Last Tuesday, the Haines Borough Assembly referred the excise tax on marijuana cultivation facilities back to the finance committee for the second time. The committee will consider changing the excise tax to levy it on suppliers, and as a special sales tax to be approved by voters.
Currently, the excise tax puts cultivation facilities in Haines at a disadvantage by taxing them an additional $5 per ounce. Borough manager Debra Schnabel agreed with sending the…