Baywolfe wrote:

Sounds like pure Capitalism to me.

Ideally government is supposed to protect capitalism not extract bribes to allow it to exist, but that's probably just me waxing ideological again.  Remember representative government in any form is purely socialist by definition.

XregnaR wrote:

Welcome to Massachusetts.  Not even remotely surprising.

Thank you.

Worcester’s deal — which still needs to be approved by the city council — is the most lucrative for a host city so far. Over the next three years, the city gets upfront payments of $450,000, plus a percentage of gross sales (1.5 percent, 2 percent and 2.5 percent in each of the next three years). In the fourth year, and each year thereafter, the Good Chemistry will pay $200,000, plus 2.5 percent of gross sales.

They're housing our dispensary in a local landmark, a building my grandfather hired moonlighting firefighters to torch and commit sheeny lightning 45 years ago. Both arsons failed, as did subsequent attempts. I'll report back with photos soon as it opens.