Report from Pete Danko in the Portland Business Journal. Gated, but here’s the gist. This is the *monthly* pot tax revenue:
The Oregon State Economist has more here:
It will take legislative action to move this windfall to the general fund. The session opens January 19th.
WE should allow locals to increase the local tax beyond 3 percent.
They could easily increase the 10 or 15 percent without worrying about demand being to responsive.
Gov Brown and the legislature will spent it on green energy tax credits – the crack cocaine of Oregon’s Democratic party politics.