Son Steve had this on his Facebook page the other day. I like it.
I jumped on the blessing of dry (not sunny) skies to install the axles that arrived last Wednesday. The truth: this was a task that intimidated me, so I worked slowly and deliberately. With only a couple of snags the axles are in, the differential cover on, and the wheels bolted up. The directions for the cover sealant said to wait 24 hours before adding the gear oil, "longer if temperatures are low." I consider a high of 41 degrees low, so I'll wait. Besides, it's going to start raining again tomorrow.
I still have to install the new radiator but that, too will wait. I spent the rest of the day loading up the dumpster with the stuff I pulled out of Fred. I have another hour or two of work there and then I can call to have the dumpster hauled off. That will feel like major progress.
Pam's been busy making valances for our windows. She has all but one put up and it makes MoHo look a lot homier. She's good.
We're four miles north of Elmira, an unincorporated community with about 2,500 people. Another four miles away is Veneta, an official city with 4,600 people, not exactly a metropolis. It's a nice little town with a grocery store, an Ace Hardware, an O'Reilly's, and a cluster of locally owned businesses.
Both Elmira and Veneta also have pot growers.
Recreational marijuana is legal in Oregon but I don't know what laws govern growing and selling the stuff. According to early reports got a little dicey for two local growers over the last couple of days. In Elmira, a fire that started in drums of "industrial chemicals" stored in the garage quickly spread to the house and the whole thing burned to the ground. Early this morning at a house in Veneta a gun fight left two men dead and a woman with life threatening wounds. Both houses had growing operations.
The risks of being a small business owner.
(We live in a much nicer neighborhood.)
My brain comes up with all kinds of blog-worthy stuff during the day, but by the time I get to that short stretch between dinner and bed I can't remember any of them. Normally I'd write paragraphs through the day as they come to mind but my days now are spent in Fred's loft, or under a truck, or loading a dumpster.
I'll try to do better tomorrow.
3 comments:
One of he big issues with the marijuana industry is where to put your money. Banks cannot accept deposits from marijuana based businesses as it is a federal crime and banks are federally insured. That would make the banks guilty of money laundering and make the deposits fair game to be confiscated by the feds. We've seen armed guards outside the dispensaries here because it is a 100% cash based business. I know of someone who had a friend do tenant improvement work on a suite for a dispensary and was paid $80,000 in cash in one lump sum.
Plus - when you hold up a dispensary, there's no need to warn everyone to "be cool and stay calm"
Robbery looks like the motive in the shooting. The bad guy actually seems to have gone to the wrong house first, shot it up, then left and went to the correct house around the corner. They're still trying to sort out the details but he seems to be one of the dead males.
In CO, where it's also legal, the feds have declined to prosecute, but I've read that banks still aren't willing to take the risk. So, as you say, it's entirely a cash based business. Almost guarantees a violent crime component.
As the banker in the family, let me clarify a few of the statements. First, banks CAN bank the marijuana industry, most choose not to because it remains a federal crime. National banks avoid it primarily due to possibilities of interstate transfer of drug money. State banks can bank (& are banking) the marijuana industry. Every bank, however, MUST have a marijuana industry policy and, if providing banking services to them, a quick exit strategy.
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