Is the law really equal for everybody?
For a long time I have been writing about my concern with the apartments being built at Pacific Mills, 300 Canal St. in Lawrence. I have presented evidence of how every single agency in New Hampshire dealing with health and the environment have dealt a big blow to Brady-Sullivan, the developers. Brady-Sullivan, a NH based Real Estate developer, landlord and General Contractor, has a long and shameful history of illegal hazardous waste disposal activity as well as endangering tenants and homeowners in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont and New Hampshire.
On a recent site visit, members of the NE Regional Council of Carpenters made the following observations:
- In the front entry and on multiple levels of stairs, at Phase 2 of Pacific Mills, what appear to be broken asbestos containing tiles are partially removed and stuck to the wood floor.
- We failed to find a decontamination area in the basement
- No workers were observed wearing Air Pump monitors
- Workers handling bagged asbestos were unprotected in any way
- Workers loading trucks with asbestos were not protected in any way
- There were no physical barriers or air filters separating the Haz-Mat removal area (basement) from the exit point of the conveyor belt at the rear of the building (nearest the river)
In this issue, you will find an article by the Environmental Protection Agency on page 8 stating the problems found in Brady-Sullivan properties in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Then, I recommend you read on page 9, an article published by the Mesothelioma Cancer Alliance entitled “Criminal Asbestos Investigation Underway At Brady Sullivan Site” in Lawrence, published on April 21, 2016. It starts out saying there is a state and federal criminal investigation is underway at Brady Sullivan Properties’ Pacific Mills but it has been silence ever since. My complaints and those of the Carpenters Union are ignored.
But on March 9, 2017, The Eagle-Tribune published an article by Keith Eddings entitled “Contractor denies mishandling asbestos in school job; AG Healey seeks fines for alleged violations” about Rafael Guzman, owner of RM Technologies in Lawrence. This is a must read because of the extensive research from Mr. Eddings to find the reason for this harassment to exist.
The article says that according to the Attorney General’s claim, Healey alleges the contractor exposed students and staff to the carcinogen in the reconstruction at Greater Lowell Technical School in 2014 and 2015. The Tribune investigation could not find anything close to the charges exposed on Pacific Mills above. There is more than enough evidence in the case of Pacific Mills and yet, nothing gets done.
The thought that this could be a political move because of his past involvement leading the recall movement against Mayor Daniel Rivera, is frightening!
Crime in the city
I recently saw a list of crimes committed in the past 6 months which started with Jorge Luis Aristo Viscaino, 34, Oct. 16, 2016; Juan Moreta Perello, 46, Feb. 16, 2017; and Juan Espinal, 18, March 8. How come Lee Manuel Viloria Paulino whose body was found on December 1, 2016 was not included?
Also, in February there was a 23-year-old man shot and killed on Broadway. He was taken to Holy Family Hospital where he was declared deceased. At the same time another man was shot and taken to Lawrence General Hospital. That makes 5 deaths in 6 months.
I have tried gathering the information on those two men but everyone seems to believe that they were not Lawrence residents.
Lawrence daily log
Surprise, surprise! The daily log of the Lawrence Police Department has been updated through March 9th.
I like to have it available in order to confirm the news I hear and how they are reported on the record. For example, I received from Stopcrime.com the following information:
Shooting, 3/8/17, 2:39 AM – 00 Block of Forest St., Lawrence. Shooting/Stabbing. LPD o/s victim shot, DOA, full notification.
There is no entry at that time for that day even though Jill Harmacinski said in her article “Heat on the Street” that Juan Espinal was killed Wednesday morning, March 8th.
I found interesting that the heading on the page used to be “Lawrence Police Daily Log” and now they are called “Press Log”. Is this the real daily log or something prepared for the media only? One thing is for sure: Lawrence Police hides information from the public. How can we believe their figures when they say cri
