yeah lets bring ea fish to wareham.... NOT!!!!!!

Here are comments by the BoS from September '08 when they were discussing whether to bring Articles that failed back to the upcoming TM (Spring '09)..I found it interesting that Jane clearly felt that one major hurdle to getting it passed was the fact that once the BoS had the "deal"...TM voters had a problem that it wouldn't come back to TM for any vote..and that it would be in the BoS's hands. If this was clearly a problem, how come that wasn't changed in Article 2 at Fall '09 TM? There are many other issues with Westfield, and many of those were raised on Town Meeting floor. It is not Take Back Wareham's responsibility to come up with alternatives to Westfield. Stop trying to make it sound as if people aren't "for" affordable senior housing. The proposal had many problems. They were spelled out, you just chose to ignore them. Go back and read the threads posted on this site, or watch the Town Meeting. Say what you want, but the fact that Brucey, Brenda and the rest of the Board has chosen to consider voter's at TM "ugly people with black hearts" or "Assholes who vote once every five years" because they voted against their flawed proposal has served to delay (by years) senior's from having a suitable alternative. Listen to Cronie's suggestion to put it on the ballot..was this the seed to Brucey's choice to ignore the TM vote, and add it as a "non-binding" question on the ballot..which if he had his way would be "binding"?



TAKEBACKWAREHAM
VOTE4CHANGE
April 6, 2010
P-SPAN

More on Fish..

The lawsuit, opened by some of the residents, accuses the condo's developer, Edward A. Fish of breach of contract, negligence and unfair business practices. The high-end condo project named Nautica is a $51 million, 117 unit complex which underwent construction in 2000. Fish contracted a construction company that he owned at the time to build the property, but now residents are suing for at least $3 million in damages

Luxury Condo Developer Sued For Millions in Damages

A tanking economy? A well organized group of citizen activists? Fear of responsible elected officials putting a halt to their ill-conceived proposal dubbed “Phenix Terrace”? Or perhaps an out-of-town developer experiencing a Capra-tinged, warm and fuzzy Yuletide moment?

We may never know exactly why Massachusetts-based developer E. A. Fish pulled the plug on its rather (un)ambitious 198 unit “moderate” income apartment complex...

Common Sense Grips Developer

TAKEBACKWAREHAM
VOTE4CHANGE
April 6, 2010
P-SPAN

Last edited by P-SPAN (2010-03-17 22:23:57)

The Nautica lawsuit was filed at the end of 2008.  That isn't very long ago.  My concern after reading the article above, was their attitude.  I will quote the last paragraph.  "In their defense, Peobody Properties, the company owned by Mr. Fish appointed to oversee the construction, claim that the statute of limitations will DEBUNK most of the claims since the construction was completed more that 7 years ago."   

This is a 26 count lawsuit.  Have they no pride in their work and reputation?
I highly doubt that all their problems started in 2008.  It sounds to me that there where problems from day 2.  If they weren't fixed after a considerable amount of time, I also would have sued them.  We don't need sleezy contractors in Wareham.