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DEA, landlords discuss marijuana laws BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com
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Balisa and Jack Koetje of Mount Vernon review the marijuana laws presented at the meeting of the Snohomish County Apartment Operators Association and the Landlord Association of the North Sound at Leifer Manor in Marysville on Sept. 18.
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New Marysville Walmart opens BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com
MARYSVILLE — The Marysville Walmart opened a week later than it had previously planned, but this delay only seemed to make the surrounding community more eager to see the inside of the store. On the morning of Wednesday, Sept. 18, Marysville Walmart Store Manager Sonia Smith was joined by fellow Walmart
employees and dignitaries from the Marysville community alike in cutting the ribbon to the store. “It took teamwork and long hours from our associates, who spent a lot of time away from their families, to make the Marysville Walmart so great,” said Smith, who also expressed her gratitude to her management team, Burke Construction, the Greater SEE WALMART, PAGE 14
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From left, Greater Marysville Tulalip Chamber of Commerce Chair John Bell, Marysville City Council member Rob Toyer and Marysville Walmart Store Manager Sonia Smith are joined by Marysville City Council members Kamille Norton, Donna Wright and Steve Muller, Chamber Past Chair David Chin and Walmart’s Garrick Mandracken in dedicating the Marysville Walmart on Sept. 18.
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MARYSVILLE — When a regional representative of the Drug Enforcement Administration met with landlords and apartment operators from throughout the Puget Sound area to discuss how marijuana laws could impact how they do business, the one thing that everyone agreed upon was how much they still don’t know. Steve Briggs serves as Counsel for the DEA in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Alaska, but when he answered questions from the Snohomish County Apartment Operators Association and the Landlord Association of the North Sound at Leifer Manor in Marysville on Wednesday, Sept. 18, the first thing he told them was that his remarks did not constitute legal advice. But as a landlord himself, he took care to explain some of the potential consequences of tenants growing their marijuana outdoors or indoors on landlords’ and apartment owners’ property. “If it’s grown outdoors, it’s at risk of being stolen,” said Briggs, who added that