Missouri lawmaker invested in medical marijuana business, but didn't get a license. Now he's mad.
"I have invested in one, that's true," Sen.
Libla said he didn't believe it was a conflict of interest for him to criticize the
Rejected applicants have heaped criticism on the state, saying a third-party scorer hired to grade applications dropped the ball, unfairly dooming businesses that had invested hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Libla said his personal experience with the scoring process gave him insight into the problems that occurred.
"I'm looking out for everybody that's invested in this," he said.
"A lot of people have sent me their information," he said, adding that their problems "kind of resembles everything that I've seen also on our own application."
Libla said he invested a minority stake in a company led by
According to state records, Robertson filed three applications to open cultivation facilities: two in
All three applications were rejected, according to state records. The same company also applied for two marijuana-infused products manufacturing licenses, but the state rejected those applications as well.
Libla has described the medical marijuana scoring process as a "boondoggle" with "serious flaws." He has said he would introduce legislation to fix the problems, but he had proposed no bills as of Friday.
The state has declined to release copies of each business applicant's "ownership structure form," which would reveal any ownership stakes in medical marijuana companies by elected officials or others.
Elected officials do have to make personal financial disclosures with the
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