Tag: marijuana
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EDITORIAL: When our highways are paved with pot
Society once vilified marijuana. Later generations of hipsters laughed off the stigma. Now, mounting evidence has brought things full circle — vindicating the psychoactive drug’s original critics after all. Today’s high-potency pot — legalized for recreational use in Colorado in 2012 and in over two dozen other states since then — is leaving a trail…
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Colorado Springs City Council vote extends split with mayor on how to spend marijuana tax revenue
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Springs City Council and Mayor Yemi Mobolade continue to split over how to budget the incoming sales tax revenue from recreational marijuana sales. In 2022, Colorado Springs voters established a 5% sales tax…
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Amid Colorado Springs budget shortfall, marijuana industry pushes back on departing from ‘will of the voters’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As the city of Colorado Springs braces for a $11.5 million budget shortfall this year, it could use marijuana revenues to ease a small portion of the pain, but leaning too heavily on the money…
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Colorado Springs City Council, Mayor Mobolade at odds over marijuana tax revenues
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Springs City Council and Mayor Yemi Mobolade are at odds over the power to pick who will receive the tax revenues from recreational marijuana sales. Voters laid out the broad framework for marijuana tax revenues in 2022, requiring potentially millions to fund post-traumatic stress…
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Manitou Springs adjusts budget for $3 million in estimated marijuana sales tax loss
The city of Manitou Springs is making cuts and shifting funds in its mid-year projected budget to offset marijuana sales tax losses, while a court case continues over its budget appropriation decisions. The city is expecting to lose about $3.2 million from its “other” sales tax column this year, Finance Director Rebecca Davis said. The…
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Appeals court clarifies prohibition on lawyers doubling as witnesses covers more than jury trials
Colorado’s second-highest court clarified on Thursday that the rule generally prohibiting lawyers from also serving as witnesses at trial does not apply only to jury trials. Under Colorado’s rules of professional conduct, an attorney cannot litigate a case when the lawyer is likely to be a necessary witness “at trial.” There are limited exceptions, including…
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Fort Carson master sergeant gets confinement in marijuana-related case
A master sergeant at Fort Carson received 42 days confinement after pleading guilty to marijuana charges and attempting to engage in a relationship with a soldier of a different rank. The senior noncommissioned officer pleaded guilty to all three charges he was facing in mid-November during a special court-martial, according to a statement from Fort…
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Mayor says zoning plan for recreational marijuana in Colorado Springs could take until 2025
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade said Thursday that the city may take until the start of 2025 to figure out what the voter-approved recreational marijuana ballot measure will look like in practice. City voters in November’s election approved Question 300, which would allow the existing…
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Gazette readers split on legalization of recreational marijuana sales in Colorado Springs
Gazette readers are split in their support of a movement to legalize recreational marijuana sales in Colorado Springs, according to feedback the newspaper received on its social media over the weekend. The Gazette asked readers in two separate posts Friday on Facebook to share their thoughts on two competing ballot questions that proposed authorizing the…
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Gazette readers split on legalization of recreational marijuana sales in Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Gazette readers are split in their support of a movement to legalize recreational marijuana sales in Colorado Springs, according to feedback the newspaper received on its social media over the weekend. The Gazette asked readers in two separate posts Friday on Facebook to share their…