DAYTON - During their regular meeting last week, the Columbia County Board of Commissioners last week voted to extend the county's moratorium on marijuana businesses three more months. The vote came after a short public hearing in which two speakers encouraged them to allow marijuana businesses in the county.

With the county's yearlong moratorium running out that day, the commissioners faced four choices:

1. Pass an ordinance defining specific zones in which marijuana businesses would be allowed.

2. Pass an ordinance banning all marijuana businesses in the unincorporated parts of the county...