Kent missing out on revenue from pot sales

Published 5:17 pm Wednesday, October 22, 2014

While Kent is struggling to find new revenue to cover its wishful spending, it refuses to allow pot sales in Kent.

In an Oct. 3 Kent Reporter article, pot sales will bring in $636 million in taxes statewide through 2019. Kent’s share of this revenue will now go to Tacoma (a short drive) or another nearby city that allows the sales.

Has anyone estimated how much money Kent will lose because of this?

– Brent Benson