While there hasn’t been a lot of organized opposition to Anchorage's Proposition 14, marijuana industry leaders have a few concerns.
Ballot drop boxes wait to be deployed in the Municipality of Anchorage Election Center on Jan. 14, 2021.
The taxes currently go to the city’s general fund, but the new proposition would specifically allocate existing marijuana taxes to child care and early education initiatives. “We need to make sure that those people that are coming in — they’re working with our most precious, important resource, which is our young minds,” Storrs said. “And making sure they are equipped and well trained in how do you support early childhood development.”
“Our feeling was that this was kind of a clever way to actually increase the overall tax cap and be able to tax Anchorage residents more,” Tunseth said.
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