{"id":9592,"date":"2023-01-17T19:02:03","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T19:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/2023\/01\/17\/massachusetts-181722-pot-boss-past-weeded-out\/135866\/"},"modified":"2023-01-17T19:02:03","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T19:02:03","slug":"massachusetts-181722-pot-boss-past-weeded-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/massachusetts-181722-pot-boss-past-weeded-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Massachusetts $181,722 pot boss past weeded out"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/massachusetts-181722-pot-boss-past-weeded-out\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ShannonObrienArt-415x400.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/massachusetts-181722-pot-boss-past-weeded-out.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/massachusetts-181722-pot-boss-past-weeded-out-2.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"large-10 large-centered small-12 columns\">\n<p>After failing to publicly disclose the chairwoman\u2019s prior involvement in a massive outdoor marijuana growing operation, the state\u2019s Cannabis Control Commission has determined their boss is no longer doing business in the industry she regulates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan you unequivocally state that Ms. O\u2019Brien owns no ownership stake in Greenfield Greenery?\u201d Commissioner Kimberly Roy asked commission staff during their Thursday meeting.<\/p>\n<p>In late September, the Herald reported that Commission Chair Shannon O\u2019Brien, formerly the state treasurer, was listed on an application filed in 2020 by Greenfield Greenery LLC, as an \u201cOwner\/Partner\u201d in a proposal to open an outdoor growing operation occupying upwards of 100,000 square feet.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonherald.com\/2023\/01\/12\/massachusetts-pot-bosss-prior-involvement-with-weed-farm-officially-ended-according-to-investigators\/\">Read the rest of this story on BostonHerald.com.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After failing to publicly disclose the chairwoman\u2019s prior involvement in a massive outdoor marijuana growing operation, the state\u2019s Cannabis Control Commission has determined their boss is no longer doing business in the industry she regulates. \u201cCan you unequivocally state that Ms. O\u2019Brien owns no ownership stake in Greenfield Greenery?\u201d Commissioner Kimberly Roy asked commission staff [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8304,8232,56,9,441,1,3,61,1736],"tags":[8305,8234,2636,3015],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9592"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9592\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}