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Carbondale shop owners and retailers urge council to change proposed tobacco and cannabinoid licensing and taxes
Summary
Multiple local business owners and retailers told the Carbondale City Council they face duplicate inspections and high fees under proposed tobacco and cannabinoid licensing rules and asked the council to lower application fees and suspend a proposed 3% cannabinoid retail tax until state actions are settled.
Carbondale — Small-business owners, tobacco and vape retailers, and a smoke-shop owner told the Carbondale City Council on April 14 that proposed tobacco and cannabinoid licensing rules would duplicate state inspections, impose high fees and harm small, local businesses.
Jacob Buckman, owner of Legal Smile, asked the council to reduce an annual business license fee and to suspend or delay a proposed 3% cannabinoid retail tax, proposing an annual $250 fee for local businesses instead of the higher amounts discussed previously.…
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