As Cindy Napoli was telling the Select Board that she was recusing herself from the presentation and discussion of David Giannetta’s proposal to the Select Board for one of the two recreational cannabis licenses, some guy comes into view at the 1:42:05 mark with a laptop, places on the table from where David would give […]

Read more "Who’s That Guy, Chuck?"

On May 20, 2019, Matthew’s wife and I, as co-proprietors of Littleton Apothecary, made our presentation to your board, starting at the 1:01:50 mark. Right after we presented our proposal and took seats in the front row, your friend David Giannetta made his pitch for one of the two licenses to sell cannabis in town. […]

Read more "I Got It Wrong, Chuck"

Three years ago, I ran for one of two seats on our local Board of Selectmen. On a sunny May afternoon, two days before the election, I, along with the other two candidates and our respective supporters, stood on the town common holding up signs and waving to passers-by. Some enthusiastic drivers beeped their horns […]

Read more "Throwback Thursday: “Beat that Bitch”"

To hear others expound on the merits of small-town living, you’d be convinced of the perils of either bucolic isolation or city anonymity. If you and your family are off-the-grid, say, homesteading in Idaho, you could be eaten by a pack of rabid wolves months before anyone might happen upon your compound. Choose to reside […]

Read more "Wayback Wednesday: The Curse of Small-Town Living"

After learning that you, Chuck, are friends with Jason Sidman, the CEO of Sanctuary, I decided to see if the terms in the HCA that you negotiated on the town’s behalf with Jason—specifically the three contractual terms to benefit the town—were up-to-date. Benefit I (Annual Payments to Town): A. In 2016, when you negotiated the […]

Read more "Your Friend Owes Littleton a lot of Money, Chuck"

No one. This explains why, in its “rulemaking” around cannabis, Littleton’s Select Board—with you, Chuck, as the board’s go-to guy for all things cannabis (GTG4ATC)—made sure to emphasize the board’s goal was to prioritize that its two cannabis retail licenses (HCAs, really) go to “local owner(s)/operator(s).” The “dream” would be to find known Littletonians to […]

Read more "Who Wants the Walmart of Weed, Chuck?"

It’s never too late to become who you want to be. I hope you live a life that you’re proud of, and if you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start over. —F. Scott Fitzgerald Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We […]

Read more "Wishes for a New Year"

When the Cannabis Control Commission made its cannabis rules, that is, when the CCC created and promulgated 935 CMR 500 (Adult Use of Marijuana), the commission capped the number of licenses for medical dispensaries at three per business entity, and capped the number of recreational retail shops also at three per business entity. This meant […]

Read more "Rules are for the Unimaginative, Chuck"

By mid-August, my suspicions about your questionable relationship with Jason Sidman (CEO of Sanctuary) had grown. And yet, I still wanted to give you that benefit of the doubt. On 8/16, I sent you this text: What’s Jason Sidman’s number, please? He’s either going to help or not I don’t have time to waste It’ll […]

Read more "Care to Comment, Chuck?"

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 […]

Read more "This Isn’t How I Thought it was Going to Be, Chuck"