The previous chairwoman of the Massachusetts Hashish Management Fee (CCC) is suing the state treasurer after she was faraway from her place main the company, SHNS reviews. Within the lawsuit, Shannon O’Brien accuses Deborah Goldberg of eradicating her as head of the CCC “with out discover, with out articulated cause, and with none alternative to be heard, all of which is required by the clear and unambiguous provisions of Massachusetts legislation … in addition to primary norms of due course of.”
Goldberg had appointed O’Brien to chair the CCC a yr in the past however suspended her two weeks in the past with out providing a cause publicly. In a press release following the suspension, however previous to the lawsuit, Goldberg stated she eliminated O’Brien based mostly on “a number of severe allegations” made by an unnamed commissioner and workers about her conduct. In a response to the lawsuit, a spokesperson for Goldberg stated the treasurer “is assured that she has taken the suitable actions to deal with the matter.”
“A number of severe allegations had been made by a Commissioner and CCC workers in regards to the Chair’s conduct and the CCC initiated an investigation, hiring an outdoor legislation agency. The legislation agency undertook an investigation and has returned with a report. In response to the CCC’s worker handbook, suspension with pay is the one allowable treatment at this level, because the findings are being reviewed and motion is taken into account. A second problem concerned on this scenario is that the enabling laws for the Fee clearly establishes the CCC as an unbiased entity. The function of the Treasurer is to nominate the Chair and collectively appoint two different Commissioners, however past that the workplace of the Treasurer has no different authority, oversight, administration, or affect over the Fee.” — Goldberg in a press release
The lawsuit is asking for a preliminary injunction to cease Goldberg from eradicating O’Brien, describing the transfer as “illegal.”
Final yr, the CCC’s first chair, Steve Hoffman, resigned from the place. O’Brien’s lawsuit claims Hoffman left the function after the company’s “entrenched paperwork” made “false allegations towards him.” At the moment, Hoffman provided no cause for his departure, saying it was “a pure inflection level when the time is correct for a transition in management.”
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