
A Deep Dive Into Regulatory Capture And Retaliation At The Top Of The CCC
How Cannabis Control Commission leadership apparently targeted licensees, avoided accountability, and got the chair some disliked fired

How Cannabis Control Commission leadership apparently targeted licensees, avoided accountability, and got the chair some disliked fired

“The Treasurer continues to waste taxpayer dollars by filing an unreasonable appeal … and has now delayed Chair Shannon O’Brien’s return to the CCC.”

“There is no evidence whatsoever … that O’Brien ever exhibited racial animus in her remarks much less in her decision making.”

Grant Smith Ellis sounded the alarm about dysfunction at the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission. With thousands of supporting documents now public, we had questions for him.

Once upon a time at the commission: Endless investigations, ‘concerns regarding behavior,’ and deleted texts

The former commissioner has endured criticism for her management at the regulatory agency, but these friends and colleagues have shown support for Shannon O’Brien

With 3,000-plus pages of confidential documents and depositions now public, here’s what both sides are claiming ahead of a final hearing

Thousands of pages include everything from private text messages to letters in support of former Cannabis Control Commission Chair Shannon O’Brien

“Unrestricted access to the documentary evidence bearing on [the Cannabis Control Commission’s] dismissal of its Chairperson … must be respected.”

Newly released termination file from case between Massachusetts Treasurer Goldberg and Shannon O’Brien details “bullying” and irreconcilable differences from start of tenure
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