Recently Washington state passed legislation directing all marijuana tax revenue away from any community that has banned legal pot shops. The state has already collected tens of millions of dollars in new money from legal sales of marijuana, of which the city of Kent stands to share exactly zero.
Will the City Council please reconsider its backward stance on this issue? Attempting to keep marijuana off our streets is admirable, but since sales of marijuana is legal in surrounding communities, and possession of marijuana is no longer illegal, this objective is obviously not viable.
Let’s bring some of that new income into our city to help pay for the mayor’s new big raise.
– Marshall Dunlap
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