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August 12th, 2008 at 9:13 pm
I didn’t see it but I am told the CC went into executive session to discuss DRA. What is DRA?
August 12th, 2008 at 11:09 pm
ER:
Isn’t DRA the architectural firm involved with the Stoklosa School?
August 13th, 2008 at 8:01 am
Mimi you’re correct. If you read Plan E, section 108 bars the City Council from this type of activity. It’s the role of the City Manager to negotiate on behalf of the City and the council to ratify certain contracts/appointments but not all. But of course, what does Alan “conflict of interest” Kazanjian care? The rules don’t apply to him.
From my recollection, due to special legislation, it is actally the role of the Arena and Civic Stadium Commission to negotiate this contract. The Legislature created the Commission to give the University some say in what happens at the facility since they are a stakeholder and the state contributed 20M plus 4M via the University and the city just 4M. I really don’t know what role the City Manager or the Council has in this if any.
It’s time to pass the burden of the Arena on to the University. They are better equipped to handle the annual deficit. It will be passed on to all of the residents of MA through our state taxes instead of just the residents of Lowell through our property taxes. UMass Amherst has the Mullins Center and they run it and whatever deficit they have (if they have one) is absorbed by the University. Lowell needs to get out from under this white elephant. At that time the Lowell sun and the consultant on the project (Bill Taupier) said it was “going to make money”. Like they say, there’s one born every minute.
August 13th, 2008 at 11:43 am
there is some hidden motivation behind councillor towtruck
getting into negotions with arena matters, its really the CM
job to negoiate, not conncillor towtruck
August 13th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
Moonlight, can you mitigate your comments a bit please? I am as unhappy with C. Kazanjian as much as anyone, but you undermine your own point and border on being banned when you use names like that.
Kami, you make some compelling arguments for letting the Arena go to UML. Interesting.
August 13th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
Councilor K and some of his cronies have lost my vote and that of many of the residents of Middlesex Village when they oh so casually approved declaring surplus the land at 1769 Middlesex Street last night. ( Site of the proposed Walgreens) These are the same people who came around before the election and told us that it was not a good place for that. After all, it is only the third worst insection in that STATE. We are already getting stuck with a new plaze on Middlesex Street, another one proposed for the Wood/Middlesex corner and 127 new condos also on Middlesex. We are all waiting for the day an emergency vechicle cannot get through due toi the congestion we have in the morning and in the late afternoon.
August 16th, 2008 at 9:25 am
Have to love the Sun headline “Man used bogus info to gain city tow contract” Maybe in there rush to get the story published they got the two brothers mixed up. Getting to the point. To have people working for you and not having Workmans Comp.Insurance for them is not only a crime tis a sin. Don’t matter whom was plowing with his equiptment,unless they had Afflack they were on thier own.
I deal with legal documents all day at work. The first thing you do is to look real close at the papers to be sure of there authenticity. White-out is allowed on the rare occasion with both parties initilizing the change and the a new document is issued. So he altered the insurance policy,scanned it into his computer and then had a so called assistant(female of course) send it to the city. Right! Wonder if this is the first time? Last but not least I thank the parties involved in this case to have not swept it under the rug. Let the chips fall where they may.
August 18th, 2008 at 7:48 am
Notice how it wasn’t mentioned who his sibling was until almost at the end of the article.