i just looked at your new blog alex. i hope you will be willing to "help" get the unbiased answers people ask you for. i have a quick question if you don't mind. where do you get the number you quote as potential revenue for the town?
i would be very interested to see how you arrived at that one. give as much detail as you can please.
i will put a link to your site but i am too tired at this moment to be able to do it. i will have more time to read and answer tommorow. have a good night.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Hello sorry i've been away from the computer
sorry for not answering you guys especially bill merrigan. i have been working like crazy at gillette stadium. first the game then the ecommerce dept which needs a lot of extra help due to the crazy amount of requests for Patriots gear etc i haven't read all the posts yet but i will asap. i really do want you ( any of you ) to ask the questions that you want the answers to. this is the whole purpose of this blog.
on another subject my friend and business partner cheryl gelzer alexis went to the selectmen's meeting tonight to introduce the bulldog buying club. i hope anyone interested in raising money outside of raising taxes will come to the library thurs nite at 6:30. we hope to answer any questions you might have and preview a good amount of the products and services you can use for your homes and or yourselves. many socially conscious companies do the same thing we are trying to do; give part or all of their profits to a worthy cause. in our case we are giving all the retail profits to the schools. we are going to get feedback from all the participants and ask what they want the money to go to. we realize the needs are many but hopefully something will be more pressing than the others. we will see what it will be. the potential is very worthwhile and doesn't involve extra spending like candles or candy, etc. see you there.
on another subject my friend and business partner cheryl gelzer alexis went to the selectmen's meeting tonight to introduce the bulldog buying club. i hope anyone interested in raising money outside of raising taxes will come to the library thurs nite at 6:30. we hope to answer any questions you might have and preview a good amount of the products and services you can use for your homes and or yourselves. many socially conscious companies do the same thing we are trying to do; give part or all of their profits to a worthy cause. in our case we are giving all the retail profits to the schools. we are going to get feedback from all the participants and ask what they want the money to go to. we realize the needs are many but hopefully something will be more pressing than the others. we will see what it will be. the potential is very worthwhile and doesn't involve extra spending like candles or candy, etc. see you there.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Let's Get It Straight
Just for the sake of continuity let's go back to the post from jan 7th tittled where is everybody? in one of the comments from jan 12th at 11:32 gary contradicts his most recent previous posts. gary says that mr komito ( the father ) sold his land in randolph to BFI in 1972. the elder mr komito died soon after. his son owns the property at 300 centrre st which he rents to mml trust. that is an entity that has interests in mass waste. mr jack walsh and mike g run that company. i don't pretend to know their inner corporate workings just that they are running the business that is supposedly going to be running the proposed trash transfer station. then gary goes on to say that BFI was sold to allied waste. his next comment is that there is no connection between mr komito, BFI and Allied Waste. HUH??? oh and let's not forget mass waste. they have no connection too right? you may not realize it gary but we the people of Holbrook are not stupid.you may not realize it but we've had the wool pulled over our heads before and we can see a bullshit story coming a mile away.if you or your cohorts want us to accept what you want to do here then you have to show us where the benefits are. stop moaning and groaning about it and start getting specific. exactly how much will the town get? i've seen one of the early lease agreements and have been told that it has been updated and improved upon. ok what does it entail? bill merrigan said in the sun a while back that the tipping fee was $1 a ton. i can't believe that can be true. Are the people who think this is a good idea aware that the fee at SEMASS where are our trash currently goes is over $75 a ton? of course the company would expect to make a profit but no one could think that is adequate. i've heard that they won't accept over 1,000 tons a day. ok how can you tell what is arriving and how much each truck weighs until they get here, once they're here and they're over the 1,000 tons do they send the trucks back? full? are you kidding? the questions need to be answered. get to it. you are asking us to allow this company to run it's business on town owned property for the benefit of the whole town. ok show us the benefits. specificly and clearly please. we are eager to hear what you have to say.
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Clarifications are good
thank you gary whoever you are. you seem to know a lot about the subjects surrounding the trash transfer station. so help us out here, you didn't deny that mr komito owns the building on centre st that mass waste works out of.. also the way to verify that if anyone wants to is go to patriot properties.com and follow the links and put in 300 centre st. you admit mr komito sold his land to bfi in the past and therefor has a connection, i don't know whether it was sold or leased i just know it was located there. again you are more aware of the details than me. please feel free to give any more info you know. believe it or not as against this project as i am if you or anyone else can convince me and the many others who are extremely uncomfortable with this idea i do have and have always had and strive to always keep an open mind on things. i am all ears. the ball is in your court now.
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Encouraging News
I wasn't home to see the Selectmen's meeting tonight but from what i was told Mr Austin and Mr Currie were at least thoughtful enough to question the wisdom of giving the trash people an extension of another year. That;s all we really want is someone who will look out for the towns best interests. Why do these guys at Mass Waste think they can just get whatever they want and give the real owners of the property in question no answers ? We the citizens of Holbrook are the ones who need to be convinced that we want to let them use our property and that it is in our collective best interests. that is not such a radical idea in my book.
Monday, January 7, 2008
where is everyone?
cliffy i read your blog and i agree. i tried to answer to you on your blog but as usual i couldn't get in. you took the words right out of my mouth. i am glad to provide a forum for people as well as myself but it is frustrating that we have so much that needs to be addressed and not a lot of participation. I know sometimes we wish somebody else will do what needs to be done and we can cheer from the sidelines but these times require many peoples participation. being silent plays right into the hands of the ones who will sell your right to the life you envision right out from under you if you're not vigilant and strong. a couple individuals CAN NOT carry the load for everyone.
i have something to say about the recall petition that is going around on kathy connolly. i did start one myself a while ago i admit. since that time i have realized that we need someone like her to do what she does best. i did not agree with everything she's done that is for sure. butting in on legitimate businesses, holding up old english square, and stuff i'm sure i don't even know about are not productive in my opinion.... holding the other selectmen and the proponents of the trash transfer stations feet to the fire is exactly what i want her to do. thank God we have at least one person on that side of the table watching out for us. we should be joining her in demanding to know things like when are we going to see an RFP going out to all companies interested in giving us prices on using that site.? if we want a trash trasnfer station and we know the current company will be flipping it to BFI why are we not going directly to BFI ourselves? lets stop beating around the bush shall we>? the man who owns the building that mass waste currently rents on centre st is mr komito from randolph. he also owns the land BFI has being running their operation out of for years. how much of a stretch do you think it is that BFI will be the benficiary of this small town ridiculous excuse for a lease that we have not seen yet? WAKE UP ! by the way don't bother saying i'm crazy. do a little research first and then tell me i'm wrong. i don't know the link to the registry of deeds just now off the top of my head but i'm sure someone will make it available here or elsewhere. at least i hope they will.
i have something to say about the recall petition that is going around on kathy connolly. i did start one myself a while ago i admit. since that time i have realized that we need someone like her to do what she does best. i did not agree with everything she's done that is for sure. butting in on legitimate businesses, holding up old english square, and stuff i'm sure i don't even know about are not productive in my opinion.... holding the other selectmen and the proponents of the trash transfer stations feet to the fire is exactly what i want her to do. thank God we have at least one person on that side of the table watching out for us. we should be joining her in demanding to know things like when are we going to see an RFP going out to all companies interested in giving us prices on using that site.? if we want a trash trasnfer station and we know the current company will be flipping it to BFI why are we not going directly to BFI ourselves? lets stop beating around the bush shall we>? the man who owns the building that mass waste currently rents on centre st is mr komito from randolph. he also owns the land BFI has being running their operation out of for years. how much of a stretch do you think it is that BFI will be the benficiary of this small town ridiculous excuse for a lease that we have not seen yet? WAKE UP ! by the way don't bother saying i'm crazy. do a little research first and then tell me i'm wrong. i don't know the link to the registry of deeds just now off the top of my head but i'm sure someone will make it available here or elsewhere. at least i hope they will.
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
It's Time to Get Serious
happy new year everybody ! let's hope 2008 is great for all and the Town too.
i saw the article in the sun by bill merrigan re: the transfer station. if i could just believe it all at face value i think it would be great. the problem is for an undertaking this big and far reaching for all of us, we need verifiable plans, information, the kind that can stand up to reasonable questions and get true answers. when yvonne spoke to mr walsh he said something about a trip to see a plant like the one they are proposing. maybe this would shed some much needed light. in the meantime we should be considering what we as a town want. do we want to increase our income no matter what it costs us in the long run? Do we want to take a careful look at what this type of project would cost in terms of lost values in property (business and private)? If we were to go forward with a transfer station shouldn't we get the most value for the town? mr walsh and mr merrigan both made statements at the last town meeting that it was up to the board of selectmen not them to get the right deal for the town. they are correct of course, the burden of getting the town the best deal is on the selectmen. if they fail or are failing at that then it is up to us collectively to make sure it is done to our satifaction.. no way around it people, as much as you and i would like to let others take care of it if you don't step up you have no gripe as to the results.
there is a real need to have open discussions about who should be bidding on this project. up till now only mass waste has had the opportunity to deal with the town. why hasn't BFI or another large company been sent an RFP ? we all know that if this was to be built the next step is to flip it to BFI. they get the deal that the selectmen made for mass waste and if we went direct to BFI we would ask for a lot different conditions. this is no big news come on we all know this stuff it just needs to get out into the open. i've had this discussion with many different people and the results are always the same, so lets actually have it at an open televised selectmens meeting.
i saw the article in the sun by bill merrigan re: the transfer station. if i could just believe it all at face value i think it would be great. the problem is for an undertaking this big and far reaching for all of us, we need verifiable plans, information, the kind that can stand up to reasonable questions and get true answers. when yvonne spoke to mr walsh he said something about a trip to see a plant like the one they are proposing. maybe this would shed some much needed light. in the meantime we should be considering what we as a town want. do we want to increase our income no matter what it costs us in the long run? Do we want to take a careful look at what this type of project would cost in terms of lost values in property (business and private)? If we were to go forward with a transfer station shouldn't we get the most value for the town? mr walsh and mr merrigan both made statements at the last town meeting that it was up to the board of selectmen not them to get the right deal for the town. they are correct of course, the burden of getting the town the best deal is on the selectmen. if they fail or are failing at that then it is up to us collectively to make sure it is done to our satifaction.. no way around it people, as much as you and i would like to let others take care of it if you don't step up you have no gripe as to the results.
there is a real need to have open discussions about who should be bidding on this project. up till now only mass waste has had the opportunity to deal with the town. why hasn't BFI or another large company been sent an RFP ? we all know that if this was to be built the next step is to flip it to BFI. they get the deal that the selectmen made for mass waste and if we went direct to BFI we would ask for a lot different conditions. this is no big news come on we all know this stuff it just needs to get out into the open. i've had this discussion with many different people and the results are always the same, so lets actually have it at an open televised selectmens meeting.
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