Nothing if not a direct reponse to a radio interview !
Madison Shockley dialed in to LAist’s radio show AirTalk as a guest on Wednesday morning to describe how state and local taxes are driving legal cannabis businesses like his into debt. Later that day, state police seized money from ATMs and cash registers at his dispensary, Cadre, in South Central.
Officers from the California Highway Patrol (CHP) and the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA) seized more than $10,000 from the location, according to a warrant and seizure receipt Shockley shared with LAist.
Shockley was a guest on the radio program after talking to LAist for a story published that morning. He was quoted in that story talking about fees charged to legal cannabis businesses by the City of L.A.
Shockley doesn’t dispute that he owes unpaid taxes to the city and state. At the same time, he says he has “ major concerns about retaliation” for filing lawsuits and speaking publicly about what he considers a failure by the city and state cannabis departments to provide promised support.
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https://laist.com/news/legal-cannabis-business-tax-seizure-cadre-los-angeles
