Believe it or not, there was some news in 2019 not totally related to the Oval Office. The U.S. Congress (excluding the do-nothing Senate), the Deschutes County Commission and the Oregon state legislature had a busy 364.5 days when it came to crafting, fighting or violating marijuana policy. Federal activity The House Judiciary Committee made history […]
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YAC buffers and Sex Offenders
Attorneys spar at county hearing
In October, the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals decided that the Deschutes County Commissioners’ definition of a “youth activity center” amounted to an unreasonable restriction on marijuana farms. Since then, I have to admit I’ve been anxiously awaiting another Deschutes County Board meeting to put marijuana land-use on their agenda. On Dec. 11, I […]
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LUBA Fires First Shots Across Deschutes County Bow
Will it be the first of many?
For the first time since marijuana production has been legal in Deschutes County, the Board of County Commissioners received some feedback from the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals about how their interpretations of marijuana land-use rules square with state law. The feedback was pretty simple: Try again. In a unanimous opinion filed Oct. 17, […]
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Cattle mutilations, an 82-year-old half marathoner and a LUBA kerfuffle for the Deschutes County Commission
Mysterious cattle mutilations, an 82-year-old half-marathoner and a slap on the wrist from the state to the Deschutes County Commission in this week’s podcast.
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Marijuana amendments take back seat to demagoguery at county board meeting
The Barnes-Sawyer room was jam-packed July 3, mostly with vocally anti-marijuana residents.
When rural residents in Deschutes County get a chance to holler into a microphone about the menacing presence of ganja farms staining their holy, pristine wilderness, community theater usually ensues. This was definitely the case last week, when the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners held a meeting to discuss amendments to marijuana rules that the […]
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State to County Commissioners: Arbitrarily Deny Cannabis Permits at Your Peril
Since Deschutes County has elected yet another anti-marijuana County Commissioner, it might be instructive to take a look at a recent Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals decision before you buy into the notion that pending marijuana land-use permits are dead in the water. First, a little procedural primer: When land-use applicants seek to grow, […]
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Land Use Board upholds OSU-Cascades decisions, appeal likely
OSU-Cascades has cleared another legal hurdle, allowing the university to move forward with construction on its new 10-acre campus on Bend’s west side. That is, unless and until the opposition group Truth in Site sets another one on the track. The Land Use Board of Appeals ruled Monday to uphold the previous decisions of Bend […]