A Republican member of Maine’s House of Representatives is attempting to oust the state’s top marijuana regulator, claiming that Office of Cannabis Policy (OCP) Director John Hudak is “unfairly and unjustly executing state law.”

OCP under Hudak’s direction, according to Rep. David Boyer (R), has inconsistently applied regulations, set steep licensing costs and penalties for licensed businesses and at times retaliated against operators who tried to raise concerns.

Hudak—a former Brookings Institution fellow who focused on marijuana at the think tank—also has conflicts of interest, Boyer claimed, that should disqualify him from some matters.

The lawmaker is currently circulating an online petition that urges Gov. Janet Mills (D) to “promptly fire Director Hudak and appoint someone who will advocate for Maine’s small businesses and not against them.”

“I am causing some ‘good trouble,’” Boyer said on social media over the weekend.

More than 600 people had already signed the petition as of Monday afternoon, Boyer said, with some of the signatories leaving comments about their own negative experiences with OCP.

Neither Hudak, an OCP media representative nor the governor’s office responded to Marijuana Moment’s requests for comment.

“OCP has gone completely rogue,” Boyer posted to Facebook. “Making up the law

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