State officials also will consider whether each applicant is “of good character, honesty and integrity” and “whose background, including criminal record, reputation, habits and social or business associations, does not discredit or tend to discredit public confidence and trust in the Illinois medical cannabis industry,” state records show.
Mandera, ex-husband of State Sen. Iris Martinez (D-Chicago), is one of two applicants for medical marijuana dispensary licenses in the West Loop The other is Ben Kovler and his group Green Thumb Industries, which wants to put The Clinic West Loop at Lake and Morgan.
The Randolph-Fulton Market Association will hold a public meeting on both proposals at 12:45 p.m. Wednesday at Coyne College, 330 N. Green.