Social Equity Council using questionable business practices NBC Connecticut [Video]

A new audit details problems, confusion and a lack of planning with the Social Equity Council.  

Comptroller Sean Scanlon said Monday the council isn’t clear on how it will do that, though, creating confusion for those the group is supposed to help.  

“We saw questionable practices and procedures that troubled us as the fiscal watchdog office of Connecticut,” Scanlon also said during a press conference in Hartford.  

The council has two primary purposes; help people seeking a social equity license for a marijuana-related business, and distributing community grants utilizing tax revenue from the sale of cannabis.

Scanlon said the council didn’t provide clear guidance to applicants, though, and at times would give differing advice.  

They would also give advice that Scanlon, a former lawmaker who approved legalization, said didn’t fit with what lawmakers envisioned.  

For example, some license applicants were told to work with churches.  

Scanlon also said one applicant …