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Description
Liaison Name: Conor Newman
Host Neighborhood: Allston
Date: Monday, January 24, 2022, 6 p.m.
Applicant Name: Dr. Greenthumb LLC
Address: 144 Harvard Avenue
License Type: Retail Recreational Cannabis License
A
So
good
evening,
folks,
my
name
is
connor
newman,
I'm
the
mayor's
liaison
to
the
austin
brighton
neighborhood,
thanks
for
joining
us
tonight,
I'm
here
tonight
to
facilitate
the
statutorily
required
cannabis
community
outreach
meeting
this
applicant,
dr
green
thumbs,
is
interested
in
opening
a
recreational
retail
cannabis
dispensary
to
be
operated
at
144,
harvard
ave
in
allston.
Before
we
start
I'd
like
to
go
over
some
expectations
for
tonight's
meeting
having
participated
in
multiple
meetings
of
this
kind.
I
know
this
can
be
a
sensitive
topic.
A
I
want
to
make
it
clear
that
no
decisions
are
being
made
tonight
and
at
no
time
will
be
acceptable
to
be
disrespectful
to
anyone.
During
the
meeting.
Everyone
is
entitled
to
their
opinion.
There
is
no
right
or
wrong
opinion.
We
are
here
tonight
to
try
to
collect
as
many
comments
and
statements
and
questions
for
this
proposal.
I
am
not
here
to
facilitate
a
debate
amongst
neighbors
or
litigate
state
legislation.
A
A
B
A
Comment
period,
meaning
if
you
do
not
get
called
on
tonight
or
if
you
think
of
a
question
that
has
not
been
answered,
all
you
need
to
do
is
reach
out
to
our
office
and
we
will
work
to
get
you
that
information.
My
contact
information
has
been
on
the
flyer
that
you've
received
and
we'll
also
drop
it
towards
the
end
of
the
night
in
the
chat.
A
C
C
D
C
Okay,
okay,
here
we
go
so
here
we
are
so
yes,
the
plan
is
for
a
dispensary
adult
use,
dispensary
at
144,
harvard
avenue,
but
what
before
I
get
into
this,
I
kind
of
want,
I
know,
there's
there's
been
a
lot
of
interest
in,
in
particular
with
regard
to
dispensaries
like
this
one
I
know,
there's
mayflowers
already
open.
There
was
another
applicant
that
was
in
front
of
this
city
in
january
and
there's
there's
probably
others
in
the
amazing
area
austin.
Obviously
it's
a
dense
section
of
the
city.
C
There
are
more
people
in
austin
than
there
are
in
other
sections
of
the
city.
Austin
was
a
favorable
neighborhood
as
it
relates
to
cannabis
in
terms
of
the
vote
voted
in
the
really
the
highest
numbers
of
the
pro-cannabis
vote.
If
you
will,
but
you
know
beyond
all
of
that,
I
just
wanted
to
try
to
put
some
some
logic
to
why
there
are
so
many
different
cannabis
dispensaries,
as
opposed
to
just
one
cannabis
dispensary
that
sells
on
this.
C
It
took
me
a
while
to
really
understand
this
too,
even
though
I'm
a
lawyer
that
does
this
work-
and
it
really
has
has
more
to
do
with
with
these
places
being
not
like
a
liquor
store
really
like.
I
think
I
used
to
think
of
it
like.
Well.
Maybe
it's
like
a
liquor
store.
You
go
in.
You
get
the
kind
of
what
you
want
and
then
you
leave
you
can
get
some
wine.
You
can
get
some
tequila.
You
can
get
different
brands,
whatever
you're
getting
there.
You
go,
but
it's
not
like
that.
C
It
really
isn't
each
one
of
these
stores
has
a
different
vibe,
a
different
brand,
a
different
product,
yeah
there's
some
overlap
of
products.
There
is
at
some
of
the
stores,
but
in
this
store
in
particular
and
other
stores,
there
are
only
products
you
can
get
at
this
one
location.
So,
rather
than
look
at
this,
like
a
a
liquor
store
where
I
I've
started
to
look
at
these
places
like
more
like
coffee
shops,
we
all
have
the
coffee
shop
we
like
to
go
to.
You
know
some
people
go
to
dunkin
donuts.
C
Some
people
go
to
starbucks.
Some
people
go
to
other
independent
places
or
pizza
coffee,
all
these
different
places,
but
they
only
sell
that
brand
of
coffee
in
those
locations
and
they're
all
over
the
place,
especially
dunkin
donuts
they're
everywhere.
So
I
hope
that
kind
of
that's
how
I've
been
thinking
about
it.
Why
are
there
so
many
of
these
everywhere
right
opening,
instead
of
just
one?
C
That's
how
I
like
to
think
of
it
and
we
have
a
very
unique
operation,
not
just
in
terms
of
what
we're
selling
I'm
going
to
get
into
that
in
a
second
and
and
the
team
that
we
have
behind
this,
which
is
very
unique,
but
also
leah,
so
leah.
I
hope
I
killed
enough
time
here
to
have
you
come
up
with
a
witticism.
D
D
C
F
C
And
leah-
and
I
have
been
talking
to
a
lot
of
people
in
the
community-
and
you
know,
hopefully
get
to
know
more
and
more
of
you
as
we
go
through
this
process.
This
I
mentioned
that
this
is
a
very
unique
product
that
we're
selling
here
at
this
particular
facility.
So
one
of
the
one
of
the
products,
one
of
the
collaborations
here
is
lewis
freeze
he's
of
cypress
hill.
C
This,
I'm
sure
many
of
you
know
who
he
is
he's
very
active
in
the
cannabis
space
he
has
and
he
and
one
of
his
products,
one
of
his
one
of
the
things
he
worked
on
was
the
dr
green
thumb
brand.
That
was
very
that's
extremely
popular
on
the
west
coast
and
the
idea
is
to
create
market
and
sell
that
product
here
in
massachusetts.
C
C
C
All
right,
these
are
some
of
the
other
partners.
You
heard
leah
mentioned
sierra
naturals
that
which
she
participated
in
with
and
they
helped
through
her
their
accelerator
program
and
they
helped
her
get
her
product
to
market,
which
is
this
really
innovative
product
that
she
and
her
husband
worked
on.
Creating
that
is
a
wellness
product.
C
C
It's
it's,
the
parking
I'd
say
is
well
I
mean
it
has
a
lot
of
unique.
It's
a
great
site
where
it's
located
and
the
fact
that
we're
able
to
bring
deliveries
through
the
rear
of
the
building
and
have
some
parking
for
our
employees
through
the
rear
of
the
building
is
a
real
bonus.
I
mean
to
find
a
site
like
this
in
the
middle
of
anywhere
much
less
alstom,
where
you
actually
have
this
type
of
resource
will
allow
us
to
operate
better
and
put
together
a
just,
a
better
quality
experience.
C
We
think
this
will
bring
a
lot
of
activity
to
the
street
in
terms
of
our
customer
parking.
We
think
it
doesn't
make
sense
for
them
to
park
in
the
back
here,
it's
a
real
tight
alleyway,
but
for
our
repeating
and
returning
deliveries
and
our
repeating
and
returning
employees,
we
think
that
they
can
navigate
and
make
better
use
of
this
space
back.
C
As
I
just
mentioned,
this
is
the
floor
plan,
so
yeah
all
in
you're,
looking
at
5
000
square
feet
but
broken
up
you're,
looking
at
a
much
smaller
retail
area,
dedicated
point
of
sales
machines
off
here
to
the
back
of
the
building
and
to
the
back
of
the
floor
area
and
then
in
the
back
of
the
building
this
shaded
grade
area.
This
is
where
this
is
just
where
deliveries
and
employees
will
go.
C
This
is
not
available
to
the
public,
so
it's
really
a
closed-loop
system
for
deliveries
and
and
the
front
is
how
you
know
right
on
right
off.
The
sidewalk
is
where
our
customers
will
will
will
approach
to
get
to
get
in
there.
We
don't
think
there's
gonna,
be
there
haven't
been
a
lot.
There
haven't
been
a
lot
of
lines
in
you
know
I
mean
it
seems
like
that
was
like
very
two
three
years
ago,
but
you
know
you
never
know.
C
If
there
are
lines
we
are
well
equipped
to
handle
all
of
the
line
within
the
building
itself,
you
won't
see
lines
hanging
out
the
sidewalk.
This
is
a
very
large
entry
vegetable
here
here
with
with
queuing,
enabled
and
it
will
allow
people
to
to
to
get
in
quickly
and
and
exit
quickly.
They'll
come
in
through
one
entrance
door.
They'll
walk
into
this
area
nine
times
out
of
ten
they're
gonna
know
exactly
what
they
want.
I
had
a
client
recently
tell
me
that
eighty
percent
of
their
orders
are
online.
C
B
C
We're
gonna
have
we're
gonna
we're.
We
know
who
our
customer,
we
know
what
our
customers
are
buying.
You
know
five.
Ten
years
ago
no
one
was
tracking
who
was
buying
what
from
cannabis.
There
was
no
legal
regime.
Now
we
literally
know
what
every
customer
buys.
We
know
from
the
moment
the
seed
was
turned
into
a
plant
the
moment
it
turned
into
a
product
to
the
moment
it
was
sold
from
our
store.
There's
tremendous
information.
C
We
we've
been
asking
people
in
the
neighborhood.
What
are
what
are
things
that
you
know
that
we
can
be
doing?
There's
been
a
lot
of
concerns
about
an
increase
in
uptick
in
graffiti
in
in
this
community
we've
been
we've.
We've
heard
that
so
one
of
the
things
we've
committed
to
right
off
the
bat
is
to
support
a
five-figure
contribution
towards
graffiti
prevention,
and
we
would
be
working
through
the
alston
village
main
streets.
Who've
done
a
great
job
in
this
regard,
and
we
want
to
partner
with
them
and
other
people.
C
I
mentioned
that
we
would
have
this
24
7
security
team
on-site
we'll
have
someone
there
when
we're
open
at
all
times
and
when
we're
closed
off-site.
We
have
24
7
monitoring
of
the
facility;
these
are
extremely
safe
facilities
without
without
many
incidents
nationwide,
and
we
know
this
as
more
and
more
stores
open
throughout
the
country.
C
C
C
G
C
The
pr
the
the
hourly
positions
will
have
a
robust
benefits
package
for
our
for
our
employees.
We
have
entered
into
and
now
officially
have
signed
an
agreement
with
the
ufcw
labor
union.
This
is
these
are
the
folks
who
are
working
in
the
supermarket
certain
supermarkets
stop
and
shop.
Stop.
I
think
I
don't
want
to
say
the
wrong
one,
but
I
know
stop
and
shop
is
a
union
supermarket
they've
also
been
working
on
the
cannabis
industry
to
try
to
get
a
unionized
workforce?
C
We
signed
an
agreement
with
them
that
says
you
have
every
right
to
come
into
and
and
and
and
meet
with
our
employees,
and
not
only
that
we'll
give
you
the
room
to
do
it.
So
that's
a
labor,
that's
called
a
labor
piece
agreement
shouldn't
be
a
heavy
lift
but
you'd
be
amazed
how
few
companies
actually
enter
into
one
I'm
proud
to
be
working
for
one
that
did
here,
and
this
is
my
last
slide.
So
what
we're?
C
Just
you
know
we're
already
getting
into
it
with
the
neighborhood
we're
already
meeting
with
people
we
want
to
partner
with
neighborhood
groups.
We
want
to
partner
with
austin
village
main
streets
with
you
know
we
want
to.
We
want
to
be
good
corporate
citizens
and-
and-
and
you
know,
that's
that's
the
group
we
and
the
other-
that's
I'll
close
with
this.
A
lot
of
places
are
being
permitted
in
the
city
of
boston
and
are
being
permitted
in
austin.
Not
all
of
them
are
going
to
open,
but
we
have
a
plan
to
open.
C
A
Just
want
to
take
a
minute
to
recognize.
We
have
a
couple
of
representatives
from
different
elected
officials
offices.
We
have
alex
from
state
rep
kevin
owens
office,
pamellini
from
councillor
braden's
office,
the
district
councilor
and
also
jen
migliore
from
state
rep
mike
moran's
office.
So
thanks
for
joining
us
tonight,
I'm
gonna
open
up
for
questions
and
comments.
Folks,
if
you
look
down
below
for
the
reactions
or
the
ellipses,
you
have
the
option
to
digitally.
Raise
your
hand.
That
way.
I
know
I
can
call
on
you
that
you
have
a
question.
A
I
see
we
have
a
couple
of
people
also
calling
in
via
phone.
If
you
hit
star
three
that
also
digitally
raises
your
hand.
I
have
the
ability
to
unmute
you
and
call
on
you.
We
did
just
recently
have
a
presentation
for
another
proposal
within
this
vicinity.
Let's
keep
questions
and
comments
specific
to
this
proposal
right
here
at
144,
harvard
ave.
That
way,
we
can
focus
on
the
presentation
we
saw
tonight.
So
first
up,
gene
harry
gene
jacques,
like
you
said,
I'm
gonna,
unmute
you
and
go
ahead.
Just
sent
you
the
request,
harry
yours,.
B
G
I
think
a
quality
door
front
in
that
area
would
do
a
lot
and
kind
of
revitalize
that
harvard
ave
area
that's
been
kind
of
hurting
for
a
bit,
especially
for
any
type
of
retail.
You
know
there's
plenty
of
restaurants
coming
in
and
going
out
of
business
and
the
idea
that
there
will
be
some
work
with
austin
village.
Main
streets
really
means
a
lot
to
me
being
in
the
area.
I
know
they've
painted
some
murals
that
really
add
some
beauty
to
the
area,
while
also
decreasing
the
amount
of
graffiti.
A
H
Yeah
hi,
I
am
a
resident
of
glenville
as
in
austin,
my
name
is
huda,
and
I
oppose
the
144
harvard
ave
project
that
we
just
heard
from.
I
heard
the
lawyer
talk
about
comparing
marijuana
dispensaries
to
cafes
and
I
beg
to
differ
greatly
because
a
lot
of
people
use
marijuana
as
medicine,
and
you
don't
really
go
and
pick
your
medicine
based
on
what
the
vibe
is.
H
You
mostly
take
it
based
on
price,
and
this
this
place
with
corporate
huge
money
coming
in
right
next
to
existing
minority
owned
business
that
was
just
licensed
in
the
same
street
is
surely
to
drive
them
out
of
business.
It's
really
like
having
a
small
tv
store.
Next
to
best
buy
who's
going
to
have
the
better
price.
You
can
only
guess.
H
If,
if
the
commission's
purpose
is
to
give
licenses
to
actual
local
businesses,
actual
small
size
entrepreneurs
coming
up
in
the
area,
I
think
they
should
reject
this
endeavor
and
stick
with
the
people
who
have
been
here
who
have
been
doing
the
work
who
the
communities
that
have
been
most
harmed
by
the
war
on
drugs,
the
people
who
whose
lives
have
been
worst
impacted
by
this
fighting
marijuana
madness,
that's
been
going
on
for
decades.
Thank
you.
C
Connor,
if
I
might
sure
yeah
I
just
wanna-
I
mean
I
I
I
think
we
all
agree
with
the
sentiment
that
there's
a
difference
between
you
know
a
local
operator
and
a
multi-state
operator.
I
in
the
eyes
of
the
law
that
this
applicant,
lea
samora,
who
is
who
could
tell
you
a
lot
about
her
experience
with
the
war
on
drugs
and
could
tell
you
a
lot
about
what
she's
been
through,
is
exactly
the
same
as
the
other
applicant
that
is
seeking
to
open.
Also
on
harvard
ave.
C
C
A
I
I
I
I
Working
with
you
know,
cookies.
Just
green
thumb
is
just
a
poor
excuse
of
them
getting
a
fourth
company,
which
is
you
know
illegal.
You
should
only
have
three
licenses
according
to
the
commonwealth,
if
you
look
at
the
records
it
has
edwin
fowler
and
leah
some
more
as
owner
of
the
the
entity.
So
I
think
we
should
look
at
that.
This
is
just
a
cheap
attempt
to
skirt
the
regulations,
which
would
be
you
know
well
documented,
according
to
the
boston
globe.
This
is
just
another
iteration
of
that.
I
Also,
when
cookies
was
trying
to
open
up
in
harvard
square
with
her
husband's
business
against
her
husband's
business,
they
both
you
know
opposed
that
very
very
strongly.
So
I
just
want
to
know
what
changed
and
why
did
you
team
up
with
them
and
also
leslie
hawkins,
joined
their
team
and
advocated
for
them
in
public
and
closed
drawer
meetings,
which
I
think
is
a
violation
of
the
boston,
kim's
bullet
policy.
I
think
someone
should
look
into
that
and
thank
you
for
your
time.
I
appreciate
you.
A
Yeah,
I
think
certainly
some
of
that
language
was
a
bit
loaded,
but
I
think
there
was
some
questions
there
in
relation
to
another
site
in
cambridge.
I
do
see
there's
kind
of
we're
getting
into
a
debate
here
in
the
comment:
the
chat
function,
which
is
not
what
it's
there
for
it
standard
for
questions
to
be
asked
in
case
people
don't
want
to
raise
their
hand
so,
like
I
said,
if
we
can
focus
specifically
on
144,
harvard
ave,
you
know
we
can
proceed
okay,
mike
anything
else
you
want
to
mention.
Then.
F
A
K
K
I'm
not
sure
what
the
lawyer
was
talking
about
with
they're
like
coffee
shops.
There
are
zoning
restrictions
and
you
can
only
have
so
many
in
a
certain
space
from
each
other
and
there
is
already
a
minority-owned
shop
that
is
doing
a
lot
to
support
local
artists
and
the
community,
and
this
this
is
a
smaller
company
that
has
said
they
would
do
more
for
the
community
instead
of
a
big
company
from
california.
Thank
you.
A
C
I
do
want
to
answer
the
question
about
the
buffer
zone,
but
I
I
will
point
out
that
it's
very
unfortunate
that
this
is
becoming
a
attempt
to
put
one
business
interest
in
front
of
the
other.
This
is
not
a
company
from
california.
This
is
a
company,
that's
51,
owned
by
elias
amar,
the
other
people
are
investors
and
they're
investing
in
individual
capacity
and
that
information
is
publicly
available
in
terms
of
the
buffer
zone.
The
so
my
only
point
with
the
coffee
shops
is
that.
C
Why
are
there
you
know
so
many,
and
why
is
there
a
reason
to
have
so
many
it's
come
up
before,
but
I
do
not
deny
this
is
in
the
buffer
zone,
as
is
the
other
applicant
at
once,
117
harvard
they're,
both
in
the
buffer
zone
of
mayflower
medicinals,
which
was
opened
two
two
years
ago.
Three
years
ago,
2016
permanent
in
2008.
It
has
been
open
for
a
couple
years
as
a
medical
facility
and
they're
in
the
process
of
opening
their
adult
facility
and
the
ccc
I
mean
the
bc.
C
The
bcb,
the
boston
cannabis
board,
has
said
that
they
will
allow
for
permutations
within
that
half
mile
between
entities,
and
indeed
they
have
throughout
the
city.
They've
specifically
said
that,
in
the
case
of
as
here
and
the
other
applicant,
where
there's
an
equity
applicant,
they
would
be
more
open
to
to
allow
for
a
permutation
within
the
half
mile.
Then,
of
course,
this
has
to
go
to
the
zoning
board
of
appeal,
and
you
have
to
get
a
variance.
C
A
L
L
The
parking
lot,
that
is,
the
rear
of
the
proposed
businesses
where
I've
been
parking.
I've
been
renting
it
for
about
22
years
now
and
they're
taking
it
over,
and
I
just
wanted
to
call
in
to
to
say
that
I'm
not
opposed
to
the
to
the
the
business
coming
in.
I'm
not
supporting
it
at
this
time
either,
but
I
am
in
talks
with
them
trying
to
keep
my
access
to
the
back
of
my
building,
which
is
accessed
through
that
property.
So
I
just
wanted
to
make
that
on
the
record,
understood.
F
M
So
I
just
had
a
few
questions,
but
I
assure
you
they
all
kind
of
tied
directly
into
the
144
harvard
app
location,
but
the
first
being
you
know
I
had
done
some
research
and
I
came
across
some
information
that
I
was
just
curious
to
hear
your
take
on
and
that
kind
of
ties
into
the
gentleman
taba
mosley
so
he's
previously
an
equity
applicant
on
file
at
the
144
harvard
ave
location.
I
was
just
curious
to
hear
a
little
bit
of
about
just
what
transpired
there
and
and
with
that
situation,.
C
C
C
That
will
allow
for
cannabis
that
will
have
direct
access
off
the
street
that
will
allow
for
handicap
access
all
those
things
you
start
to
look
at
where
they
are,
and
that
you
know
have
the
right
size
and
all
that
that
parking
in
this
case
and
there's
very
far
and
few
between
so
what
happens?
Is
you
often
get
two
three
four
people
looking
at
the
same
property?
Perhaps
that's
what
happened
here?
I
don't
know
this
is
the
only
applicant
that
I've
worked
for
at
this
location
and
taba
was
never
part
of
it.
G
N
Thank
you
for
letting
me
speak.
I
wanted
to
say
I
have
a
couple
of
questions.
I
wonder
if
I
start
off
by
saying
that
I
oppose
the
144
harvard
ad
proposal,
but
I
can
ask
questions.
I
have
a
couple
questions.
I
can
ask
them
collectively.
If
you
want
me
to,
or
I
can
ask
them
one
by
one
and
how
you
respond.
It's
up
to
you.
N
All
right,
so
you
had
mentioned
earlier
about
the
parking
in
the
glenville
terrace
area,
and
you
know
I
understand
that
you're
talking
about
the
parking
behind
the
building,
as
well
as
the
other
parking
spaces
that
you
have
for
employees,
customers
and
then
you're.
Talking
about
the
municipal
lot.
My
question
to
you
is:
there's:
there's
customers
are
there
people
who
are
residents
of
the
area
who
are
currently
parking
there?
N
So
do
you
have
a
solution
for
where
you
plan
on
having
those
people
park
since
you're
going
to
be
displacing
them
in
what
their
regular
parking
spaces
have
been
number
one
and
then
number
two.
You
know
the
attorney.
I'm
sorry,
mr
ross
attorney
ross.
You've
been
you've
been
doing
a
lot
of
the
talking
tonight
and
I
know
that
you
know
leah
is
51
owner.
So
the
question
I
have
for
you
is
who's
going
to
be
kind
of
running
the
day-to-day
store
operations.
N
C
I
think
there's
a
lot
of
fear
that
all
these
people
are
coming.
These
stories
aren't
they're
not
nearly
as
busy
as
when
they
were
first
open.
I
think
the
problem
was.
Everyone
saw
neda
on
route
9
in
brookline
and
freaked
out,
and
now
everyone
is
over
parking
and
over
all
that
stuff.
I
can
tell
you
this.
We
will
be
ready.
We
are
absolutely
ready.
Our
employees
have
parking
that
is
off
the
street
that
will
not
take
up
parking
spaces
for
the
retailers
in
the
area.
C
Our
glenville
will
provide
a
buffer
it'll,
allow
people
to
park
and
I'm
pretty
sure
that
those
customers
are
going
to
go
to
our
facility,
but
they'll
also
go
to
the
other
facilities,
the
other,
the
other
shops
in
the
area.
You
know
they
might
even
stop
in
our
competitors
story
for
all
the
people
who
are
on
the
line
tonight
to
support
that
group.
You
know
more
power
to
them
as
long
as
they
stop
in
our
store.
They
have
every
right
to
to
park
in
that
space
back
there.
So
we're
doing
the
best.
C
O
O
Nothing
reflects
my
workplace,
so
I
do
organizing
work
here
in
austin
in
the
equitable
transportation
space,
and
I
get
involved
a
lot
in
the
community
on
my
own
time
doing
things
like
volunteering
with
austin
village
main
streets,
volunteering
for
a
campaign
going
to
community
events.
I
want
to
go
on
record
in
strong
opposition
of
the
144
harvard
ave
proposal.
The
landlord
of
144
harvard
is
alpha
management.
Alpha
management
has
a
reputation
of
not
taking
care
of
its
properties
and
charging
excessive
rents.
O
Many
of
the
empty
storefronts
on
harvard
ave
are
actually
owned
by
alpha
management.
The
lease
was
just
assigned
to
optico
in
october
2021,
even
though
optico
knew
there
was
an
operator
200
feet
away
already
in
the
licensing
process.
They
chose
to
proceed,
knowing
that
there
is
a
half-mile
buffer
zone.
O
This
is
definitely
an
attempt
by
a
corporate
cannabis
company
to
bully
and
overpower
a
small
local
100
minority-owned
company
that
has
really
strong
connections
to
the
austin
britain
community
on
like
144,
harvard
ave,
so
we're
definitely
not
going
to
stand
by
and
let
the
the
kind
of
corporate
greed
and
corporate
dollars
bully
and
buy
their
way
into
our
austin
brighton
neighborhood.
Thank
you,
connor
and
everyone
for
running
this
meeting.
C
F
C
C
If
you
like
the
other
group,
congratulations,
they
got
through
support
them
at
the
zoning
board
of
appeal.
If
you
feel
like
the
only
way
the
other
group
can
survive
is
by
killing
us.
Well,
it's
pretty
clear,
what's
happening
here,
so
you
know
we're
going
to
do
the
best
we
can
to
go
forward.
We
have
a
great
team,
we're
going
to
open
we're
going
to
we're
going
to
be
successful.
A
A
B
B
But
the
only
concern
that
I
have
the
same
thing
that
as
a
lot
of
people
mentioned
about
the
parking
spaces
right
now.
Even
my
customer
is,
you
know,
afraid
of
the
parking
spaces
currently
like
even
on
the
street
or
behind
the
building
the
huge
parking
lot.
It's
not
it's
not
enough
for
my
customer
to
eat
right
now.
So
far,
so
I
was
imagine
I
mean
it's
kind
of
huge
problem
for
my
neighbors.
If
they
come
so
I
mean
like.
B
P
A
So,
chris,
that's
a
great
question,
so
the
other
applicant
has
gone
through
and
has
been
approved
by
the
cannabis
board,
the
boston
cannabis
board.
They
would
still
need
to
go
on
to
the
boston
zoning
board
of
appeals.
So
the
zoning
board
of
appeals
takes
a
look
at
the
zoning
side,
they're
the
ones
that
make
the
determination
and
then
they
select
go
on
to
the
cannabis
control
commission,
which
is
at
the
state
level.
A
Only
one
so
it's
to
be
determined,
so
zoning
board
of
appeals
takes
a
look
at
you
know
the
buffer
zone
issue.
You
know,
if
there's
other
applications
that
are
within
the
area,
they
take
a
look
see.
If
there's
you
know
a
certain
desire
or
need
in
the
area
with
foot
traffic.
Other
means
that
can
support
multiple
applicants
within
a
short
short
space.
There's
some
parts
of
the
city
you
know
mike
has
been
involved
in
other
applications
throughout
the
city.
A
Sometimes
the
board
does
take
a
hard
line
when
it
comes
to
the
buffer
zone
other
times
they
do
not
big.
The
main
thing
that
I'm
thinking
of
is
around
newbury
street
there's,
I
think
at
least
three
different
cannabis
stores
that
have
opened
up.
I
don't
think
they're
all
on
newberry
street,
but
they're
within
a
certain
proximity
they're
within
the
buffer
of
each
other.
A
C
There
are
a
number
of
locations
around
the
city
that
this
the
there's
a
map.
You
can
go
on
the
boston
cannabis
board.
They
have
a
pretty
interesting
user-friendly
map.
That
shows
you
where
they
all
are,
that
are
approved.
There's
a
ton
in
the
back
bay.
There's
fenway,
I
think,
has
a
cluster
downtown
has
some.
This
would
be
a
cluster
no
question,
but
there
are.
P
A
A
P
Are
they
gonna
prohibit
it's
a
two-pronged,
both
related
to
parking?
Are
they
gonna
prohibit
any
sort
of
people
pulling
up,
and
if
somebody
does
try
to
pull
up,
are
they
going
to
turn
them
away
to
the
parking
lot?
And
the
second
part
of
that
is
that
parking
lot
that
was
referenced
on
the
plan
for
the
customers?
P
You
know
looks
really
large
on
that
plan,
but
there's
a
lot
of
dumpsters
and
employee
parking
for
some
of
those
other
businesses
back
there.
Are
they
going
to
have
labeled
dedicated
spaces
in
that
lot,
that
will
be
monitored
by
a
tow
company
so
that
people
aren't
abusing
those
spaces
and
that
they're
actually
always
there
and
available
for
the
business
use
for
the
customers.
C
Yeah
chris,
we
will
absolutely
need
to
patrol
it
and
make
sure
that
it's
you
know
our
spaces
and,
and
there
will
be
some
there-
there
will
be
some
form
of
letting
people
know
that
this
is
where
you
park
for
for
our
spaces,
we're
not
gonna.
You
know,
turn
people
away
who
are
parking
in
legal
metered
parking
spaces.
We
don't
have
the
right
to
do
that.
C
Well,
absolutely
they
won't
we're
going
to
have
security
on
site
if
someone's
double
parking-
and
they
say
we
just
want
to
run
in
just
really
quickly
and
just
grab
something
in
here.
Those
people
will
not
be
allowed
to
go
in
there.
We
have
the
right
to
not
serve
people
who
are
doing
things
like
that.
If
we
see
someone
light
up,
guess
what
they're
not
gonna,
you
know
we're.
That's
not
that's
not
like.
That's
not
what
we
signed
up
for.
We
we
agreed
to
to
be.
C
You
know
to
to
be
a
good
neighbor,
and
you
know
you
want
you
don't
want
to
be
a
nuisance.
That's
part
of
what
this
presentation
was
tonight,
but
you
know
not
having
parking
would
have
been.
I
think
more
of
an
issue
would
have
created
more
problems
for
the
area
for
parking,
and
so
we
we
felt
like
bringing
in
the
resource
was
a
value
added.
Hopefully
you
agree
is
that
a
no.
C
P
C
F
Q
Hey
how's
it
going
we
are.
I
am
in
a
hundred
percent
in
favor
for
this.
If
you
look
at
over
here
where
we
have
by
randall,
if
you
have
green
for
all
right
next
to
canopy
and
brockton,
you
have
rainfall
right
across
the
street
from
canopy.
It
doesn't
stop
anybody's
money.
That's
a
lot
of
fear-mongering!
I'm
just
just!
I'm
really
embarrassed
about
a
lot
of
these
equity
people
coming
up,
saying
that.
A
Q
Me
finish:
why
did
you
allow
those
other
individuals
to
finish
brother?
Thank
you.
I
think
leah
is
110.
Equity,
she's,
definitely
110,
boston,
she's
been
in
boston,
and
I
don't
understand
what
you
think
like
what
people
are
supposed
to
do.
You
understand
we
were
supposed
to
make
these.
I
my
head
goes
off
to
people
like
leah.
F
Q
Her
husband,
who
are
able
to
make
these
deals
with
these
businesses
and
hold
them
accountable.
I
like
this.
I
love
to
see
stuff
like
this.
I
don't
like
to
see
msos
coming
to
our
state
alone
by
themselves.
I've
only
been
in
massachusetts
for
about
10
years,
but
I
got
a
arrested
master
in
boston
in
27
in
2016.
I
got
arrested
for
my
undercover
cop
in
boston,
so
I
think
I'm
boston
enough
to
speak
on
cannabis
and
my
arrest
was
on
cannabis.
Lifetime
cannabis
cowboy.
Q
My
first
arrest
was
in
20
was
at
14
years
old
in
1994,
so
you
know
to
speak
intelligently
on
this
subject.
I
think
I've
been
around
a
block
enough
and
I
love
what
I
see.
I
love
how
the
industry
is
going.
I
love
how
these
companies
are
lifting
up
equity
people,
people
in
the
trenches
locals
investing
in
locals.
Q
You
know
I
mean
I
don't
know
what
kind
of
fantasy
world
people
are
living
in,
but
I
just
loved
it
when
I
see
white
men,
white
women,
white
individuals,
respecting
equity,
you
know
and
helping
us
into
this
industry
that
you
know
exploited
us
through
mass
incarceration
for
all
these
years.
But
that's
all
I
have
to
say
on
ammo,
let
my
wife
speak.
R
Thank
you
hi.
My
name
is
cynthia
and
I
just
like
to
introduce
myself
and
go
on
record
as
being
a
lifelong
massachusetts
resident
right
outside
of
the
city
of
boston,
and
one
of
the
things
I
want
to
highlight
with
this
particular
applicant.
That
is
exciting.
Is
that
when
we
look
at
the
data
around
who
are
the
business
owners
in
massachusetts,
we
only
have
11
people
of
color
and
nine
percent
total.
R
This
includes
both
people
of
color
are
women,
nine
percent
so
to
see
leah
standing
here
before
us
with
a
project
that
is
not
only
representative
of
the
charge
that
we
have
here
in
massachusetts,
but
also
speaks
to
the
spirit
that
the
city
of
boston
is
looking
to.
Uplift
is
a
testament
to
her
and
the
investors
that
are
looking
to
back
her.
R
I
think
the
attorney
here
mike
ross
has
done
a
really
strong
job
in
terms
of
reiterating
that
leah
is
here
representing
her
business
as
an
owner
for
her
business,
and
she
has
done
the
hard
work
in
terms
of
partnering
and
finding
the
capital
and
the
resources.
This
is
not
an
easy
lift.
The
the
requirements
to
enter
into
this
space
are
really
difficult
and
to
say
that
we
want
to
achieve
equity,
but
then
not
want
to
put
in
place.
R
The
structures
and
proponents
necessary
for
equity
to
actually
exist
is
hypocritical,
and
then
I
do
want
to
just
some
common
sense
pieces
of
information
I'd
like
to
share
with
the
public
with
the
community.
When
we
talk
about
issues
around
parking,
which
is
something
that
I
hear
come
up
significantly
more
in
equity
applicants
than
I
do
with
other
applicant
than
other
non-equity
applicants
across
the
state.
R
It's
not
the
reality
that
people
once
thought
it
was
back
in
2018
when
our
industry
first
opened
up
we're
seeing
that
a
lot
of
our
businesses
are
able
to
have
systems
in
place
that
can
streamline
the
processes
and
the
and
the
experience
for
the
customer
so
that
that's
not
a
huge
barrier
and,
to
be
honest,
I
appreciated
the
the
neighbor
that
came
on
and
said
that
he's
excited
to
see.
Can
a
business
like
cannabis
come
in
because
it
will
bring,
it
will
drive.
R
R
A
Folks,
once
again,
the
chat
function
is
for
questions
for
those
who
don't
want
to
raise
their
hands.
I'm
seeing
a
lot
of
debates
going
back
and
forth
here.
I
will
start
kicking
people
out
specifically
for
the
application
at
144,
hybrid,
app,
all
right
all
right
with
that
who's
up.
Next
for
sure,
I'm
going
to
send
you
the
request
to
mute
yourself.
S
Hi,
can
you
hear
me
yes
hi?
How
are
you
so?
I
just
want
to
express
my.
I
agree
exactly
with
maureen
cynthia
actually
spot
on.
I
couldn't
have
said
it
better
myself.
Leah
amazing
work,
I'm
very
proud
of
you.
We
need
more
black
women-owned
businesses
in
the
boston
area.
You
are
doing
exactly
what
most
minorities
only
can
dream
of
the
fact
that
you,
you
know,
you've
sustained
and
you've
acquired
that
you
know
the
equity
and
the
ability
to
more
or
less
open
a
business
as
a
minority
which
is
very.
S
My
parents
did
that
31
years
ago,
until
this
day,
they
still
struggle
to
get
things
done,
still
struggle
to
gain
money
from
the
banks.
What
have
you,
but
I'm
also
a
user.
I
called
in
as
a
user,
but
I
honestly
you,
you
know
basically
commend
maureen
cynthia
for
what
they
said.
As
a
user,
it
is
very
difficult
to
find
you
know
a
decent,
accessible
dispensary
with
what
you
guys
are
doing
with
the
parking
I
know
other
places
I
don't
want
to
say
names,
it's
very
difficult
to
find
parking
very
difficult
to
gain.
S
You
know
access
to
the
building,
it's
just
on
a
main
road-
and
you
know
mike
ross-
has
mentioned
that
previously,
the
location
that
was
something
that
was
very
difficult
to
you
know
see
it.
You
know
an
alternative
to
at
the
beginning,
but
why
would
you
try
to
shut
down
an
opportunity
for
a
user
and
I'm
also
a
user
with
ms?
So
it's
very
difficult
for
me
to
walk
long
distances.
I
get
tired.
I
get
fatigued
very
easily
with
something
like
this.
It
would
be
very
idea.
S
I
live
in
the
austin
area,
I'm
a
strong
proponent
of
yours.
Leah-
and
I
wish
you
guys
all
the
best
and
best
of
luck
on
every
endeavor
going
forward,
we
should
not
be
shutting
down
people,
especially
minorities,
especially
female
owned
businesses.
That
doesn't
make
sense
to
me
and
this
you
know
the
idea
of
competition
is
going
to
shut
up
every
other
business.
I
don't
I
don't
accept
that
and
I
don't
believe
it.
That's
ridiculous.
That's
absurd!
A
A
A
C
Can
I
just
say,
jenny
you're,
absolutely
right,
you
should
have
received
a
knock
on
your
door.
I
regret
we
regret
that
that
didn't
happen.
You
know
we're
still
gonna.
We
we're
doing
walks
and
we're
doing
outreach.
Leah
is
doing
it
herself,
it's
just
taking
her
a
while
to
get
to
everyone,
but
expect
to
see
us,
and
maybe
we
can.
We
can
have
a
conversation,
but
we
appreciate
your
comment
and
understand
it
and
we'll
hope
to
work
to
turn
you
around.
F
A
T
T
So
I'd
like
to
know
how
you
guys
are
or
what
you
guys
have
in
place
where
all
of
the
businesses
are
working
together
to
make
sure
that
you're
on
the
same
page
also,
I
do
think
that
allowing
a
multi-million
giant
like
cookies
or
any
of
its
affiliates
to
set
up
shop
200
feet
away
from
a
social
equity.
Another
social
equity
candidate
could
be
crippling
to
their
business.
It's
just
a
concern
of
mine.
T
Sure-
and
you
know,
as
a
as
a
fellow
businesswoman
I
will
say-
I
always
support
another
business
woman,
but
we're
just
kind
of
concerned
about
like
the
the
inner
workings
or
the
outer
workings.
As
far
as
like
the
outreach
goals
and
how
it's
going
to
be
impacting
the
people
about
community
how's,
it
going
to
be
giving
back
to
the
people
who
were
impacted
by
the
warned
rug
and
the
other
benefits
that
your
business
will
be
bringing
to
our
business
into
our
community.
A
C
Yeah
so
I'll
just
say,
I'm
looking
these
are,
these
are
actually
really.
These
are
fair
questions.
I
mean
you,
you
want
to
know
who
is
doing
business
in
your
community.
You
know
I
would.
I
would
tell
you
that
I
don't
know
of
any
equity
applicants
that
have
been
able
to
bankroll
this
thing
themselves.
C
They've
all
reached
out
to
different
investors.
Some
of
those
investors
are
in
the
form
of
people
within
the
industry,
and
some
of
the
investors
have
nothing
to
do
with
the
industry.
They
just
have
money
and
everyone
has
a
different
way
of
doing
it.
Leah
was
deliberate
in
what
she
put
together
here.
C
She's
been
in
the
industry,
she's
she's
created
a
product
that
helps
people
around
intimacy
using
cannabis,
and
it's
it's
an
amazing
product
that
is
giving
a
lot
of
relief
to
people
who
desperately
need
it,
and
you
know
she's
an
activist
in
this
space.
There
are
obviously
some
people
out
there
who
you
know
they
want
to
support
this
other
group,
but
it's
not
unfair
for
you
to
ask
the
question
who
is
doing
business
in
my
community?
C
I'd
encourage
you
to
get
to
know
leah
to
see
her,
that
she's
a
real
person
and
that
she's
got
tremendous
credibility
and
legitimacy,
and
she
it's
because
of
that
that
she's
been
able
to
put
this
together,
and
we
know
we
wish
no
harm
to
the
other
group
who
had
to
do
their
own
fundraising
for
this,
and
I'm
sure
you
can
find
some
people
in
all
these
groups
that
are
out
of
state
and
that
are
from
whatever
from
different
walks
of
life.
But
you
know
the
bottom
line
is
who's
left
controlling
the
entity?
C
Who
has
control
leah?
Does
she
owns
51
and
has
control
of
this
entity?
She
is
in
charge
of
this
entity.
You
can't
go
to
the
boston
cannabis
board
and
tell
them
that
you
have
an
equity
applicant,
who's
running
the
show
and
then
summarily
get
rid
of
that
equity
applicant.
The
boston
cannabis
board
won't
have
that
they've
already
said
that
they
won't
have
that
it's
written
into
their
regulations,
so
no
one
with
their
right
mind
would
try
to
get
into
into
bed
with
an
operator
with
that
being
their
goal.
It
just
makes
no
sense.
C
C
We,
we
got
the
10
extra
parking
space
on
glenville
ave,
for
the
very
reason
that
we
believe
that
our
repeat,
customers
will
continue
to
use
those
and
not
try
to
find
parking
or
take
parking
away
from
the
more
immediately
available
metered
parking
spaces
along
harvard
ave,
and
we
created
the
spaces
in
the
back
nine
for
us
dedicated
drop-off
and
bicycle
parking
in
the
rear
for
our
employees,
so
that
there
won't
be
any
there's.
You
know.
C
If
you
have
go
to
newbury
street
you'll,
see
half
the
parking
spaces
are
having
the
meters
fed
by
the
people
who
cut
hair
on
newberry
street.
I
have
no
problem
with
hairdressers
or
people
cut,
hair
they're,
making
a
living,
but
a
lot
of
the
people
on
newberry
streets.
The
biggest
problem
on
newbury
street
is
that
the
people
parking
there
are
the
people
that
work
there.
That
will
not
be
the
situation
here.
We
have
places
for
our
cars,
not
every
application
can
say
that
not
every
alston
application
can
say
that.
A
A
A
M
Perfect
perfect,
so
you
know,
I
think
it's
it's
great
to
see
a
black
woman
at
the
forefront
of
this
project,
but
I
think
what
a
lot
of
folks
are
are
voicing
is
that
you
know
there's
there's
other
folks,
we've
heard
fowlers
invested
in
this
and
other
investors
that
have
skin
in
the
game.
I
think
we're
really
curious
to
hear
more
from
leah
as
well
about
what's
gonna
happen
in
our
community.
I
think
we've
heard
a
lot
from
mike
ross,
but
we
want
to
hear
about.
M
You
know
how
you
intend
to
impact
local
businesses,
how
this
intends
to
impact
residents.
We
want
to
hear
really
from
those
investors
as
well
right
and
it
doesn't
seem
like
any
of
them
are
present
and,
like
I
said
we
haven't
heard
much
from
leah,
so
you
know
I
would
love
to
hear
more
from
leah
around
her
plans
with
this
and
and
again
how
it's
going
to
impact
the
community.
C
Listen
leah
employs
me,
so
she
she
she
can
can
absolutely
you
know
I'm
I'm
here
at
her,
but
has
I
before
she
says
anything.
I
just
want
to
point
out
that
not
a
single
person
ask
the
other
applicant
if
they
could
hear
from
their
investors.
Okay.
So
let's,
let's
at
least
try
to
level
the
playing
fields
here.
D
Hi,
thank
you
for
that.
So
my
background.
For
the
past
20
plus
years,
I
worked
a
non-profit
as
a
workforce
development
technology
trainer
doing
just
that
trying
to
help
other
people
have
better
employment
or
getting
better
employment,
and
I
did
it
for
20
plus
years.
I
left
my
job
crying
didn't
want
to
leave.
My
husband
convinced
me
that
I
could
get
into
this
industry
and
do
the
same
thing.
D
One
thing
about
me
is
that
I
just
don't
do
things
just
to
be
doing
them
just
for
the,
because
that's
what
everybody
else
is
doing.
I
have
to
have
a
reason,
and
then
there
has
to
be
a
purpose
behind
what
I
am
doing.
One
of
the
things
is
that
I'm,
a
woman,
I'm
a
black
woman,
very
proud
black
woman,
and
so
one
of
the
things
I
hope
to
do
is
encourage
other
black
women
and
other
women
to
get
into
this
industry,
because
for
some
reason
we
feel
like
we
don't
belong
here.
D
Another
thing
is:
is
with
the
different
stores
I'll
be
able
to
employ
people
you
know
and
at
a
higher
rate
than
most
other
people.
We
we
have
an
obligation
to
go
beyond
the
the
the
the
the
cost
of
living
rate
for
our
employees.
We
have
an
obligation
to
hire
as
an
economic
empowerment
applicant,
not
just
a
regular
applicant,
but
as
an
as
an
economic
empowerment
applicant.
D
We
have
higher
obligations
to
make
sure
that
we
hire
the
right
people
to
be
in
this
industry
right
75
of
the
people
other
than
the
other
companies.
They
don't
have
that
obligation.
We
do
right.
So
the
one
thing
that
I
plan
to
do
is
impact
the
way
that
I
can
impact
your
communities.
Workforce
development
is
a
big,
is
a
big
part
of
me,
so
any
dealing
with
the
homeless
dealing
with
women's
shelters
dealing
with
the
youth
with
technology.
D
E
E
It's
hard
coming
into
a
space
like
this,
and
I
think
that,
like
austin
brighton
as
a
neighborhood
needs
to
see
more
strong
black
women
coming
forward
as
leaders
in
the
community,
because
it's
something
that
I
think
we
lack
often-
and
you
know
when
a
bakery
opens
up
next
to
a
bakery
on
harvard
avenue.
No
one
really
says
anything,
but
because
of
this,
this
is
such
a
scrutinized
process.
E
E
A
D
U
So
can
you
hear
me
don't
tell
me
how
to
speak
first
off,
so
I'm
will
justice,
I'm
from
roxbury
and
like
I'm,
seeing
like
a
lot
of
anti-equity
speech
and
it's
like
I
was
there
when
people
were
going
against
the
equity
and
now
that
they
have
their
money,
they're
they're
out
here
and
they're
doing
what
they
do.
It's
like
yo.
U
I
wish
you
all
the
success
in
the
world,
but
I
have
to
oppose
because
the
people
who
don't
have
all
these
resources
and
need
the
resources
you're
trying
to
push
them
out,
and
that
is
a
problem,
so
you
you
cannot
be
making
like.
You
can't
be
breaking
people's
backs
and
sitting
there
saying.
Well,
I'm
making
progress,
so
I
mean
so
what
this
is
not.
U
It's
like
yeah,
acting
like
a
bakery
against
another
bakery,
no
you're
talking
about
sara
lee,
a
factory
versus
a
mom
and
pop
all
right.
That's
not
the
same
thing.
That's
not
competition!
That's
called
crushing
like
you
and
they
know
that
there's
no
way
to
compete.
So
it's
like
you.
You
can't
equate
to
stop
this
false
narrative.
I
don't
know
these
other
people,
but
I'll
tell
you
I'm
against
some
people,
because
they've
gone
against
my
people
and
I'm
going
to
have
to
fight
you
against
my
people,
because
my
people
take
priority.
U
The
ones
who've
actually
been
affected.
You
don't
say
it's
like.
I
can't
I
can't
support
it.
I
can't
support
I.
I
love
black
owned
business.
If
you
know
who
I
am
it's,
this
will
justice.
I
am
black
home
business,
but
if
you
sit
there
going
outside
going
outside
the
bus,
the
the
community
and
you're
getting
people
who
don't
care
about
my
community
you're,
just
another
gentrifier,
which
is
another
thing,
I
fight
all
right.
F
A
A
J
J
J
No
longer
works
for
the
cannabis
board,
david,
yes,
but
I'm
just
saying
in
the
past.
I
think
that's
a
conflict
of
interest.
We
I'm
basically
getting
at
the
point
that
it's
an
mso
in
my
eyes
and,
like
will
justice
said
you
guys,
are
shutting
down
the
mom
and
pop
stores,
and
we
really
want
to
make
sure
that
you
know
we
support
social
equity
in
full,
not
halfway.
J
You
know,
and
we
really
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
well
represented,
I'm
a
boston,
resident
born
and
raised,
and
I
feel
like
no
one
has
addressed
the
fact
that
there's
a
partnership
between
cookies
and
dr
cream
and
green
thumb.
They
have
the
same
address.
So
I
think
that's
a
a
conflict
of
interest
as
well,
and
also
there's
big
money
coming
from
cypress
hill
from
california
is
just
is
just
not
what
we
see
for
social
equity
in
our
community.
There's
a
lot
of
people
that
are
struggling
in
boston.
J
The
the
rate
between
you
know
the
minorities
and
non-minorities
is
very
immense,
and
we
want
to
change
that.
This
is
not
going
to
be
the
way
to
change,
equity
and
create
equity.
I
believe
I'm
a
strong
opposition
and
you
know
I
believe
that
the
mom-and-pop
store
should
get
that
opportunity.
Thank
you,
david.
C
Yeah,
I
mean
not
one
of
the
things
that
was
just
said
by
the
previous
speaker
had
anything
to
do
with
why
we're
here
tonight
there
is
not.
The
only
thing
that
that
conversation
had
to
do
with
is
some
beef
that
he
and
and
the
others
don't
like
a
position
that
that's
that
leah
took
with
regard
to
working
with
one
of
these
other
companies.
That's
her
decision.
She
can
do
that.
She
should
not
be
targeted
and
attacked
by
a
group
of
people
who
are
coordinating
an
effort.
C
And
she
is
every
bit
of
her
life
experience
that
she's
been
through
that
she
doesn't
deserve
to
be
put
through
this,
but
we
at
my
law
firm,
provide
discounts
for
anyone
who's
an
equity
applicant.
I
can
tell
you
that
we
are
applying
that
to
this
group
here.
We
because
we're
trying
to
support
the
industry
in
our
own
way
and
that's
what
we
did
here.
We
see
no
difference
in
what
leah's
trying
to
do
than
some
of
the
other
applicants.
I
do
represent
some
multi-state
operators.
C
They
exist
they're
in
the
industry.
This
is
not
one
of
them
not
even
close.
This
is
someone
from
boston,
who's
being
unfairly
treated
by
some
other
people
from
boston,
call
up
and
complain
about
the
parking
say
you
hate
cannabis,
do
what
everyone
else
does
at
these
meetings
but
to
to
target
her
because
of
some
decisions
that
she's
made
previously
that
have
nothing
to
do
with
this
app
with
this
application
is
not
the
purpose
of
this
meeting,
and
if
you
try
to
do
that,
the
boston
cannabis
board
go
ahead.
Try
to.
A
Yeah,
it's
not
often
that
I've
had
to
kick
out
multiple
people
in
a
meeting.
You
know
and
I've
run
the
gamut.
I've
run
billboard
projects
and
cannabis
projects,
so
this
has
been
aggravating
for
me
all
right,
yeah,
it
seems
like
people
can't
be
civil
on
here
so
meeting
as
it
is.
Thank
you
thanks
for
those
who've
attended,
appreciate
it.
Further
comments
can
be
sent
to
the
boston
cannabis
board.
Please
reach
out
to
my
office,
if
you'd
like
to
learn
how
to
do
that.
Thanks
for
coming
tonight,
good
night.