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Oregon cities setting rules after opting in to legal pot
were still being tweaked.
This month, Denver became
the first U.S. city to allow people
to use marijuana in bars and
restaurants, though state licensing
officials announced a rule Friday
that prohibits businesses with
liquor licenses from allowing pot
consumption on their premises. The
move strikes a major blow to the
voter-passed initiative.
In Oregon, the Liquor Control
Commission didn’t begin finalizing
regulations and licensing businesses
until this year. Now, the communi-
ties are starting.
“Most have been borrowing
from each other,” said Rob Bovett,
legal counsel of Association of
Oregon Counties, describing efforts
to establish ordinances.
Opt-in ballot measures go into
effect in January, Bovett said. If the
jurisdictions want to reap the tax
benefits at the earliest opportunity,
they should have the regulations
finalized before then so marijuana
companies can seek licenses
and start doing business, liquor
commission spokesman Mark
Pettinger said.
The League of Oregon Cities has
drawn up a guide to help struggling
local officials.
It says cities may impose restric-
By ANDREW SELSKY
Associated Press
SALEM — Some 30 counties
and cities in Oregon approved some
type of marijuana businesses in
last week’s election, and officials
in those communities now must
establish rules for every step in the
production and supply chain.
When voters legalized recre-
ational marijuana statewide two
years ago, the communities — from
the cowboy town of Pendleton to
Sweet Home in the Willamette
Valley — opted out. But many
switched it up this month, voting
to allow at least some form of the
pot industry, including medical
marijuana.
“No one has done this in Oregon
since liquor Prohibition,” said Scott
Winkels, a lobbyist with the League
of Oregon Cities. “This is the first
time we’ve had to step in and
develop and regulate a marketplace
for a controlled substance since
1933.”
Local officials must determine
operating hours for marijuana
retailers, growing farms and proces-
sors. They also were trying to figure
out whether the businesses should
be allowed near parks and what sort
of security and odor controls the
AP Photo/Andrew Selsky, file
In this Sept. 30 file photo, a marijuana harvester examines buds as
they go through a trimming machine in a rural area near Corvallis.
Some 30 counties and cities in Oregon approved some type of
marijuana businesses in the election and all now must establish
rules for them in less than seven weeks.
businesses must provide.
The rule-setting also was
happening in other states that have
legalized recreational marijuana.
In California, which approved
pot last week, the San Jose City
Council imposed a temporary ban
— including on outdoor gardens
— to give officials time to develop
regulations for sales and farming.
In Colorado, where voters
passed marijuana in 2012, the rules
USDA official named to lead ODA
Judge indicted for providing gun to felon
Shehan as the felon Day
allegedly aided and abetted
in the crime of “felon in
possession of a firearm,”
also in late 2013
and early 2014.
An
Oregon
Department
of
Justice
spokes-
woman told the
newspaper
she
couldn’t provide
further
details
about the charges
Thursday.
Day
spent
leisure time with
Shehan, a former Navy Seal,
who was in Day’s Veterans
Treatment Court program,
according to a January
2016 report by the Oregon
Commission on Judicial
Fitness and Disability. Day
drove Shehan to the home
of Day’s son-in-law in
November 2013 so Shehan
could do some work there,
SALEM (AP) — A
Marion County Circuit
judge who is fighting
to convince the Oregon
Supreme Court
to let him keep
his seat has been
arraigned
on
felony
charges
that he twice
provided a felon
with a gun.
Vance
Day
was
arraigned
Thursday
in
Marion County Day
Circuit Court in
Salem, The Oregonian/
OregonLive reported.
Day is also accused
of misdemeanor official
misconduct for allegedly
using his official duties
twice to obtain a benefit in
late 2013 and early 2014.
The indictment doesn’t
give details about the
benefits, but it names Brian
the report said.
Although Day had
repeatedly told Shehan
he was barred from being
around guns, Day let Shehan
handle a gun at the home,
the report found.
Day couldn’t be reached
for comment through his
defense attorney, Mike De
Muniz.
He hasn’t been at work
since Tuesday, said Phil
Lemman, a spokesman for
the Oregon Judicial Depart-
ment.
Earlier this year the
judicial fitness commission
recommended that Day
be ousted from his job
for myriad reasons
—
including that he allegedly
refused to marry same-sex
couples. Day is fighting the
recommendation, with oral
arguments scheduled before
the state Supreme Court in
April.
Capital Bureau
SALEM — A USDA official, Alexis
Taylor, has been nominated to head the
Oregon Department of Agriculture, replacing
former director Katy Coba.
Taylor is the USDA’s deputy under secre-
tary for farm and foreign agriculture services
and will begin serving as ODA director on
Jan. 23, once confirmed by the Oregon Senate.
Lisa Hanson, ODA’s deputy director, was
a finalist for the position and has served as
the agency’s interim director since Coba left
in October to lead the state’s Department of
Administrative Services.
In her position at USDA, Taylor was
charged with advocating for international
trade policies that benefit U.S. agriculture
and led the agency’s Women in Agriculture
Initiative, which supports female farmers.
Prior to the USDA, she negotiated provi-
sions that ended up in the 2008 and 2014 farm
bills as a legislative adviser to congressional
committees.
A graduate of Iowa State University, Taylor
was raised on an Iowa farm and served in the
U.S. Army Reserve for eight years, including
a tour in Iraq.
When Coba announced she was leaving
ODA, eight of Oregon’s agriculture industry
groups wrote a letter to Gov. Kate Brown,
urging her to install Hanson as the permanent
agency chief.
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REGIONAL CITIES
Forecast
TODAY
SUNDAY
A shower in the
morning; cloudy
Mostly cloudy, a
shower or two
50° 41°
53° 39°
MONDAY
TUESDAY
A passing shower
in the morning
Sun, then clouds
Rain and drizzle in
the morning
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
52° 34°
53° 39°
50° 36°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
55° 40°
54° 39°
PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
LOW
50°
48°
75° (1897)
31°
32°
4° (2014)
PRECIPITATION
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Normal month to date
Year to date
Last year to date
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0.81"
10.74"
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10.84"
HERMISTON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
Yesterday
Normals
Records
LOW
43°
49°
71° (1932)
25°
32°
9° (1961)
PRECIPITATION
24 hours ending 3 p.m.
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Normal month to date
Year to date
Last year to date
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0.68"
7.62"
4.81"
7.99"
SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today
Sunset tonight
Moonrise today
Moonset today
Last
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Nov 29
7:01 a.m.
4:20 p.m.
10:04 p.m.
11:47 a.m.
First
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Seattle
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Today
WEDNESDAY
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Wenatchee
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Tacoma
Moses
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Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 49/37
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Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
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Astoria
47/38
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Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
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Pendleton 43/37
The Dalles 54/39
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La Grande
Salem
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Albany
Corvallis 57/47
59/48
John Day
48/43
Ontario
Eugene
Bend
47/31
60/46
51/38
Caldwell
Burns
48/37
45/27
Astoria
Baker City
Bend
Brookings
Burns
Enterprise
Eugene
Heppner
Hermiston
John Day
Klamath Falls
La Grande
Meacham
Medford
Newport
North Bend
Ontario
Pasco
Pendleton
Portland
Redmond
Salem
Spokane
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Vancouver
Walla Walla
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Coastal Oregon: Rain today; windy. Periods
of rain tonight. Periods of rain tomorrow.
Eastern Washington: A little rain today, but
a bit of snow in the mountains.
Eastern and Central Oregon: Cloudy today
with a shower in spots; some sun, then turn-
ing cloudy in the south.
Western Washington: Mostly cloudy today
with a brief shower or two. Periods of rain
tonight.
Cascades: A bit of snow in the south today;
a bit of snow and rain across the north.
Showers around in central parts.
Northern California: Rain, some heavy
today, but snow showers in the interior
mountains.
Today
Sunday
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SSE 6-12
NNE 4-8
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However, the Oregon Farm Bureau has
welcomed the news of Taylor’s appointment,
citing her “track record of success” at the USDA.
“We believe Ms. Taylor’s experience at
a high level in Washington, D.C. gives here
the background she needs to be successful in
helping the industry recognize and overcome
its challenges in Oregon,” OFB said in a
statement.
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— Founded Oct. 16, 1875 —
tions on the hours of operation
and the locations of producers,
processors, wholesalers, as well
as retailers and medical marijuana
grow sites, processing sites and
dispensaries. They may also
regulate public access and how the
businesses operate.
“Probably most cities will use
(the guide) as a template,” Winkels
said. “The easiest way is to cut and
paste the ordinance in ... though
some will probably be making local
adjustments.”
Robert Snyder, lawyer for the
town of Sweet Home, said forming
the rules is “going to take work”
and that it will be up to the city
council to decide whether to get
public input.
Pendleton’s marijuana ballot
measure that passed last week
imposed a 3 percent local sales tax
on marijuana products, on top of a
17 percent state sales tax, Bovett
said.
Even counties and cities that
decided to prohibit marijuana
businesses hedged their bets by
approving the additional tax so
they can be prepared to impose it if
voters eventually say yes to pot.
“All (of Oregon’s) 111 cities and
counties voted yes on the local tax,”
Bovett said.
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National Summary: A strong front will bring high winds, showers and a sweep of much
colder air across the Appalachians today. Snow showers will occur over the central Great
Lakes. Rain will dampen the coastal Northwest.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 91° in McAllen, Texas
Low -13° in West Yellowstone, Mont.
NATIONAL CITIES
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Albuquerque
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Baltimore
Billings
Birmingham
Boise
Boston
Charleston, SC
Charleston, WV
Chicago
Cleveland
Dallas
Denver
Detroit
El Paso
Fairbanks
Fargo
Honolulu
Houston
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Las Vegas
Little Rock
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Providence
Raleigh
Rapid City
Reno
Sacramento
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Diego
San Francisco
Seattle
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Wichita
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