yelled foul, the state listened, the industry reacted, experts were called, the rules were modified, and dixie finally passed their fire department inspection. the oil crisis was over. the regulators have been satisfied. the boxes have been checked. last night about 9:00 p.m., we started manufacturing oil. some day, the pot barons will look back on the summer of 2014. our nutty bite boiling away. gets to a certain temperature, and then it ll be poured. and they ll remember a watershed moment, a time of their personal wealth, social confrontation, and their political crisis. but today is another sunny day in colorado, and with it comes new opportunity. julie dooley will roll out another batch of nutty bites and hope her boutique business survives. bob will dig into his pocket and buy new equipment to make
the grass is always greener in colorado and the grass in denver has been growing especially rich during the first few months of 2014. so rich that the neighbors are starting to get, well, a little green with envy. aurora is the gold mine. the state s third largest city. it sits on the eastern border of denver, virgin territory. for the pot barons, it s ripe for the taking. with the city announced it was awarding 24 dispensary licenses, the race was on. we just got back from brazil. as soon as i got on the plane i made a list of things that needed to be done. i m excited to get back. hi, how are you? okay. we know the applications came out july 1 st for aurora. yes. so we have to write that business plan still in place. operational plan, which is going to take, like, about a week to write.
make the best entertainment part of your holidays. catch all the hottest handpicked titles on the winter watchlist, only with xfinity from comcast. i m richard lui. new york city police revealed new details this the shooting of two police officers including this item. the gunman told two with bystanders, quote, what watch i am going to do before he opened fire on the officers. the gunman killed himself after the shooting. in florida a veteran police officer was killed in tarpen springs. the 45-year-old had previously worked for the nypd. the suspect was arrested no motive has been released for that killing. now back to pot barons.
compliance, it can drive up costs for any industry, but for marijuana, a start-up industry without banking support, the pot barons say the changing rules restrict revenues and halt production, which can lead to ruin. and when you re the kingpin of an edibles empire, you can feel at risk of becoming a government lab rat, stuck in a maze of emergency rules, fire safety regulations, production codes, all while building a state of the art weed factory. what s up? how are you, bud? good. it s borderline emotional for me to reflect on not only where we started but what this facility looked like is surreal. this has never been done before. there s never been a facility to this level of sophistication to serve a marijuana industry. that looks really nice. just curious to see the progress we re making.
here s what is happening this hour. a candle light vigil in brooklyn for two new york city police officers gunned down as they sat in their patrol car on saturday. police say the suspect shot his ex girlfriend in baltimore before heading to new york city. president obama calls the hacking of sony an act of cybervandalism rather than an act of war. the president said u.s. may put north korea on the list of state sponsors of terrorism in the wake of this incident. now back to pot barons. for the pot barons the banking crisis is problem number one. whatever colorado might say, the feds say marijuana is illegal and the banks answer to them. so banks don t handle marijuana accounts. and that s not likely to change