TREASURER DEBORAH GOLDBERG fired Shannon O’Brien, the chair of the Cannabis Control Commission, on Monday evening because she allegedly committed “gross misconduct” and was unable to discharge the powers and duties of her position.
Goldberg hasn’t released any of her official findings, leaving the public somewhat in the dark about what exactly O’Brien did wrong. Now, however, with O’Brien expected to challenge the firing in court, O’Brien has made some of the documents related to Goldberg’s investigation public and CommonWealth Beacon is making some of them available to read.
Below is a March 20, 2024, letter from Goldberg to O’Brien outlining the conduct that Goldberg believes warrants O’Brien’s removal.
What follows is a report commissioned by the Cannabis Control Commission investigating concerns raised by Shawn Collins, the former executive director of the commission, about O’Brien.
Below is a report commissioned by the Cannabis Control Commission investigating allegations hurled back and forth between O’Brien and Cedric Sinclair, the agency’s former chief communications officer.