Tag: Marc Boldt

Local bans have kept two of three pot shops she owns from opening Christy Stanley, a cannabis entrepreneur who lives just outside of Battle Ground, is the second Democrat to enter the race for Clark County Council chair. Stanley officially filed to run for the position on May 18, the last day of filing week. She joins fellow Democrat Eric Holt and Republican County Councilor Eileen Quiring in challenging current County Council Chair Marc Boldt, who is unaffiliated with a party. However, she hasn’t been able to open either of those stores because of local bans on recreational marijuana businesses. Describing it as “an industry whose time has come,” she said the county is missing out on growth and opportunity. “It’s about putting money back into the local economy,” said Stanley, who also pointed to recent studies showing there are fewer deaths from opioid abuse in states with relaxed pot laws. Stanley said she wants to address inefficiencies and redundancies in county government. She also expressed support for the county’s move to sue pharmaceutical companies for their role in the opioid crisis and said it should work in tandem with other counties pursuing similar litigation. She said she owns guns and once voted for former President Ronald Reagan. She said she has helped the campaigns of Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray, Washington’s two Democratic U.S. senators.