Quote Originally Posted by VapedG13
While Rancho Cordova is proposing at $600/sqft tax on personal grows, it remains to be seen whether this can survive constitutional scrutiny. A government can??t tax away your rights ?? that was tried in 1937 with the Marihuana Tax Act and Dr. Timothy Leary sued the feds and won on the principle that you can??t be forced to incriminate yourself in order to obey a law. Poll taxes were also found to be unconstitutional because you can??t deprive someone of their right to vote just because they are poor.

However, even if a locality overtaxes personal grows, you still have the option of getting a Prop 215 rec and growing your marijuana untaxed...thats how you get around the personal grow tax bro
It's clear that Rancho Cordova is run by right-wing morons, not people who want a viable cannabis industry.

Long Beach has a measure to tax growers $25 per sq. ft., and a 15% tax on resale, contingent on 19 passing, of course. I voted for it. Large growers have no advantage over small ones that way. Quality will be the thing that sells... To all those tourists.... Mmmmm....

Now, you can point out a single example of what one Jesus freak city council is doing, or acknowledge that several communities will welcome growers, both small and large, in hopes of getting some badly-needed funds.

You growers need to step into the 21st century. Just siitng back and saying "It's good enough the way it is" exposes you as the worst sort of hypocrite. Jack would be spinning in his grave. You've been thoroughly debunked and proven completely wrong. Now, go put on your human being hat for an hour Tuesday and go vote YES on 19.

You realize, of course, that the black-market prices you enjoy now will plummet. Better to expand your grow to include commercial as well as med pot. You have a head start. That is, unless you live in Rancho... :rastasmoke:

Get friendly with the city council, and talk to them. I think that breaking it down to municipalities is a genius move, and hampers the "corporate big growers" you seem to see waiting in the wings.