Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan is quietly moonlighting as a consultant for embattled pot company

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Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan is pictured at a June 2021 "Reopening Oregon" celebration at Providence Park in Portland. On Thursday, Fagan's office confirmed she took a consulting job in February with an affiliate of a troubled cannabis dispensary chain. The Oregonian

Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan took on a side job in February as a paid consultant for an affiliate of the troubled La Mota cannabis dispensary chain, her office confirmed Thursday.

The owners of La Mota, Rosa Cazares and Aaron Mitchell, and their businesses have collectively failed to pay millions of dollars in Oregon cannabis taxes and federal income taxes and they face a host of workplace complaints and unpaid bills, Willamette Week has reported. The newspaper was the first to report Fagan’s paid consulting job for the La Mota affiliate Veriede Holding LLC on Thursday.

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