Frustrated pot shop hopefuls caught in throes of City ban

ROBERT WHALE | Aug 4, 201

Buoyed by the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board’s 2015 announcement that it would issue two more marijuana retail licenses in addition to the two allowed at the time in cities, Kirk Edwards last October turned his attention to remodeling the long vacant store at 404 Auburn Way S.

Working fast, Edwards said, because he’d been told the third and fourth licenses would go to whatever prospective store was ready to pass inspection first.

Frustrated pot shop hopefuls caught in throes of City ban