text: From reading the other comments I can see that most of the writers have not had much experience with government regulated industries.  I am deeply involved with one that brings over $300 million to the state from outside sources and we are VERY heavily regulated.  The legalizing of marijuana has cost the state a LOT of money the last two years and will continue to for years to come.  1) Government does not do things efficiently so the state operating costs will be high.  2) Pot dealers are used to breaking the law and will not do a good job with complying to regulations (as we can see from this case) which will cost the state even more money from investigations.  To curb that and try to save money down the road we should set an example of this guy and not issue his license.  The State has huge budget issues right now and the last thing we need to do is spend money on a controversial industry like this that will only cause laziness and crime in our city.  Fine & No License!