Healey said her administration is 'prepared to work with the Legislature and fellow appointing authorities on the path forward.' Meanwhile, the agency's acting chair is defending against a call by the state's inspector general to appoint a receiver for the $7 billion commission.
for a special receiver to manage the agency tasked with overseeing the state's now $7 billion marijuana industry.
Inspector General Jeffrey Shapiro on Tuesday asked the Legislature to appoint a receiver to take over the"rudderless agency."A spokesperson for House Speaker Ron Mariano said he was reviewing the inspector general's letter; a representative for Senate President Karen Spilka declined to comment. "I have significant concerns with both the process the has engaged in, and the substance of the directive itself," Concepcion wrote.
"The challenges at the Commission are far from secret," she wrote."We are committed to resolving them."
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