Choice For New CCC Director In MA Backs Out Of Job
The news is a crushing blow to a troubled agency
In the latest blow to the state’s troubled Cannabis Control Commission, David Lakeman, a former CCC official who’s now the top cannabis regulator in Illinois, has turned down an offer to take over as executive director and plug a longstanding hole in the agency’s leadership.
The news comes weeks after commissioners announced that Lakeman would take the job and replace the interim director, who has led the agency since Shawn Collins resigned last December. Lakeman alerted the CCC he would not assume the role on Nov. 19.
In statements this week, neither party would say why.
“After receiving an offer from the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission to serve as its Executive Director, I have declined the opportunity and will remain with the Illinois Department of Agriculture,” said Lakeman, who left the CCC for the Illinois job in 2020.
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