Pubdate: Thu, 24 Feb 2011
Source: Chico News & Review, The (CA)
Copyright: 2011 Chico Community Publishing, Inc.
Contact:  http://www.newsreview.com/chico/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/559
Author: Brad Jenkins

DON'T TAX MY PLANTS!

Re "Supes to tackle pot topic" (Downstroke, Feb. 17):

As far as I'm concerned, this is taxation without representation. Do 
you require almond farmers to display a $44 band around their trees? 
Your tax would impose a $1,096 cost on my garden of six plants! To 
add insult to this tax, why is [Deputy Administrative Officer] Sang 
Kim trying to approve this ordinance without public debate?

I have been following this debate, and it has always been about 
dispensary issues. The dispensary side of medicinal marijuana is 
where the regulatory practices need to take place. Please work on 
legal dispensaries, do not impose taxes on the farmers themselves.

Brad Jenkins

Chico
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MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom