Calling people names gets you nowhere. Even though you disagree with the legalization of pot, the state needs to deal with it in an orderly manner. Whether this tax is the answer is why there is a...

Here's their full press release:


SONOMA COUNTY GROWERS ALLIANCE ANNOUNCES STANCE ON MEASURE A
Industry Group Opposes County Cannabis Tax


Santa Rosa, Calif., February 13, 2017– The Sonoma...

It seems that "adjusting or modifying" a tax is much more difficult than getting it aligned and fair at the beginning, which means due diligence on the part of those who will be taxed. This kind of...

Apparently Sonoma County growers alliance has settled on its position. "The SCGA has surveyed our membership and found an overwhelming response opposing Measure A. We urge our membership and...

Did I do my due diligence? For a measure with no perceived opposition, yes. I do not really get into the weeds of tax policy and since I am not in any sort of agricultural business, I had no way to...

I am a CBD medicinal user and my experience of medicinal marijuana growers locally are that they are small cottage industries that make very little profit and support their clients who are coping...

I decided to vote no on the tax for the following reason; The County wants to set a tax rate without knowing what the actual burden will be of cultivation in the County.

I'd prefer we study it for...

I'd just quote what's on the Sonoma County Growers Alliance site as to why it recommends a no vote:


The top tax rate of 10% would exceed profitability
The taxes are subject to changes by a...

Very good point. As a general contractor I know I never had to have a business license to operate in the County. It took me years after moving away from Berkeley to get the city to quit harassing me...

Yes, medical is real, and most are recreational. Then there are people with addictive tendancies like me, where a small infrequent amount is medicinal. The world is a complicated place.

I don't ...

Sonoma County voters will vote this March 7 on a local cannabis tax. How should we vote; yes or no?

I will vote no because it is a clearly hostile measure written with the mentality that cannabis...

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And no opposing views!
Please write to the PD TODAY, do Op Ed pieces, contact dispensaries and have them post VOTE NO...

I hope that this helps regulate it to prevent illegal pot grows that usually are contamnating water and other resources. As for the use of the tax, I really don't care where the money goes though...

I am here to learn, I've always been for marijuana decriminalization. Though I'm not in the industry i know many people who are and wonder how legalization will affect us all. My guess is that in 5...

VOTE NO!
A voter guide was just sent to me for Measure A on March 7, the Cannabis Industry Regulation Tax.I read the positions in favor, then looked for the viewpoint of the opposition.
Could not...

I will vote against it. Seems primarily designed to meet neighborhood concerns about past grower malfeasance, with a probable unintended consequence of corporate takeover and consolidation. Best to...

Seems to me tax should be at the final point of sale so farmers have a level playing field.

After reading the pages of requirements in the tax proposal, I think it is likely that this legislation will have the effect of pushing out the small cannabis-involved business person. Everyone has...

This is a great track record, thanks for posting OW. Here in the last days of the campaign, I'm leaning towards the Noreen camp for the first time. Perhaps a Sacramento lawyer isn't all that bad.
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I am a Noreen supporter and have received this letter from Padi Selwyn and Ernie Carpenter that started circulating today. I don't want to take a chance that the big biz folks and out of town special...

Yesterday I received yet another silly and deceptive mailing from the Hopkins PAC stating that Lynda “has lived in the West County” for 10 years while Noreen Evans just moved to Sebastopol in 2015. ...

While we're correcting the record, the program is called Earth Systems Science in the School of Earth, Energy, and Environmental Sciences. Today, completing a Masters program requires at least one...

Actually, for the record Kitty, Stanford doesn't issue a degree in Coastal Land Use Policy.Lynda's Bachelor's degree is in Poetry and her Masters is in Earth Systems with an emphasis in journalism.

Hello West county. We are helping elect Noreen Evans by making groovy home made signs and installing them for folks who want to support Noreen. Help us push back the big wig corporate money that...

You can learn a whole lot about Noreen at her Facebook page which is loaded with information about her experience, her activities and who is supporting her. ...

Noreen has raised her children, run a small business and lived in Sonoma County for over three decades which is longer than any other candidate. She served this county well in the state legislature,...

Dr. Shepherd,
I go plant my Bodega Reds (Harmony Farm Supply get them now), fix the fence, hang a gate. hang with the pigs for awhile, visit with friends in the sun, go the the gym, the Jewish...

Shepherd, I am sorry but what are you talking about? You think Zeno has "evidence" that Noreen came home from Sacramento with some sort of "War chest". He has completely made this up and it is...

reading about Lynda vs Noreen, & the concern for dialog turning ugly.
think we can do better than this for discussion on the 5th district supervisor. how about opinions & facts that might be...

Zeno, I must correct some of your assumptions. Largest of them is that Noreen did NOT come back with some sort of "war chest". She actually came home with some debt. She immediately resumed her law...

I try not to think about her. I think about the future of the Fifth District and the County. Do we need another untried person who moved into the District to seek office? How did that work out with...