If you’ve thought for even one moment that writing about the malfeasance in our town’s government has been enjoyable in any way for me, Chuck, think again. While I have endeavored to write about these issues engagingly, I take no pleasure in the state of our town. I will say that this isn’t how I […]

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Littleton’s poor get the money. That’s the plan. “But how?” you (might) ask, Gary. I think the easiest and fairest way to select who will receive the $10,000.00 checks, which SAGA Cannabis will hand out as the obscene profits on cannabis come rolling in, will be by qualifying lottery. Qualifying = any household in 01460 […]

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On August 6, 2023, just three days after I learned about your “afternoon on the water” on Jason Sidman’s boat, I texted you, hoping that you might say or do something that would allow me to think that your loyalties were with 01460 and not with Jason Sidman, CEO of Sanctuary Medicinals, Inc. That text […]

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Gary, just last week, you said, “I don’t know anything about your business.” I think you do. You know something about “my business,” right? You must. Acting like I just materialized out of no place with my yellow, smiley-face balloon and a bleeding-heart wish to help the impoverished in town is simply impossible to believe. […]

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Whose? Matthew’s? Chuck’s? After twenty-one “Matthew” posts and eight “Chuck” posts, I have received no communication from either of them. Since my Open Letter to Matthew on November 16th, I have seen him twice: on December 5th and the 18th. Matthew refused to make any eye contact with me either time. Since my Open Letter […]

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Most people in “government” actively avoid hobnobbing with people who want something from “the government.” Most elected officials honor the oath they swore when taking public office and can remember the basics from the commonwealth’s mandatory ethics training. Each time that I’ve taken the mandatory training (the most recent of which was this past August […]

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If you’re a “numbers” person, the subtext of this question probably runs along the lines of “How many people are reading?” “How many page views?” “Number of unique visitors?” Normally, on social media, we can get a sense of people’s “reaction” based on the number of thumbs-ups or little red hearts that accrue (or don’t) […]

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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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