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massdee
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Posted - 01/27/2009 : 08:34:56 AM
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| I was away from the TV when they discussed item 7, salaries for the solicitor's office. Was there much debate? Who voted for and against. If I read Tetris's post correctly, RVC, Chuck, Mike and Wayne were against. Do I have that right? Someone told me Marcus asked RVC how much he makes in Melrose. Did Marcus really do that? If so, he is a bigger dope than I thought he was! |
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Tails
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Posted - 01/27/2009 : 08:41:35 AM
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Right on all questions. Marcus is truly a dope.
FYI- The city of Melrose has ONE lawyer, and that's RVC. We have three and we still had to hire an outside attorney at $300.00 an hour to negotiate union contracts. Was the solicitor too busy drafting that consent agreement for Wood Waste? I can argue the fact that the city of Everett did 0 work on drafting that order. |
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Tails
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Posted - 01/27/2009 : 08:45:50 AM
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Besides the entire Wood Waste issue being handled like a fiasco, from the administration, the other part that really bothers me is the misconceptions that keep getting put out there.
Even last night………….do you think ANYONE in the city believes that Mr. Thibeault is staying on the parkway because that’s what the wishes of the residents is?? How can someone have the audacity to even make a statement like that?
I did not like Frank Nuzzo’s reaction to that either. He said, he was disappointed, being the closest alderman to live near Wood Waste.
You know what that tells me? That tells me Frank had no confidence in the enclosed facility whether on lower Broadway on the parkway. So he was willing to stick that problem somewhere else and not care about the residents, the business and the mall that would have been affected. That is disturbing to me.
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everett82
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 Posted - 01/27/2009 : 5:48:32 PM
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I don't know how they justify her salary.
Haterville Haterville Haterville: Sounds like Mass Dee or Charm with their associate degrees or EHS degree would be better running the solicitors office…..as far as RVC the Melrose guy if he cared so much about Everett why doesn’t he take a 40,000 pay cut and come take over in Everett FYI Melrose handles less than a third the legal issues that Everett does and if you add his 115,000 dollar salaries as well as the outside council they hire it dwarfs the Everett Solicitors budget, which is set by the BOA. If I was the two assistants making an average of 50,000 a year I would say thanks Carlo but no Thanks. Last I checked Asst. Solicitors in most Cities make around 80,000, which is still less than Attorneys in the private sector. |
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massdee
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Posted - 01/27/2009 : 8:54:49 PM
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Mrs Mejia does Not make $40,000. less than Alderman Van Campen's alleged $115,000. I believe her salary ranges somewhere in the $90,000.'s.
It is my opinion that Mrs Mejia comes off as inept and it is hard to justify her salary to the taxpayers. She is never prepared for the city council meetings. She has the agenda and knows the area of the questions to be asked. By this point in time, she should be able to answer any questions put to her about Wood Waste. It makes one wonder just how much work this city's law department did on the consent order. It sounds more like Wood Waste's attorney's wrote it. |
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Tails
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 Posted - 01/27/2009 : 9:24:37 PM
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The city did 0 on the draft consent order. That I know for sure.
As for Colleen Mejia she is an incompetent puppet that is not defending the citizens of Everett or the council. The wanna be paralegal who just became assistant city solicitor should be grateful she even has a job. The Thibeault attorney Barringer should be greatful too. Did she make more with Rossi? If she did, then why would she accept this position with the possibilty that it will end in 2010?
With all these terrific attorney's, why did we hire outside council just recently?
With $860,000.00 in cuts and then in July another $3,000,000……….I would seriously consider revamping the solicitors office. I also think these overpaid high salary assistants and anyone that makes over $70,000.00 should consider not taking a raise this year, in the best interest of the taxpayers.
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massdee
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Posted - 01/27/2009 : 9:39:54 PM
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Tails
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Posted - 01/27/2009 : 10:01:33 PM
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The author of the enforcement order was none other than: Richard A. Nylen, Jr
The document properties were licensed under: Lynch DeSimone & Nylen, LLP
The title was: CITY OF EVERETT BOARD OF HEALTH
What happened here is the city did nothing. They did not draft that weak consent order. It was weak because Thibeault’s New Ventures attorney drafted it. He’s an environmental attorney and knows the bare minimum to draft an order.
This order was a FAVOR for Thibeault. It helps him with his court in Newburyport, it buys him more time and never addresses the piles. Jurisdiction or not. The solicitors office knows damn well that they can ask the DEP to put in a Jerome Meter on Wood Waste. Why never ask?? Because they know that a Jerome Meter will pick up unhealthy chemicals. Instead, they want our BOH to go down there and smell the piles, and make a determination.
I for one, would NEVER trust an enforcement order DRAFTED by a New Ventures Environmental lawyer.
The only other changes were from the Board of Alderman. The Mayor’s office did NOTHING and either did the Solicitors Office. I think they are incompetent and incapable of their positions.
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scamore
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Posted - 01/27/2009 : 10:02:38 PM
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ur correct massdee about the lawyer,lets see, this is all politcal b.s woodwaste will be here forever you won't see it move to rt 99 that case is tied up in the courts due to the facts that the owner of modern has passed lets get that straight( and we all know how long it can be tied up for) market basket as an example, look they started building stop and now started again., with that said.
Carlo and thiebeault are really great friends lets face it and I dont' care who you are or what your feelings are on this matter Money talks and BS walks. AS far as the city solicitor I agree with everyone that Rossi drew it up, I'd bet my pay on it.
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Tails
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Posted - 01/27/2009 : 10:08:18 PM
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No, Rossi didn't draft it either. It was the New Ventures LLC Environmental Lawyer, Richard Nylen. If you watched the Public Meeting back in October, he was there. He is an environmental lawyer and knows exactly what he is doing. I think it's a conflict because it was a lie from the Solicitor when she said Wood Waste attorney's. He is NOT a Wood Waste attorney and please, keep in mind, Richard Nylen is DEFENDING Thibeault in court for the Crow lane landfill and he wrote it.
FAVORS FAVORS FAVORS and the joke is on US! |
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Marie
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Posted - 01/27/2009 : 10:25:01 PM
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I have a copy of the original draft agreement. Here is the properties that you are posting about.
The file is:
Name: enforcement_agreement(Wood Waste).doc
Type: Microsoft Word Document
Microsoft Word Document Properties:
Title: CITY OF EVERETT BOARD OF HEALTH
Author: Richard A. Nylen, Jr.
Company: Lynch DeSimone & Nylen, LLP
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massdee
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Posted - 01/27/2009 : 10:48:37 PM
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I can't believe, or maybe I can, that the mayor had the audacity to mislead everyone on who wrote that draft consent order. It was NOT our legal department, it was NOT the mayor's office, it was NOT our Board of Health. It was an attorney for William Thibeault who wrote that draft consent order.
So, Thibeault gets to write his own consent order and the city is suppose to sign Thibeault's agreement. I thought the process was supposed to be the other way around. Marchese was correct last night. This agreement isn't worth the paper it's written on.
Everyone should be outraged over this. In my opinion, this is the height of deceitfulness. |
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Posted - 01/28/2009 : 12:00:07 PM
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I cant express how dissapointed I am and I dont have to go any further with this because I believe it. Carlo changed and not for the better. I have heard the term tossed under a bus used and thats what hes done to the residents and the council. I dont get what happened unless thats the real him. When it comes to Woodwaste he goes crazy. I heard stories out there how upset he gets at people that speak out against Woodwaste and how personal he takes it and I heard a few stories of payback. His attitude to the residents and the council over all this has been disgraceful and even though he may not have been directly involved in these events, he never did anything about them. Not a nice way to live.
Someone should get a legal opinion from a lawyer that specializes in city agreements if that agreement is even legal, since it was the lawyer that is defending him in court. The folks from Newburyport should ask the judge in court that question, especially if the lawyer Nylen brings it up in court. If anything its a ethical problem and Sal Dimasi is gone over ethical issues.
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Tails
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Posted - 01/28/2009 : 5:13:14 PM
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This is an enforcement agreement meaning...."the act of agreeing or of coming to a mutual arrangement" it's not an order that would state "an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate"
There is a difference here. Here is a paragraph of the "Agreement"
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the following mutual agreements, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1) Wood Waste will continue to disperse odor-controlling agents at the Facility to keep H2S levels below industry guidance and will maintain and supply air quality monitoring equipment and personnel at the site to monitor odors from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Wood Waste will spray the piles daily and the piles will be tarped to maintain dust control. The Board of Health will be provided with a schedule prior to the execution of this Agreement as to when the spraying will be conducted. Odor misting machines will be set up on the perimeter and will be disbursed as necessary in addition to the daily scheduled spraying. Street sweeping and water truck spraying will take place at least once per day and as needed to reduce dust. The Board of Health or its designee(s) are authorized to monitor the site at any given time to ensure the measures are being taken to control said odor and dust issues.
This should read "order" He should be ordered to do so and we just did him a huge favor for his trial. I hope someone from Newburyport will be there during the trial. If Richard Nylen tries to use this in court, I would absolutely agree that is a conflict that Thibeault's own environmental lawyer (who is defending his case in April) would have an ethical issue on his hands.
How can this administration do this? It is a complete travesty and a smack in the face to the residents of Everett.
It's saying screw you, your issues don't matter to me, I don't care about all the suffering he has caused, he's my buddy and I'm helping him out. He is also using ALL city resources to help him too. These Everett lawyers are the biggest joke and waste of money I have ever seen.
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Posted - 01/28/2009 : 6:01:44 PM
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