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Sheldon Continued from page A-1 opened in November. '¢¢e're kind of operating out here without bumper pads. We're trying our best and we're walking the line, but we're not sure anyone else is." Kent and her husband and business partner Robert Wood approached the Port Orchard City Council February 15 to open a second store in Kitsap Coun- ty, while another businessman, Dave Norton, former Owner of Green Health in Tacoma and Key Center, had already made plans to lease a space in the city for a new dispensary, Bella Oha. The Port Orchard City Council sti- fled both attempts when it passed its own "emergency" moratorium on med- ical marijuana dispensaries last week, effective for six months. "While we were knocking politely, another two companies did it discreet- ly, so the [council] did an emergency moratorium," said Kent, who attended the Port Orchard council meeting. "I think cities and counties might try to control [medical marijuana dispensa- ries] from a licensing or zoning per- spective. Just as a city, you want to control your infrastructure naturally. But not with a moratorium, that's dic- tatorship." Commissioner Lynda Ring Erick- son said she did not second Sheldon's motion because she is the commission chair, but she also felt there was a lack of information brought forward to make a decision. "A citizen vote was taken in 1998, and we've gone through our whole zoning process a couple of times since then, and nobody has brought this up before," she said. "It doesn't mean that it's not an emerging problem, but I wanted to be a little bit more thorough ... rather than act hastily." Todd Nelson, owner of the Patient 2 Patient co-op in Potlatch, said he would welcome a moratorium on fu- ture dispensaries because not every- one in the business is open and trans- parent. 'lere are some unscrupulous peo- ple out there," he said, noting that he spoke with county, sheriff and city of Shelton officials before opening his business' doors. "What we're trying to do is offer the cheapest medication around, not make a quick buck." Owners of the House of Bella Don- na in Belfair would not disclose their names or comment for this story. Sheldon may re-introduce the mo- tion for a moratorium again in the fu- ture. "We don't have any guidance," he said. "What a moratorium does is freezes us for this moment in time. It doesn't make the dispensaries at this time go away, but it allows the county officials to take a deep breath ... I think what's happening in these dispensaries is people are using the [law's] vagueness to potentially make a lot of money." Miles Continued from page A-1 Sunday morning and that "the caller suspected the driver was DUI." A deputy and units from Fire District 16 arrived on the scene and discovered a gold Oldsmobile over the embankment on the north side of the roadway. Miles admitted to driving the vehicle and said that he had no injuries, according to police. "I observed skid marks leading from the eastbound lane, crossing the west- bound lane and ending at the Oldsmobile," noted Dep- uty Danielle Rickards in her report. "There was snow on the roadway that allowed me to clearly see the tire skid marks. (Miles) admit- ted to driving the Oldsmo- bile and said the vehicle be- longed to his roommate." The police report said that Miles, whose legal name is Jackie Miles Strick- land Jr., estimated that he was travelling about 30 mph in the marked 45 mph zone. Miles told Deputy Rick- ard that he "is insulin-de- pendent, but was current with his insulin today." Deputy Rickards noted that Miles was chewing gum but that she "could still smell the odor of intox- icants emanating from his person." "(Miles) was slightly unsteady on his feet, but I was unable to determine if it was due to intoxicants or walking in snow on the slight grade of the shoul- der," Rickards added. Miles then agreed to a voluntary field sobriety test. The report said Miles was unable to stay balanced on one leg; missed a heel-to- toe step and briefly stepped out of line during a walk- and-turn test; and failed a horizontal gaze nystagmus test. Deputy Rickards also noted in her report that Miles displayed a coopera- tive attitude, fair coordina- tion, orderly clothes, blood- shot eyes, a flushed face, had a medium odor of in- toxicants on his breath and had good speech. The police report says that Miles agreed to a por- table/preliminary breath test (PBT) at the scene which showed that he had a blood-alcohol level of.184, more than double the legal limit of .08. Miles was then advised of his rights, taken into custody and trans- ported to the Mason County Jail. The Oldsmobile was impounded at the scene. "The vehicle did not have reportable damage so no collision memo report was made," the police report noted. Miles was read his rights once again at the jail and left a phone message with an at- torney at 3:38 a.m. About twenty minutes later, Miles agreed to provide samples on a BAC Machine where he showed a blood-alcohol con- tent of.ll0 at 4:32 a.m. and .108 at 4:35 a.m. Miles was then adminis- tratively booked into the jail and eventually given a cour- tesy transport home. In her report, Deputy Rickards noted that, "Miles was calm and cooperative during the entire encoun- ter." Miles said he made his first appearance in Ma- son County District Court on Monday, Feb. 28, and pled not guilty to the DUI charge. His next appearance isn't slated until the end of this month. Tax Continued from page A-1 Also, if the county collected less than the .30 percent maximum, the city could also collect their own sepa- rate tax, but that would make the pro- cess very complicated, O'Leary said. O'Leary said that the first option, of the city collecting a public safety sales tax alone, would only be enough to keep the police department at the status quo. "Essentially that's kind of how it lays out ... $177,000 will kind of keep us whole in the police department," he said. O'Leary said that working with the county would be a much better option. "If the County jumps in however, it opens up many more possibilites," he said. Commissioner Mike Byrne agreed. "If we're going to pursue this, the logical option I think is the coun- ty option - if we go it alone, the "! d,o,n't want to see another ... tax II Increase but it is a county is going to get $31,000 whi'ch is like 15 cents to them ... and $177,000 is just going to status quo us," he said. Tarrant said that while taxes are not the popular answer, a dedicated tax for public safety might be a good solution. "It's a resource that we have avail- able to us both county and city to help take care of that loss and also create a more stable source of revenue," he said "I don't want to see another ... tax in- crease but it is a tool." The commissioners took no action, but decided to discuss the idea further with the Mason County commission- ers. "I think it's a discussion point that properly put together, (we could) go to our county officials with and say this is an opportunity that could help us both out," he said. If either the city or county decided to pursue a public safety sales tax, the commission said that it would take only a 50 percent simple majority to pass the tax increase. Tarrant said that if the city or coun- ty decided to pursue the tax, it would not only affect city or county residents. 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