Mayor breaks tie: Garfield council votes 3-2 to reject marijuana permit

After casting a tie-breaking no vote on the matter of a local marijuana grower applicant, Garfield Mayor Ray McCown and the town now awaits a decision by the state Liquor Control Board.

The town had filed for a 20-day extension to respond to a standard letter from the board regarding a local woman who has applied for a license to grow and process marijuana under the state’s new legalization law.

“If we didn’t mail it in, they’d assume we didn’t have any feeling about it,” McCown said.

Because it was nearing deadline for a response, at the April 9 city council meeting, McCown asked the council...