Borough pot tax on hold, for now

An advisory committee on marijuana has failed to pass a resolution favoring a Matanuska Susitna Borough pot tax.
A draft resolution before the Mat Su Borough’s Marijuana Advisory Committee created more questions than answers at the committee’s Monday night meeting. After quizzing the Borough’s attorney on the difference between an excise tax, which has to be enacted by the Borough Assembly, and a sales tax, which is decided by voters, the committee could not agree on language f