10/24/2024
Good afternoon. Hey Wellfleet peeps one of our local families needs your support. Jason is a friend and the Town of Wellfleet from what I can see needs to answer his questions and renew his new CCC(cannabis control commission) HCA(host community agreement). The CCC has a template HCA now for businesses and towns to use that was created after years of Towns abusing cannabis businesses prior HCAs. Wellfleet needs to move forward allowing this family to run a business in Wellfleet. Jason and his family will follow the letter of the law. The Wellfleet Select Board now needs to hold up their part for local businesses. Next Tuesday at the Select Board meeting would be great to have some of his supporters during the public comment period at the begging of the meeting. All they are asking for is movement on the Towns part. KP law has a history of making it hard for cannabis buisness in towns they work for. Dragging out the process only makes their law fees grow (a good business model). Here is the post that Erin Robicheau posted I am reposting here after speaking with Jason this morning regarding his situation. Any questions about the CCC's HCA agreements or the cannabis industry let me know. I am well versed.
This is Erin Robicheau post on Facebook.
My husband, Jason Robicheau, has been fighting to get his cannabis shop (in the center of town on Bank Street) open for 4yrs. 2 of those years have been delays caused directly by the town for no particular reason other than they didn’t feel like doing their jobs. He is currently battling with the town over a Host Community Agreement that the state has deemed illegal on multiple levels. He has been trying to speak to the Selectboard since the beginning of September. He has been removed from 1 agenda and had 1 special meeting cancelled (and never rescheduled). The only reason for this must be to silence him. The state has a Host Community Agreement that only requires filling in the blanks. Since June the town has been paying its lawyer $300/hr to cut and paste together other towns rejected Host Community Agreements that have not passed the Cannabis Control Commissions scrutiny ever. It’s all apparently being done to charge the town more money and none of it will earn a single extra penny for Wellfleet. Why is the town he was born and raised in treating him this way? He has jumped through every hoop and climbed every obstacle they’ve thrown at him yet here we are, a family of 6 with one daughter in college, about to spend another $10,000 to renew his provisional license (for a total of $50,000). He has also been donating (as required by law) to The Megan House Foundation annually and this year will bring the total to $10,000. All of this is for nothing if he can’t actually open the store. All because the Town Administrator and Town Counsel think the town deserves more than the law provides for? He could really use the support from people in town right now. It’s been a very lonely battle and at some point he will have to throw in the towel. Please push anyone you know to reach out to their friends/neighbors/elected officials and push them to stop blocking him from opening. It’s just not right for Wellfleet to treat one of its own this way…
