dies in crash on Hwy. 101
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totaled more than million.
That state charges an excise tax
of percent at the wholesale
level and a .9 percent sales
tax on other recreational mari-
juana transactions.
While Oregon’s revenue
on recreational marijuana
exceeded expectations, Ore-
gon allowed sales for three
months before charging the
tax, which might have given
the industry more time to
adjust, Malik said.
Oregon taxes recreational
marijuana at the point of sale.
Medical marijuana dispen-
saries were allowed to start
selling recreational mari-
juana on a temporary basis in
October . In January, the tax
took effect at a rate of per-
cent. The tax will be reduced
to percent when the
licensed recreational retail-
ers take over sales sometime
in early .
Out of Oregon’s 9 dis-
pensaries, made pay-
ments to the revenue depart-
ment in January.
Joy Krawczyk, spokes-
woman for Oregon Depart-
ment of Revenue, said the
agency is reaching out to dis-
pensaries that didn’t submit a
payment to make sure owners
are aware of the regulations.
The federal ban on mar-
ijuana has prevented some
Oregon dispensaries from
being able to obtain ¿ nan-
cial services from banks and
credit unions. As a result,
Fronts
Cold
March 18, 2016
ESCOLA, Steven Wal-
ter, , of Clatskanie, died
in Clatskanie. Caldwell’s
Luce-Layton Mortuary in
Astoria is in charge of the
arrangements.
March 20, 2016
ABRAHAMS,
Patri-
cia Ruth, , of Svensen,
died in Astoria. Caldwell’s
Luce-Layton Mortuary in
Astoria is in charge of the
arrangements.
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MONDAY
Astoria City Council, 6 p.m.,
City Hall, 1095 Duane St.
TUESDAY
Clatsop Care Health District
Board, noon, Clatsop Care
Center, 646 16th St.
Warrenton City Commission,
6 p.m., City Hall, 225 S. Main
Ave.
Seaside Airport Committee,
6 p.m., City Hall, 989 Broad-
way.
Astoria Library Board, 5:30
p.m., Astoria Public Library
Flag Room, 450 10th St.
Astoria Planning Commis-
sion, 6:30 p.m., City Hall, 1095
Duane St.
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