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PUBLISHED ON EDITION NO.
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4/15/2011 |
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Spanish radio: Entertainment
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By
Alberto Surís
albertosuris@rumbonews.com
Whoever listens to local Spanish radio programs aired by
WCEC Impacto-1490 AM and WCCM-1110 AM depending on the time
of the day and day of the week, can receive a myriad of
information.
Most of the time is good information, not necessarily
accurate. Sometimes, just by listening, you feel so elevated
to the infinite, so close, so high that you can almost feel
the presence of the Creator of the Universe.
Five minutes later, you may find yourself running to lower
the volume; you don’t want your neighbor, especially if they
have small children, listening to the vocabulary being used.
Music is always good. It doesn’t offend anybody.
If a broker or producer gets offended with what I wrote so
far, before calling me names, please, put your name next to
the categories listed above. If your name matches the
program that plays music or brings people next to the Lord,
I guess there is no need to get mad at me. Actually, I have
no problem with most producers regarding the content of
their shows.
But today, I want to talk about misleading information.
Notice that I want to stop close of using the word ill
intentioned. Sometimes, the wrong information comes from the
producer/broker himself, but most times it is from a caller
that abuses the producer lack of knowledge on the matter.
We have regular callers, who call everyday to every talk
show. Depending on the show, I can guess who the first
caller will be, the next and so on with a 1,000% accurate
rate.
One of them is Francis Tineo and he is the subject of this
article.
For several months now, Mr. Tineo calls almost every talk
show almost every day with his typical high-pitch,
lightening-speed speech that prompted some producers to say,
“Please, slow down.”
A typical call from Tineo is to critique the actual
administration for different reasons, such as the trash in
the city, the bed bugs (chinches), pot holes in the streets,
tree branches touching high voltage that the city neglects
to trim, etc., etc., and always ends placing his 5 trucks at
the service of the city to help clean the city of trash. Mr.
Tineo calls himself “Environmentalist.” (Until I see his
credentials, or his trucks I have to go along with that).
His latest rambling happened on Monday, April 11, 2011. Mr.
Tineo called La Voz del Pueblo, produced and directed by
Isabel Melendez airing Monday to Thursday from 10AM to 11AM
on 1490-AM. Luis Hiraldo, who regularly operates the
controls, was alone in the studio and received the call.
Hiraldo tried to calm Tineo down but he was really furious.
“I’m pulling in front of City Hall with a $500 ticket that
the city gave my client for having construction debris in
his back yard, but did not fine the owner across the street
that has similar debris in his front yard. I’m calling on
Lantigua to come down to meet me and see the abuse,”
screamed Tineo from the top of his lungs on the air.
I was two blocks away from City Hall and rushed to there to
cover the story. I found Mr. Tineo in a very cordial
conversation with City Commissioner Peter Blanchette and
Santiago Matias of Inspectional Services. No signs of an
argument of any kind. I asked Tineo, “Where is the ticket?”
He answered, “No, I don’t have it with me. Meet me at 490
Hampshire St. and I will explain it to you,” said Tineo and
left.
Then I had the opportunity to explain to both Blanchette and
Matias, who did not know what was going on, about Mr.
Tineo’s call. “First of all, the city doesn’t have $500.00
tickets,” said Blanchette. “And he came looking for a
building permit,” added Matias.
I waited 45 minutes at 490 Hampshire St. (Rita Hall) for Mr.
Tineo. By then City Inspector Jorge DeJesus had joined me.
In front of DeJesus, he vehemently denied the story about
the $500 ticket. “What I said on the radio was why my client
has to pay me $500 to remove the debris from his back yard
while the city won’t fine the homeowner across the street,
(#14 N. Boylston St.) the inspector just looked the other
way,” he said.
The next day, Wednesday, April 12, I interviewed City
Building Inspector Gregory S. Arvanitis. He said that he
visited homeowner Francisco Soliman, at 17 N. Boylston St.
to check on a work being done at his house without a permit.
“I told him not to stop the work, but that he had to come to
City Hall and obtain a building permit. I did not fine him.
I do not fine anybody for having debris in their backyard.
That is not my job. Mr. Soliman came in today and pulled a
permit for which he paid $60,” said Arvanitis.
Mr. Tineo started this kind of calls several months ago
aiming his accusations to Windfield Alloy in Lawrence.
Windfield Alloy is located at 15 Medford St. and has similar
locations in New Hampshire and Texas. Their business is
recycling and refining metals including electronic
components and precious metals.
Being an environmentalist as he says he is, Tineo used to
complaint daily about the hazards Windfield Alloy was posing
to the city, calling for the administration to close the
place down.
Several months ago, he (Tineo) received a bath of roses. A
spill happened at Windfield Alloy. “You see that? I told
you, screamed Tineo, calling to different shows giving
details of the cleaning being done by personnel of the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Lawrence Fire
Department.”
The object of the spill was carefully removed, the placed
was cleaned and as far as I know, no penalties have been
issued by EPA to Windfield Alloy.
Later on, during a rainy spell, Tineo said on the radio many
times that the running waters from the rain carrying
pollutants being washed from the Windfield Alloy plant were
responsible for the mold discovered at the Guilmette School,
almost ¼ of a mile away. Go figure!
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Francis Tineo
points out to the pile of construction debris for what
according to him the homeowner received a $500 fine. He
later recanted the story. |
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Francis Tineo
pointing to a pile of construction debris in front of 14 N.
Boylston St. for which the city, according to him, has
issues no fine. |
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This is the
vehicle in which Francis Tineo is driving around. If the
police stop him for having a broken right break light, he
can’t complaint of being harassed. I told him on Monday,
April 11, 2011 that it was not working and he should have it
fixed. |
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