My state is slower to adopting swings than others in the nation.
- Although our taxes are substantially lower across the board, we have a huge amount of deranged permitting rules surrounding land ownership here that make it pretty tough to have freedom.
I don’t want to build unsafe structures on my property, however I don’t want to feel essentially like the state government is preventing me from making basic remodeling updates either. That’s honestly true when I hire certified contractors who are going by the book, however after that I have to wait for a good period of time while the county takes forever to get back to me. At one point I lost a pressing appointment for a roof replacement and had to dash to find a new contractor when my permit was finally approved by the local government. On top of that, we fumbled the golden chance to have a legal cannabis market several times when it was initially voted on at the ballot box. When we at last garnered votes to legalize medical marijuana with an amendment to our state’s constitution, I was totally relieved and shocked at the same time. It was impossible to overstate my joy, however I also was unable to stop wondering what would have happened if we weren’t especially lucky. There are several states bordering mine that still can’t get some form of medical marijuana law to stay in place, regardless of how they’ve made their attempts over the years. Once we finally had medical marijuana legal in this state, it took many years before we had anything other than capsules and oil to purchase. First we had the opportunity to try cannabis vaporizer cartridges, as these are especially popular in a number of unusual states. Sadly, it took such a long while before we could legally purchase cannabis bud products in this state.