In a recent development in the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission’s (OLCC) frenzied and much publicized bourbon diversion scandal, board chairman Paul Rosenbaum resigned Thursday. The announcement followed a February 15 board meeting in which Rosenbaum publicly addressed the OLCC’s internal investigation for the first time. Executive director Steve Marks’ resignation went into effect on the same day.
Governor Tina Kotek asked Rosenbaum, who was serving in his second four-year term on the board, to vacate his position. In Wednesday’s meeting, he delivered an impassioned yet vague defense of the OLCC’s citizen board, claiming that himself and the six other members knew “nothing” about agency officials circumventing the regular
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