The Hood River City Council is interested in looking at the option of assessing a tax of selling marijuana products in the City once a permanent retail system for the product is put in place.  City Manager Steve Wheeler says the Legislature has left the door open for local governments to generate revenue from the sale of recreational marijuana as it becomes legalized by the state through a three percent tax.  Wheeler says to assess the local tax, it would have to be approved by voters in the November 2016 ballot.  He also points out there is no provision for local taxation in the interim period starting in October when medical marijuana outlets can sell recreational marijuana while the permanent system is developed.