Festively decorated for Christmas and exuding holiday cheer though it is, the Albany City Hall on Monday will be the site of another likely contentious meeting over recreational pot.
Albany pot code up on Monday
Written November 13th, 2016 by Hasso Hering
The Albany City Council could save itself time and trouble by relying on a mountain of state regulations regarding marijuana businesses. Instead, the council’s Monday agenda calls for action on a code amendment that the city staff believes would not survive a legal challenge.
Potential pot points plotted
Written July 27th, 2016 by Hasso Hering
Albany is no closer to knowing where marijuana sellers and processors will be allowed if voters in November overturn the existing ban on commerce in recreational pot. The city council argued about it for a while Wednesday night but didn’t get anywhere.
Council resumes talk of pot rules
Written April 25th, 2016 by Hasso Hering
The Albany City Council is trying to get prepared in case city voters decide in the November general election that Albany will allow recreational marijuana businesses. Councilors would like to adopt some restrictions ahead of time, such as time, place and manner of pot sales and processing sites. But at Monday’s work session they didn’t […]
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Tags: Albany city council on pot, marijuana sales, recreational marijuana
Tags: Albany city council on pot, marijuana sales, recreational marijuana
Pot ordinance up for council vote
Written November 29th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
On Wednesday the Albany City Council will vote to ban the production, processing, and wholesale and retail selling of recreational marijuana within the city limits. This sets up an election next November in which opponents of recreational marijuana will want to vote yes and supporters will want to vote no. This may not be confusing […]
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Tags: Albany City Council, recreational marijuana, Scio, Sodaville, Tangent
Tags: Albany City Council, recreational marijuana, Scio, Sodaville, Tangent
Pot in Linn: Yes could mean no
Written November 4th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
City and county officials are setting Linn County voters up for an election next year that poses interesting questions, one of them being: Exactly what is the question, and who gets to decide?
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Albany pot: Looking for ‘reasonable’
Albany’s city charter requires four votes on the city council for any action. Twice now, the second time on Monday, Councilman Dick Olsen has made himself scarce, preventing the enactment of severe restrictions on the possible location of recreational marijuana businesses, limits that he opposes. The deadlock may continue until the council finds a reasonable way out.
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