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Pot licensing information should be available to the public

It is not often that I agree with the Review-Journal’s editorial positions, but the Thursday editorial (“What is there to hide?”) was an exception. The editorial noted that, “Bureaucrats in a handful of jurisdictions — notably North Las Vegas and Sparks — have refused to reveal the names of people who received coveted licenses to grow and sell pot, arguing that marijuana business license data aren’t public.”

Let’s see if I understand this: Secret owners of an all cash business? What could possibly go wrong?

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