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Police say Oregon man who stole a car with a child in the back seat came back and 'lectured' the mom about parenting
The thief "lectured" the mother for leaving her 4-year-old in a car that was unlocked, and threatened to call the police on her, authorities say.
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OMG, you can't make this shit up.
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Imagine earning $84,000 fishing without a comercial license or tournaments?
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Lol since when did imaginary mermaids become a human or an animal. Too funny.Seriously?? After waiting 4 years to start collecting Cannabis tax $$, they're more concerned with the logos than adding more licensed sales???
State says South Portland cannabis seller’s mermaid logo is against the rules
pressherald.com/2021/01/18/state-says-south-portland-cannabis-sellers-mermaid-logo-is-against-the-rules/
By Hannah LaClaire January 18, 2021
When Scott Howard created the branding for SeaWeed Co., a recreational marijuana retail shop in South Portland, he wanted to emphasize the company’s local roots and evoke thoughts of the Maine seaside. The mermaid seemed like a natural fit.
However, despite Howard’s stated intentions and no matter how apt the association may be, the Maine Office of Marijuana Policy has taken issue with the half-woman, half-fish figure clutching a seashell that now graces much of SeaWeed’s merchandise. Howard is facing a $10,000 fine for the “willful use of a prohibited image.”
State officials say this SeaWeed Co. logo violates rules against using images of people or animals to sell cannabis products. Courtesy of SeaWeed Co.
According to the rules for the state’s newly opened adult use program, packages or labeling depicting humans, animals or fruit are prohibited, as are packages or labels that would “reasonably” appear to target or appeal to anyone under the age of 21.
Furthermore, the rules prohibit advertising or marketing of cannabis products “that is attractive to persons under 21 years of age … including images and items commonly marketed toward individuals under 21 years of age.”
Vernon Malloch, compliance director for the Office of Marijuana Policy, told Howard in a December notice that not only does the mermaid logo depict both a human and an animal, it also “is generally known that mermaids are featured in a number of stories, movies, toys, costumes and other popular culture items and marketing aimed at young children and teenagers, and so images of mermaids have inherent and particular appeal to individuals under 21 years of age.”
According to the letter, Howard and Hannah King, an attorney with the law firm Drummond Woodsum, were previously made aware that the Office of Marijuana Policy did not approve of the logo.
The notice cites a June letter from SeaWeed’s lawyer outlining her legal analysis that the logo “does not run afoul of the adult-use marijuana packaging and labeling laws,” and a request that the department find the rules “do not prohibit in any way, SeaWeed from utilizing the mermaid logo … on any and all adult-use marijuana packaging labeling, marketing and advertising.”
The office denied the request.
On top of a $10,000 fine, the office ordered Howard to “immediately halt” the use of the mermaid logo on any adult-use marijuana products, labels, packaging, website or marketing materials. Howard has 120 days to pay the fine, according to the notice.
The mermaid logo was noted during an Oct. 22 inspection, according to the violation notice. Malloch, the compliance director, reportedly told Kasper Heinrici, the store supervisor, that the violation was “substantial” given the previous discussion with King, and said he planned to place all products with the logo on “administrative hold.”
“(Heinrici) stated that the action would effectively shut down SeaWeed’s business operations … because most inventory at the store at that time was within the scope of the administrative hold,” the notice said.
Malloch and Heinrici reportedly agreed that SeaWeed would continue sales with the mermaid logo for “a short period of time” while the company worked to relabel and cover the mermaid with an image of a marijuana leaf on existing packaging.
The notice does not include a timeline for fixing the violation or any indication of whether it has been resolved. On Friday afternoon, the mermaid logo was still featured on SeaWeed’s website and online merchandise.
The office also noted from the inspection that some products did not include required statements indicating the packages passed all mandatory tests, nor a list of solvents used to produce the marijuana concentrate. Because of those alleged violations, the department issued a $2,500 fine to SeaSmoke Extracts Inc., also owned by Howard, according to a separate notice issued the same day.
King declined to comment on the matter because of ongoing litigation.
The Office of Marijuana Policy also declined to comment and directed questions to the Maine Office of the Attorney General.
Marc Malon, spokesman for the attorney general’s office, also declined to comment but confirmed the case is currently the only one in the state pertaining to violations of marijuana labeling or advertising.
In a statement, Howard said SeaWeed’s “main objective is to make sure that our audience is 21-plus” and argued that the department’s rules are “vague and open to interpretation.”
He likened the issue to the state’s residency requirement for adult-use marijuana business owners. In May, medical cannabis provider Wellness Connection of Maine, which is majority owned by out-of-state investors, reached a legal agreement with the state stipulating that the Office of Marijuana Policy will no longer enforce a residency requirement on those seeking an adult-use cannabis business license.
Wellness Connection is currently seeking similar action for the medical marijuana program.
Maine’s adult-use market finally opened Oct. 9 after four years of delays.
It's the kid. He thinks who he is. Real old school dudes. We're talking 70's grandpa.
I have no clue who this is, TIO NACHO, he worked at the supply house.
I have no clue who this is, TIO NACHO, he worked at the supply house.
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For those in a New York State of Mind, take some meds...
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Tuesday warned that New York State was facing an enormous $15 billion deficit as he unveiled a 2022 budget proposal that raised the possibility of increasing the state income tax for top earners.
The governor pleaded with leaders in Washington to deliver $15 billion in emergency pandemic relief, but the precariousness of the situation led Mr. Cuomo to lay out two different budget possibilities: one assuming a federal aid package of $6 billion, and another with the full $15 billion.
If the state were to receive $6 billion, a doomsday plan would include a temporary wealth tax that would apply to taxable income above $5 million, under the governor’s proposal. The state would tax that income at 10.82 percent rate, up from 8.82 percent.
Mr. Cuomo said that in this scenario, the state would also have to cut about $2 billion in school funding, $600 million in Medicaid funding and $900 million in other across-the-board reductions.
Embracing a tax increase, even if only in a contingency plan, represented a significant shift for Mr. Cuomo, a third-term fiscally moderate Democrat who has been resistant to increasing taxes on the wealthy, despite support from legislative leaders and his party’s left flank.
“This budget is really the economic reconciliation of the Covid crisis, the cost of the Covid crisis,” Mr. Cuomo said during a virtual address from the State Capitol’s Red Room in Albany. “This year, it’s going to be about reconciling the responsibility of the battle and completing the battle.”
There were other question marks in the governor’s budget proposal, primarily a lack of clarity about how much money the state would have on hand because of diminished tax revenues, which Mr. Cuomo said were expected to drop by $39 billion over the next four years.
In crafting a budget for the next fiscal year, which begins April 1, state officials face similar challenges as last year, when the pandemic devastated the economy and upended one of the nation’s largest budgets.
But the political climate in Washington is certainly different: Senator Chuck Schumer, who will take over as majority leader in Washington this week, has promised “better days ahead out of Washington for New York,” though he has stopped short of promising a complete bailout.
Still, his influence is already being felt: Last week, Mr. Schumer announced that the city and state would receive $2 billion in emergency funding related to expenses incurred as part of the coronavirus response.
While Mr. Cuomo has criticized the lack of direct financial aid to the state, the stimulus deal passed in December did include a variety of big-dollar payments for transportation and education, as well as vaccination efforts and rent relief.
Even with the potential economic peril, the state’s total spending for the year is projected to be $193 billion, including federal funding, an increase of less than 1 percent compared with the previous year, according to budget documents.
Mr. Cuomo’s assertion of a $15 billion shortfall has been questioned by some conservative economists, and the bleak outlook was seemingly softened by news last week from the state comptroller that December tax receipts had come in $1.4 billion above projections.
Indeed, Robert Mujica, the governor’s budget director, said on Tuesday that the $15 billion represented the sum of the current fiscal year’s deficit of nearly $5 billion and the projected gap of about $10 billion in the next fiscal year.
The incoming Biden administration is promising $350 billion in direct aid to states and local municipalities, as part of a $1.9 trillion Covid response plan. Even so, Mr. Cuomo maintained that without a substantial infusion of cash from Washington, the state would need to resort to a mix of tax increases, spending cuts and borrowing.
“We don’t know what level of aid we will get,” Mr. Cuomo said on Tuesday, adding, “New Yorkers deserve and demand fairness.”
The governor went as far as threatening to pursue litigation if Congress did not grant his request for $15 billion, although his office later said that the governor was referring to continuing legal efforts to overturn the cap on state and local income tax deductions. The state’s lawsuit has already been rejected by federal courts and is on appeal.
The governor also proposed up to $50 million in tax credits for restaurants and $25 million for theatrical productions, industries that have both been devastated by coronavirus.
The governor has proposed some popular revenue-raising measures, including the legalization of recreational marijuana and mobile sports betting, but the projected tax dollars from those proposals could take years to materialize and would not dig the state out of its gargantuan budget hole. Mr. Cuomo’s budget would also subject short-term rentals, like Airbnb bookings, to state and local sales taxes.
Mr. Cuomo said on Tuesday that mobile sports betting could generate about $500 million annually once implemented. Legalizing marijuana, state officials said, could raise about $350 million a year once the program is implemented in about three or four years. He proposed steering about $100 million annually to a “social equity fund.”
Legalization efforts have fallen apart since 2019 because of disagreements between Mr. Cuomo and the Legislature over how to allocate tax proceeds from pot sales, with many lawmakers calling for the money to be reinvested in communities disproportionately affected by the unequal enforcement of drug laws.
The state’s budgetary woes have bolstered calls from progressive coalitions and left-wing lawmakers who support increasing taxes on the rich and passing an array of new levies to tax their wealth.
Mr. Cuomo on Tuesday threw his support behind a version of one of their proposals — raising the state income tax on certain millionaires — even while cautioning that doing so would not produce enough money to offset budget cuts.
The governor’s proposal would increase the combined state and local income tax to 14.7 percent in New York City, the highest rate in the nation, he said. His budget would also temporarily pause the phase-in of a middle-class tax cut which began in 2018.
Mr. Mujica dismissed other tax ideas floated by progressives, like a so-called capital gains tax, as unconstitutional. He said the administration would not need to pursue tax increases if Washington provided sufficient aid, arguing that they could force many high-income residents to flee, eroding a crucial part of the state’s tax base.
In the coming weeks, the Legislature, which is controlled by Democrats, is expected to review and present its own budget proposal, with tax increases bound to become a lightning rod issue.
“The wealthy have gotten wealthier during this crisis even as the middle class has shrunk and millions of New Yorkers have struggled to make ends meet,” Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins, the Democratic majority leader, said in a statement after the governor’s speech. “We must be ready to act as a state to advance efforts to raise revenues, including having the hyper-wealthy share this burden.”
Cuomo Offers Doomsday Proposal to Attack a Possible $15 Billion Deficit
The governor floated an increase in income tax on top earners as he warned that the state might have to cut $2.6 billion in school and Medicaid spending.Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Tuesday warned that New York State was facing an enormous $15 billion deficit as he unveiled a 2022 budget proposal that raised the possibility of increasing the state income tax for top earners.
The governor pleaded with leaders in Washington to deliver $15 billion in emergency pandemic relief, but the precariousness of the situation led Mr. Cuomo to lay out two different budget possibilities: one assuming a federal aid package of $6 billion, and another with the full $15 billion.
If the state were to receive $6 billion, a doomsday plan would include a temporary wealth tax that would apply to taxable income above $5 million, under the governor’s proposal. The state would tax that income at 10.82 percent rate, up from 8.82 percent.
Mr. Cuomo said that in this scenario, the state would also have to cut about $2 billion in school funding, $600 million in Medicaid funding and $900 million in other across-the-board reductions.
Embracing a tax increase, even if only in a contingency plan, represented a significant shift for Mr. Cuomo, a third-term fiscally moderate Democrat who has been resistant to increasing taxes on the wealthy, despite support from legislative leaders and his party’s left flank.
“This budget is really the economic reconciliation of the Covid crisis, the cost of the Covid crisis,” Mr. Cuomo said during a virtual address from the State Capitol’s Red Room in Albany. “This year, it’s going to be about reconciling the responsibility of the battle and completing the battle.”
There were other question marks in the governor’s budget proposal, primarily a lack of clarity about how much money the state would have on hand because of diminished tax revenues, which Mr. Cuomo said were expected to drop by $39 billion over the next four years.
In crafting a budget for the next fiscal year, which begins April 1, state officials face similar challenges as last year, when the pandemic devastated the economy and upended one of the nation’s largest budgets.
But the political climate in Washington is certainly different: Senator Chuck Schumer, who will take over as majority leader in Washington this week, has promised “better days ahead out of Washington for New York,” though he has stopped short of promising a complete bailout.
Still, his influence is already being felt: Last week, Mr. Schumer announced that the city and state would receive $2 billion in emergency funding related to expenses incurred as part of the coronavirus response.
While Mr. Cuomo has criticized the lack of direct financial aid to the state, the stimulus deal passed in December did include a variety of big-dollar payments for transportation and education, as well as vaccination efforts and rent relief.
Even with the potential economic peril, the state’s total spending for the year is projected to be $193 billion, including federal funding, an increase of less than 1 percent compared with the previous year, according to budget documents.
Mr. Cuomo’s assertion of a $15 billion shortfall has been questioned by some conservative economists, and the bleak outlook was seemingly softened by news last week from the state comptroller that December tax receipts had come in $1.4 billion above projections.
Indeed, Robert Mujica, the governor’s budget director, said on Tuesday that the $15 billion represented the sum of the current fiscal year’s deficit of nearly $5 billion and the projected gap of about $10 billion in the next fiscal year.
The incoming Biden administration is promising $350 billion in direct aid to states and local municipalities, as part of a $1.9 trillion Covid response plan. Even so, Mr. Cuomo maintained that without a substantial infusion of cash from Washington, the state would need to resort to a mix of tax increases, spending cuts and borrowing.
“We don’t know what level of aid we will get,” Mr. Cuomo said on Tuesday, adding, “New Yorkers deserve and demand fairness.”
The governor went as far as threatening to pursue litigation if Congress did not grant his request for $15 billion, although his office later said that the governor was referring to continuing legal efforts to overturn the cap on state and local income tax deductions. The state’s lawsuit has already been rejected by federal courts and is on appeal.
The governor also proposed up to $50 million in tax credits for restaurants and $25 million for theatrical productions, industries that have both been devastated by coronavirus.
The governor has proposed some popular revenue-raising measures, including the legalization of recreational marijuana and mobile sports betting, but the projected tax dollars from those proposals could take years to materialize and would not dig the state out of its gargantuan budget hole. Mr. Cuomo’s budget would also subject short-term rentals, like Airbnb bookings, to state and local sales taxes.
Mr. Cuomo said on Tuesday that mobile sports betting could generate about $500 million annually once implemented. Legalizing marijuana, state officials said, could raise about $350 million a year once the program is implemented in about three or four years. He proposed steering about $100 million annually to a “social equity fund.”
Legalization efforts have fallen apart since 2019 because of disagreements between Mr. Cuomo and the Legislature over how to allocate tax proceeds from pot sales, with many lawmakers calling for the money to be reinvested in communities disproportionately affected by the unequal enforcement of drug laws.
The state’s budgetary woes have bolstered calls from progressive coalitions and left-wing lawmakers who support increasing taxes on the rich and passing an array of new levies to tax their wealth.
Mr. Cuomo on Tuesday threw his support behind a version of one of their proposals — raising the state income tax on certain millionaires — even while cautioning that doing so would not produce enough money to offset budget cuts.
The governor’s proposal would increase the combined state and local income tax to 14.7 percent in New York City, the highest rate in the nation, he said. His budget would also temporarily pause the phase-in of a middle-class tax cut which began in 2018.
Mr. Mujica dismissed other tax ideas floated by progressives, like a so-called capital gains tax, as unconstitutional. He said the administration would not need to pursue tax increases if Washington provided sufficient aid, arguing that they could force many high-income residents to flee, eroding a crucial part of the state’s tax base.
In the coming weeks, the Legislature, which is controlled by Democrats, is expected to review and present its own budget proposal, with tax increases bound to become a lightning rod issue.
“The wealthy have gotten wealthier during this crisis even as the middle class has shrunk and millions of New Yorkers have struggled to make ends meet,” Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins, the Democratic majority leader, said in a statement after the governor’s speech. “We must be ready to act as a state to advance efforts to raise revenues, including having the hyper-wealthy share this burden.”
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Cash Rules Everything Around Me
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Git the money, another 15billion dallas ya'll
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Can you tell me how much that costs. Tangles like you couldn't imagine.
You stole my lead. It's only 80 pound braid at the canyon. It doesn't get
better, it gets worse. THIS HAS NOW BECOME STUPID!
and what headline is this referring to may I ask?
I'm a kid in school. When my mommy said so that's when i served in the war and they sunk my ship.
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Sent the C.C. link to Ryan and Kenny who both have kids in college. ?
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Derek went to Rutgers, Newark campus. He wasn't too into the big campus thing.
Here is the poster child for anyone's You Can't Fix Stupid Campaign...
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