For years, CU Regent Wanda James has cultivated a public reputation based on three pillars: marijuana pioneer, business leader, and serial entrepreneur.
Now, as one of two Democratic challengers to U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette in Colorado’s 1st Congressional District, she’s running on that image.
Her campaign biography touts how she and her husband, Scott Durrah, “built Simply Pure, the nation’s first Black-owned cannabis dispensary,” and “opened six restaurants across Colorado.”
Here’s the problem: James’ flagship company, Simply Pure Colorado LLC, no longer exists. She quietly dissolved it on April 21 while campaigning as its CEO. Her shop at the corner of West 32nd Avenue and Tejon Street in northwest Denver is “permanently closed,” as Google Maps attests…