So how do you like Oregon’s Bottle Bill now? Now, that the law covers so many more beverages in addition to water, soft drinks and beer?
Weed law: Initiative vs. local option
Written December 28th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
Now that Albany is on the list, 66 Oregon cities have taken the local option and banned licensed commerce in recreational marijuana. Sixteen counties have done the same. So the next time somebody goes to the trouble of initiating a major law change, he’ll want to do it by amending the state constitution instead of […]
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: licensed recteational weed facilities, marijuana local option, Measure 91, OLCC
Tags: licensed recteational weed facilities, marijuana local option, Measure 91, OLCC
Liquor initiatives: What price?
Written January 14th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
Would liquor cost more or less in Oregon if the state gave up its monopoly on selling the stuff? Experience in Washington state says that with privatization, the price goes up. But there seems to be some confusion on that point, stirred up by a story in the Salem newspaper a few days ago.
Another reason time change is dumb
Written October 30th, 2013 by Hasso Hering
So you wanted another argument against changing the clocks back to standard time on Sunday morning? Well, the Oregon Liquor Commission has just provided one, though it probably did not mean to.
Posted in: Commentary
Tags: bars and taverns, Daylight saving time, OLCC, Oregon Liquor Control Commission, Standard time
Tags: bars and taverns, Daylight saving time, OLCC, Oregon Liquor Control Commission, Standard time
Private liquor sales? Not yet
Written July 2nd, 2013 by
Hard liquor on sale at Walmart? That’s what the ad insert in the paper on Sunday said. But it isn’t so, I’m pretty sure, at Walmart stores in Oregon. For decades, Oregon has guarded its monopoly on selling spirits through state-licensed agents and stores. Some time ago, the Oregon Liquor Control Commission started a pilot […]
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Changing laws means more fences
On one of my occasional bike rides outside of Jacksonville in Southern Oregon, I was struck by the proliferation of fences around what you’d think would be agricultural sites.
Tags: cannabis, fenced farms, hemp, marijuana, OLCC