{"id":1923001,"date":"2023-05-02T22:40:53","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T02:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oregon-secretary-of-state-resigns-after-she-took-10k-a-month-consulting-marijuana-dispensary-during-state-audit\/"},"modified":"2023-05-02T22:43:53","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T02:43:53","slug":"oregon-secretary-of-state-resigns-after-she-took-10k-a-month-consulting-marijuana-dispensary-during-state-audit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oregon-secretary-of-state-resigns-after-she-took-10k-a-month-consulting-marijuana-dispensary-during-state-audit\/","title":{"rendered":"Oregon&#8217;s Secretary of State resigns for consulting a marijuana dispensary during a state audit, earning $10K per month."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Foregon-secretary-of-state-resigns-after-she-took-10k-a-month-consulting-marijuana-dispensary-during-state-audit%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1923001&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Oregon Secretary of State Resigns After Consulting for Cannabis Company Under Audit<\/h2>\n<p>Shemia Fagan, a Democrat and Oregon Secretary of State, has resigned from her post after it was revealed that she was receiving $10,000 a month in consulting fees from La Mota, one of the state&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oregon-secretary-of-state-resigns-after-she-took-10k-a-month-consulting-marijuana-dispensary-during-state-audit\/\" title=\"Oregon's Secretary of State resigns for consulting a marijuana dispensary during a state audit, earning K per month.\">largest marijuana dispensaries<\/a>. The franchise and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jamaica-may-have-a-marijuana-shortage-report-says\/\" title=\"Jamaica May Have A Marijuana Shortage, Report Says\">cannabis industry<\/a> were under audit by the Oregon Department of Revenue and the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission, which is overseen by Fagan. The owners of the chain were also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-propublica-excluded-its-major-donors-from-expose-on-billionaires\/\" title=\"Report: ProPublica Excluded Its Major Donors From Expose On Billionaires\">significant donors<\/a> to her campaign, and other Democrats statewide. Fagan confirmed that she had accepted a consulting contract with La Mota, which is in significant legal trouble, with more than $7 million in liens filed against the owners for unpaid taxes. <\/p>\n<h3>Resignation and Ethics Investigation<\/h3>\n<p>Fagan announced her resignation in a press release, effective May 8, stating that her actions had become a distraction from the important work of the Secretary of State&#8217;s office. She also said that she was confident that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-hawley-files-counter-complaint-against-senate-dems\/\" title=\"Sen. Hawley files counter-complaint against Senate Dems\">ethics investigation<\/a> would show that she followed the state&#8217;s legal and ethical guidelines in trying to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/under-trump-americans-have-seen-their-best-wage-growth-in-40-years\/\" title=\"Under Trump, Americans Have Seen Their Best Wage Growth In 40 Years\">make ends meet<\/a> for her family. <\/p>\n<h3>Deputy Secretary to Fill Post<\/h3>\n<p>Deputy Secretary Cheryl Myers will fill the post until Governor Tina Kotek appoints a replacement. Fagan&#8217;s resignation comes just two months after several of her subordinates on the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission were also found to have used their power for personal gain. <\/p>\n<h3>Get the Daily Wire App<\/h3>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Stay informed with the latest news and updates on politics, culture, and more with the Daily Wire app. Download now and never miss a story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan resigned from her post Tuesday after consulting for a cannabis company that state officials were auditing. Fagan, a Democrat, announced in a press release that she would resign, effective May 8. The resignation comes after local news outlets reported that she was receiving $10,000 a month in consulting fees<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":189,"featured_media":1923002,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[9047,4261,5572,25636,9099,5561,7666,9474,4975,3779],"class_list":["post-1923001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-10k","tag-audit","tag-consulting","tag-dispensary","tag-earning","tag-marijuana","tag-month","tag-oregons","tag-resigns","tag-secretary"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1923001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/189"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1923001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1923001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1923002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1923001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1923001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1923001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}