Governor Jay Inslee drew headlines recently for laying down the veto hammer on 27 bills he deemed as nonessential—his tough-love way to force the legislature to get its shit together on the budget. While I wholeheartedly agree with Inslee on the importance of getting our legislators to do the basic stuff we elect them to do within the time period given to do it—like you would at any other job—the veto stunt is undeniably a bummer for pot.
And this legislative session already sucked enough for cannabis. After two years of trial and error, the industry was ready for some much-needed legislative improvement. At the beginning of the session, it looked like Olympia might actually meet that need—there were a ton of sensible pot bills floating around. Somehow, they all sank…