Denver wants to ask voters to rename Department of Excise and Licenses this November

 Denver wants to ask voters to rename Department of Excise and Licenses this November

The agency — which issues licenses for restaurants, rental housing, child care facilities and marijuana shops — would be renamed the Department of Licensing and Consumer Protections.

Denver officials want voters to let them change the name of the city’s Department of Excise and Licenses by dropping the word excise. Thats because its work doesnt have anything to do with excise tax…