We have a little drama unfolding... The big city nearest us is Ontario, OR. When OR legalized, each area that did not pass it was allowed to ban the sale in that county. Ontario had people with clinics and dispensaries rented and staffed, and the city said "Not here." Well, 30 miles down the road was a little ghost town, in another county. They let a dispensary in. The place made so much money for the little town they paid all the government expenses for the year by March. They regularly have lines around the block, even after they let a second one open. The little town is BOOMING. New restaurant just opened. People are selling their little shacks for big bucks. Meanwhile, Ontario is asking the residents to let them add sales tax... Oregon has no sales tax, but Ontario wants a city tax, because they can't meet their bills.
Front page of the Ontario paper this morning... Someone filed the paperwork to ask the voters if maybe they'd like to let the clinics and dispensaries open after all. So now that it will be pretty much "You want to pay the tax, or you want to let the marijuana users to pay the tax?" I think an epiphany may be in the making.