On November 1, 2022, town counsel first told the Select Board that to be in compliance with some recent changes to the law, the Select Board would need to renegotiate its cannabis-related HCAs. Of course, town counsel would be the one to do the legwork on behalf of the Select Board since the “legwork” is […]

Read more "The Proverbial Kicked Can, Littleton"

You might want to stay home, Matthew. When you go to a breakfast meeting (click HERE) where your wife agrees to sell the Apothecary for $800,000.00 and you shake the buyer’s hand, it looks bad. (Late October/Early November 2021) When you recuse yourself from the Select Board table (click HERE) because your wife’s HCA is […]

Read more "That Handshake Meeting, Your Half-Hearted Recusal, and now Verbal Outbursts, Matthew"

Back in 2021, owners of recreational cannabis shops sued over the “community impact fees” (CIFs) in their Host Community Agreements (HCAs), arguing that CIFs were an illegal tax. These cannabis business owners asserted that their shops weren’t costing their host communities anything close to what the CIFs—usually 1-3% of gross sales—were costing their businesses. The […]

Read more "Your Friend Doesn’t Owe Us a Dime, Chuck"

Something I’ve noticed about your wife, Matthew, is that when she points the finger of blame, she never names names. (Mine being the glaring exception, of course.) If you go back and look at her infrequent public appearances over the last four years, it’s full of amorphous references to “public officials” and “town employees” without […]

Read more "Your Wife Needs a Better Legal Team, Matthew"

Ten days ago, on January 22, town counsel gave your board an update on the regulations that govern cannabis HCAs—like the one your wife has. I was at that meeting with Rob. In looking over the recording, neither Rob nor I are ever on camera. But you saw me there—as did every other person at […]

Read more "Have You No Shame, Matthew?"

Soon after Littleton’s first recreational cannabis shop opened in town, in early 2022, several people began asking the Select Board what it could do—as the local licensing authority—to get Matthew’s wife to open Littleton Apothecary. Because Matthew had become the Select Board’s chair in May 2022—and was charged with setting the Select Board’s agendas—I had […]

Read more "Sunday Evening Long Read, Littleton"

So, while it does look like Littleton might be paying for the same information twice, i.e., Town Counsel telling the Select Board what it can do “legally” vis a vis its HCAs, there will also be a discussion about the Cannabis Control Commission’s new-and-improved Social Equity Policy. This is great news. If the Select Board […]

Read more "It’s on the Agenda, Littleton"

By the end of 2021, Keltic Green, Inc. was no longer in business as per the Secretary of the Commonwealth: Justin Smith’s short-lived company, of which Tyler O’Hazo was its Chief Operating Officer, had been dissolved. Keep in mind, that right around this time—late 2021/early 2022—Justin Smith’s former business partner, David Giannetta is busy, busy, […]

Read more "They were “On a Break,” Littleton"

In researching Keltic Green, Inc., I came across Boston’s “Cannabis Registry” online. Since Keltic—then lead by Justin Smith and Tyler O’Hazo—had made a pitch to open a recreational cannabis shop in South Boston, I was able to quickly locate it at 324 A Street. According to the Cannabis Registry, Keltic’s “license status” is “inactive.” Here’s […]

Read more "Someone’s Going to Prison, Littleton"

When Community Care Collective made its presentation to Littleton’s Select Board in May 2019, Select Board member Chuck Decoste asked David Giannetta to tell the Select Board about Sanctuary’s intriguing “incubator program”—likely because David Giannetta had just represented to the Select Board that he would be participating in this “incubator program,” though maybe Chuck Decoste […]

Read more "Tyler and Justin Go Back a Few Years"