Katelyn Baker
Well-Known Member
To put it bluntly: Preliminary results indicate that voters defeated Propositions 200 and 300, keeping the commercial marijuana industry in Pueblo County alive and legal.
If the large margins hold up in today's vote counting, the victory for retail marijuana supporters will put an end - at least for now - to a controversial saga that was filled with accusations, arguments, protests, rallies and anecdotal facts.
Ballot Question 200, which was being defeated 30,626 (no) to 24,678 (yes) votes late Tuesday, proposed an amendment to the Pueblo County Code that would have prohibited all retail marijuana shops, testing facilities, cultivation facilities and manufacturing facilities from being in the county limits.
Proposition 300, which was being defeated 19,442 (no) to 14,068 (yes), would have prohibited the same facilities in the city.
Both measures would have required all commercial marijuana facilities to shut down by Oct. 31.
Charlene Graham, chair of the anti-pot group Citizens for a Healthy Pueblo, said the campaign brought out things her group needs to work on.
"We did get our say and brought up things we need to work on because it's not going away," Graham said. "They said we'd never get it to the polls and we did."
Members of Growing Pueblo's Future were unavailable for comment Tuesday.
However, in contrast to Proposition 300, City Ballot Question 2B, which asks whether retail marijuana stores should be legal within city limits, was narrowly losing 17,123 (no) to 16,031 (yes) - obviously too close to call.
Ballot Question 2C also was being defeated, 17,969 to 14,911. The question proposed that an additional 4.3 percent sales and use tax be imposed on retail marijuana and retail marijuana products. This additional revenue would total $923,000 annually and the tax would go into effect on Jan. 1.
The City Council would also have permission to increase or decrease this tax without voter approval as long as it never goes beyond 15 percent.
News Moderator: Katelyn Baker 420 MAGAZINE ®
Full Article: Commercial Marijuana Bans Appear To Fail In Pueblo County
Author: Anthony A. Mestas
Contact: (719) 544-3520
Photo Credit: Brendan Smialowski
Website: The Pueblo Chieftain
If the large margins hold up in today's vote counting, the victory for retail marijuana supporters will put an end - at least for now - to a controversial saga that was filled with accusations, arguments, protests, rallies and anecdotal facts.
Ballot Question 200, which was being defeated 30,626 (no) to 24,678 (yes) votes late Tuesday, proposed an amendment to the Pueblo County Code that would have prohibited all retail marijuana shops, testing facilities, cultivation facilities and manufacturing facilities from being in the county limits.
Proposition 300, which was being defeated 19,442 (no) to 14,068 (yes), would have prohibited the same facilities in the city.
Both measures would have required all commercial marijuana facilities to shut down by Oct. 31.
Charlene Graham, chair of the anti-pot group Citizens for a Healthy Pueblo, said the campaign brought out things her group needs to work on.
"We did get our say and brought up things we need to work on because it's not going away," Graham said. "They said we'd never get it to the polls and we did."
Members of Growing Pueblo's Future were unavailable for comment Tuesday.
However, in contrast to Proposition 300, City Ballot Question 2B, which asks whether retail marijuana stores should be legal within city limits, was narrowly losing 17,123 (no) to 16,031 (yes) - obviously too close to call.
Ballot Question 2C also was being defeated, 17,969 to 14,911. The question proposed that an additional 4.3 percent sales and use tax be imposed on retail marijuana and retail marijuana products. This additional revenue would total $923,000 annually and the tax would go into effect on Jan. 1.
The City Council would also have permission to increase or decrease this tax without voter approval as long as it never goes beyond 15 percent.
News Moderator: Katelyn Baker 420 MAGAZINE ®
Full Article: Commercial Marijuana Bans Appear To Fail In Pueblo County
Author: Anthony A. Mestas
Contact: (719) 544-3520
Photo Credit: Brendan Smialowski
Website: The Pueblo Chieftain
