The state’s Republican party is calling for the resignation of Democratic state Treasurer Deb Goldberg over the long-serving public official’s handling of problems at the Cannabis Control Commission.

Following an end to the treasurer’s fight to keep CCC Chair Shannon O’Brien off the job despite a judge’s order directing her return, MassGOP Chair Amy Carnevale says it’s time for the Treasurer to dismiss herself.

“Treasurer Goldberg has been in office 11 years, and in that time she has managed to turn a thriving arm of state government into the capital of out-of-state junkets and Cadillac catering. Her lackluster defense for firing Commissioner O’Brien is just the tip of the iceberg,” MassGOP Chair Amy Carnevale said in a statement.

Last week Goldberg’s office announced that it would no l

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