If the city needs money so bad why do they keep turning it away?
I happen to know for a fact that we haven't had a HT Cannabis Cup here because of issues with city permits. This is not an isolated incident but more of a common complaint!
How about all the other canna-block ordinanances the city has just kind of snuck in there? Can the city make money by hindering businesses with ordinances? Should the city get a "cut" from businesses it is purposefully hindering from doing business (other than the taxation cut it already receives from zoning, inspections...)? Audacity!?!
Lift your bans on indoor and outdoor consumption so the industry can thrive here and all will benefit. Produce any report that states consumption in those environments causes harm or second hand intoxication. There are none, so what's up with the ordinance? 
Embrace the opportunity! Stop hindering yourself!