A top official at Oregon’s liquor and cannabis control agency resigned this week, after an internal investigation found that he and other top agency personnel diverted rare bottles of bourbon from the public supply so they could be purchased for personal use.
“Gov. [Tina] Kotek has requested that I resign from my position as executive director of the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission,” Steve Marks, executive director of the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission, wrote in a resignation letter on Monday. “Because I believe that the governor is entitled to have her own management team, I will honor that request. Accordingly, I resign effective at 5:00 PM on February 15, 2023.”
