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Cg: Watching it snow in ‘It’s my passion to play characters that show how great it is to be not just African- American, but American’ receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom? Cg: [Shouts] You see! I forgot about that one while we were just focusing on military men. It’s my pas- sion to play all these types of characters that help edu- cate how great it is to be not just African-American, but American. kw: What is your favorite dish to cook? Cg: Top Ramen. [Laughs] kw: The Columbus Short question: Are you happy? Cg: Yes, sir. Every day. kw: The Sanaa Lathan question: What excites you? Cg: Adrenaline. kw: The Tasha Smith question: Are you ever afraid? Cg: Yes, from time to time, but God has blessed me with the ability to be kw: Thanks again for the time, Cuba, and best of luck with both Red Tails and Double Victory. the Bronx. kw: If you could have one wish instantly granted, what would that be for? Cg: Longevity. jurisdiction,’’ Kohl-Welles said. The bill sets off what is likely to be a big year for marijuana-policy debates. Lawmakers are expected to send to voters in November an initiative that would legalize and tax recreation- al-marijuana sales. Whether lawmakers have the stomach — or the time — to legalize dispensaries is unclear in a session already crowded with a budget deficit of roughly $1.5 bil- lion and a gay-marriage pro- posal. Police oppose dispen- saries, and federal authori- ties recently raided some shops. Cody, who has invested about $20,000 in Herban Legends, said he is patient, if nervous. ``We’re still in this limbo,’’ he said. ``As time goes on, more people will come on board. Things take a while, and they should.’’ After Gregoire’s partial veto of a 2001 bill that would have set up statewide regulation of dispensaries, storefront shops gravitated to perceived safe havens, particularly Seattle. Sections of the bill that survived the veto authorized 45-plant patient gardens. Those provisions were not intended to create storefront dispensaries, but shops nonetheless reorganized as networks of gardens. Cities have made their own rules, many enacting moratoriums. Issaquah requires a background check to obtain a regulatory license, and Shoreline this month mandated buffer zones between dispensaries, which are also called ``col- lectives.’’ The legal uncertainty has- n’t ended bigger dreams. Bellevue real-estate bro- ker Tom Gordon, who has helped 10 dispensaries find storefronts, said good com- mercial parcels can attract inquiries from 40 to 60 peo- ple looking to open dispen- saries. Some are Californians or Coloradans who ``tell you it’s like the Wild West out here, with less competition and a good taxing structure,’’ Gordon said. ``I think we’re only at 20- 30 percent of capacity,’’ Gordon said, ``but you can’t find the sites,’’ in part because few landlords are willing to lease to dispen- saries. Storefront dispensaries began popping up at least 10 years after Washington vot- ers in 1998 authorized med- ical marijuana for qualified patients. In November, fed- eral authorities raided 10 shops, including several in Seattle, accused some of using state law to hide money laundering and, in one case, a backdoor sale of 5 pounds of pot going to the Midwest. Philip Dawdy of the Washington Alternative Medicine Alliance, a med- ical-marijuana group, esti- mates about 135 dispen- SUB-BIDS REQUESTED SUB-BIDS REQUESTED City of Portland Guilds Lake Pump Station Improvements Rebid Date: January 26, 2012 @ 2:00 P.M. NATT McDOUGALL COMPANY Multnomah County Sellwood Bridge Replacement Project Bids Due: February, 10, 2012 Plans available January 20, 2012, at the OAME Plan Center, ARC Oregon, MCIP, and at the Sellwood Bridge Jobsite Trailer at 8240 SW Macadam Ave, Portland, Oregon, 97219. Bid Packages also available at the ftp site upon regis- tering. 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The new bill would guar- antee arrest protection if patients join a voluntary registry, an idea that is anathema to some. Those not signed up would have lesser protection — an ``affirmative defense,’’ if criminally charged. ``I don’t understand why I need to register. It seems The new bill would guarantee arrest protection if patients join a voluntary registry, an idea that is anathema to some in state and local taxes in the first nine months of 2011, including $52,600 in local sales taxes. That’s nearly tenfold as much as the marijuana industry paid in 2010, ``but it is unlikely it represents all the taxable sales taking place,’’ DOR spokesman Mike Gowrylow said. like a lot of headache, paperwork and bureaucra- cy,’’ said Ric Smith, a patient advocate who is on kidney dialysis. The registry is intended to mute law-enforcement opposition to dispensaries. 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