Over the last many years, whenever I’ve heard you explain how you became involved with cannabis in town, it’s felt super phony. It’s felt phony, Chuck, in part, because when the topic has come up, you make sure—without fail—to insert your origin story, where you remind your listeners how “anti-cannabis” you were based on how […]

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A year ago, I was getting ready to let go of all of this—you know, spend my short remaining time on earth doing something other than wondering if Matthew’s wife was ever going to get her ass in gear. And then I read POVERTY, BY AMERICA, by Matthew Desmond back in April, and believed that […]

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Yesterday, when I read over the agenda for last night’s Select Board meeting, I saw it was your first night at the Big Kids’ Table, Jim. I must confess that I didn’t pay any attention to the TA hiring process because (in the exceedingly rare case you’ve not been told), I’ve been busy writing to […]

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As you all know, the Select Board used to be called the Board of Selectmen. What you might not know is that Littleton’s Board of Selectmen was once known by a far longer title: The Board of Selectmen and the Overseers of the Poor In Littleton’s second century, this publicly elected board provided Littleton’s poorest […]

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Recently I was introduced to the idea of “real friends” versus “deal friends,” and I couldn’t but help think of you, Chuck, and feel a certain sadness. Right around the time cannabis came to town, you joined the Select Board. And you know what I think happened? I think former hedge-fund manager/millionaire Jason Sidman looked […]

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On July 17, 2023, I texted you: I’d like to meet with Jason Sidman as soon as possible. You and he, I’m told, are friendly. I went by the grow facility last week, left my card, and haven’t heard from him. Your quick reply: I’m friendly with everyone? (followed by a smiling and winking face […]

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In early November, there was an email back and forth among several parties: Thirteen days later, the Planning Board met and referred to the email exchange. It’s worth watching, starting at minute mark 1:54:50. When Planning Board member Jeff Yates mentions that the Apothecary’s license is “being transferred,” Planning Board Chair Mark Montanari says that […]

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You’ve been on the Select Board since 2015 and have been consistently observed as having a particular interest in those Select Board matters that involve money. With respect to cannabis coming to Littleton, you’ve been both ubiquitous and, according to many, flagrantly self-serving. And yet, so far as I can tell, no one’s held you […]

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According to Athena Assets, all of your wife’s back rent at 160 Ayer Road for the Apothecary (a minimum of $60k) was paid in a lump sum by a Boston law firm, Lawson & Weitzen, several months before MR3 bought the property. In those intervening months, Athena Assets received the Apothecary’s monthly rent promptly on […]

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On July 28, 2021, MR3 LLC (hereinafter MR3) was organized as an LLC in New York. There is no indication as to ownership in the New York LLC filing, nor is there any indication of the type of business MR3 conducts. On November 10, 2021, MRM INDUSTRIES LLC (hereinafter MRM) was organized in Massachusetts by […]

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