Chris SelleRBC I The greatest challenge faced by public schools in Colorado over the past eight years has been finance. When faced with this information, many citizens in our state ask about marijuana money. Amendment 64 passed in 2012 with a hollow promise of providing funding to schools. To be blunt, the supporters of Amendment 64 did a fantastic job of leveraging public schools as a method to pass their initiative. In reality, marijuana…
Your column reminds me of the Little Golden Book The Little Red Hen. Many counties such as yours did not vote vote for A64, do not allow sales that contribute toward the taxes collected due to A64 and do not apply to receive funds that can be allocated from A64 but yet complain that the taxes are not paying for your every educational need. For fiscal year 2016-2017 $105.5 million is expected to be collected by the state due to marijuana sales over half of the taxes collected are set to go to the department of education. The rest are split among various state agencies with a majority of the funding going to substance abuse treatment and prevention, along with mental health services. It is not a bottomless fund.
What about the $200 million raised by taxation/regulation of legal cannabis in 2016?
That’s $200 million that would not be available if cannabis prohibition were still in effect.
This is a no-brainer.
This article is deceptive and Chris Selle should be re-evaluated for his motives. Also, check his tax records to see if he was given a financial sum for completely this op-Ed column. See if that financial sum is tied in any way to Project SAM and/or its affiliates.
You do not get to shun the marijuana industry and reap the rewards it brings. Residents in your county have to travel to another county to purchase marijuana products. And to think you are teaching students.
So, your actual complaint, Mr. Meeker, is that Colorado has NOT sold enough cannabis? Or that you want a better tax structure? In that case perhaps you and your ilk should have taken the time up front to support the movement, instead of now crapping all over it because you’re not getting what you wanted out of it.
“Many counties such as yours did not vote vote for A64, do not allow sales that contribute toward the taxes collected due to A64 and do not apply to receive funds that can be allocated from A64 but yet complain that the taxes are not paying for your every educational need.”
Your column reminds me of the Little Golden Book The Little Red Hen. Many counties such as yours did not vote vote for A64, do not allow sales that contribute toward the taxes collected due to A64 and do not apply to receive funds that can be allocated from A64 but yet complain that the taxes are not paying for your every educational need. For fiscal year 2016-2017 $105.5 million is expected to be collected by the state due to marijuana sales over half of the taxes collected are set to go to the department of education. The rest are split among various state agencies with a majority of the funding going to substance abuse treatment and prevention, along with mental health services. It is not a bottomless fund.
https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/sites/default/files/16-04%20Distribution%20of%20Marijuana%20Tax%20Revenue%20Updated_2.pdf
Maybe crybaby could find a nice toxic beer to comfort those tears.
What about the $200 million raised by taxation/regulation of legal cannabis in 2016?
That’s $200 million that would not be available if cannabis prohibition were still in effect.
This is a no-brainer.
This article is deceptive and Chris Selle should be re-evaluated for his motives. Also, check his tax records to see if he was given a financial sum for completely this op-Ed column. See if that financial sum is tied in any way to Project SAM and/or its affiliates.
You do not get to shun the marijuana industry and reap the rewards it brings. Residents in your county have to travel to another county to purchase marijuana products. And to think you are teaching students.
So, your actual complaint, Mr. Meeker, is that Colorado has NOT sold enough cannabis? Or that you want a better tax structure? In that case perhaps you and your ilk should have taken the time up front to support the movement, instead of now crapping all over it because you’re not getting what you wanted out of it.
“Many counties such as yours did not vote vote for A64, do not allow sales that contribute toward the taxes collected due to A64 and do not apply to receive funds that can be allocated from A64 but yet complain that the taxes are not paying for your every educational need.”
Sounds like this is you, dumbass.