I do not want to own/operate/be in charge of any retail business to sell recreational cannabis.

Not anymore.

That’s all changed.

What I want now—what I’m running on—is the idea that Littleton can END LOCAL POVERTY by making a simple POLICY change in how Littleton (via its Select Board) selects which businesses receive the licenses to sell recreational cannabis and/or alcohol in town.

The licenses to sell cannabis and alcohol in Littleton are granted by our “local licensing authority,” i.e., the Select Board, which could (and should) create a policy that opens up the opportunity to do some PUBLIC GOOD, i.e., ending local poverty.

Back in October, I formed SAGA Cannabis, LLC in the hopes that Littleton’s leadership would see the worthwhileness of a business stepping forward and offering—in exchange for PERMISSION, in the form of a license from the Select Board, to sell recreational cannabis—to (1) pay its employees twice minimum wage, and (2) give 100% of its profits to the poor in town.

Then, one week before Christmas, I stood before the Select Board and asked the members to support this idea of helping our impoverished neighbors. Back then, I hoped the leadership in our town (aka, the members of the Select Board) would support this atypical business model.

Click HERE to see how that went.

As the gulf between the haves and the have-nots continues to widen everywhere we look, Littleton has a rare and precious opportunity to end poverty for the 6.3% of Littletonians who wake up to this reality each day.

I don’t want to own/operate/having anything to do with the running of a retail establishment—cannabis or alcohol.

In fact, I am ready to give SAGA Cannabis, LLC away to anyone who promises to 1. pay their employees twice minimum wage and 2. give 100% of its profits (which can only be earned AFTER the award of this PUBLIC LICENSE by a PUBLIC BOARD) to the poor in Littleton.

To end local poverty, Littleton needs two things:

1. A simple POLICY CHANGE—one that prefers benevolent businesses over those where the owner/operator pockets 100% of the profits for him/her/themselves, and
2. A business to come forward with the mission of making work (more) worthwhile (by paying, at least, twice minimum wage) and making our community stronger (by giving the profits to the poor in town).

I’m no longer a seeking a license to sell cannabis.

I’m seeking a seat at the Big Kids’ Table to change policy,

Jenna