I'm not a big chips and salsa guy so I can't attest to those. Literally the only thing I've ever had there is the chimichangas lol

Their salsas can feel like normal Tostitos salsas sometimes and I’d wish they’d change that but everything else is great

How do these dispensers pay? Are the benefits good? What’s the average salary look like and are they full time jobs that can meet the financial burden of living in Vermont?

I'll give it a shot. Until it's cheaper than my guy though I probably won't be a regular customer

Really appreciate your write up friend

In between 2 coffee shops (1 where you can chill with cats), right near Morse Block Deli and the book store, and across the street from the movies?

They definitely did their research.

That's huge news! That place is phenomenal. The chimichangas are banging

Says the entitled asshole who LIKES climate change and the consequential human suffering across the globe. But hey it makes you more comfortable and that’s what really matters right?

Bought another snowmobile. Well shit

Depending where you are in grand isle county I’d be surprised if a 1% sales tax on a dispensary in your town would even bring in a few thousand.

It's apocalyptic. All the kids at our daycare were weird today. They knew something is wrong

No offense but a) the taxes are already very publicly available for your information and b) that is not even remotely how these taxes work

I mean, I won't argue with that logic. And I don't care personally - I haven't paid for weed in years and don't see myself starting. Just seems like people are jumping into this market because it's cool and exciting and in a few years we're going to have a bunch of bankrupt weed shops. But again, it's not my money. Just seems unlikely to workout for a bunch of the folks getting into it.

Based on what Massachusetts's journey looked like, the prices won't start to come down until there's enough product coming in from growers, as our retailers can only source their supply from VT growers. Since the control board has been really slow to grant cultivation licenses and fucked up the whole outdoor grow season licenses, I'd expect another year of high prices.

As far as the glut of dispensaries, they'll sugar out in the short run as the market dictates.

It’s because I disabled the traction control in my truck sorry guys :/

My wife + furry dog and I live down south in the DC metro and eagerly awaited a trip to Vermont to play in the snow around New Years that we planned several months ago. So blame us

I'm not seeing the downside here?

To note, in my small town we usually have multiple ballot items asking for a few thousand for some public service or another

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Nope, we need more competition for existing shops so that prices go down.

Ahhhh. Gotcha.

Anyone else feel like there are wayyyyy too many dispensaries opening up? I could be wrong but I just can’t imagine there’s enough demand to sustain them all. I mean, Waitsfield has two within walking distance of each other and I’m hearing rumors about a 3rd coming.

> the less jobs associated with snow

Im fine with more manufacturing in VT. We need to shift our focus away from a service economy, its just not viable to generate the revenue we need to take care of our people. It is a wonderful addition but it can barely pay the bills and takes a shadow economy of some 5B worth of non profit efforts in addition to the official budget.

I’ve got one, runs it’s test every Monday and has for 5 years, ran for 1.5 hours during the big blow down died and I was out of power for the next 3 days

> The planet is more than warm enough as it is.

There is where we disagree. I LIKE this and every single other warmer winter, less snow to shovel, doesnt cost as much to stay alive and thawed out, and best part of all, fewer entitled asshole flatlanders coming up here to ski!