Subject:  Can you say, “Covenant”? If so, you’re a few steps ahead of most Louisburg Square proponents |
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Date Posted: 00:27 10/05/09 Mon
If the Louisburg Square proposal were like a chess match, then saying, “Covenant” would be like saying, “Check Mate”.
If the Louisburg Square issue were like a tennis competition, then saying, “Covenant” would be like saying, “Game, Set, and Match”.
Since the balance of power shifted on the Dracut Housing Authority’s Board of Commissioners last May when Ken Cunha bounced long-time incumbent Bob Audet off that panel and it appeared that the purchase of Louisburg Square might be in jeopardy, the supposedly objective and unbiased Lowell Sun has yet to mention the word, “Covenant” in any of its articles surrounding this issue.
Perhaps The Sun could do an investigative report and interview both Finance Committee chairman Gary Marsella, and Housing Authority commissioners’ chairman Ken Martin and ask them what exactly this “Covenant” included in the Louisburg Square’s deed is all about so it can put this issue in proper perspective for its Dracut readership? Are there any questions as to why the Lowell Sun’s circulation numbers are dwindling down the proverbial sewer pipe by leaps and bounds every year?
“Douche Bag” Warren Shaw, who writes a bi-monthly column in the Valley Dispatch which about the last half dozen or so have been favorable to the possible purchase of Louisburg Square, has yet to mention the word, “Covenant” once in his writings – or even on his weekly radio show – regarding this issue. Gee, I wonder why?
Shawn “Pee Wee Herman” Ashe, who’s the producer of Warren’s weekly radio show, has publicly called out Roger L. Daigle on several occasions for having the audacity of posting comments on, “that other website in town” (Heaven forbid!) – out of the process of elimination, I can only assume Shawn was referring to, Dracut After Dark. YET, when Daigle has submitted letters on Louisburg Square for the posting on Shawn’s blog, it might get posted for a couple of hours, perhaps even a day, then Pee Wee squelches and hides Daigle’s commentary down on his blog’s Archive files. Personally, if I were Mr. Daigle, I wouldn’t give Shawn Ashe the time of day even if I were wearing watches on both my wrists.
Is this how both Pee Wee and Douche Bag define, “transparency in government”?
It should be noted here also that Shawn has a Poll on his blog, at least as of this particular posting, citing about 15 people and/or entities as who’s most to blame if Louisburg Square is not purchased by the Town by the end of this calendar year – as you might’ve already guessed, “Deed Covenant” is NOT one of the choices in this particular Poll on Mr. Ashe’s blog. In reality, however, what’s the single-most deciding factor that would change most peoples’ minds 180 degrees in just three years on Louisburg Square?
If Louisburg Square’s approved, no new residents will be immediately added
The following was an anonymous posting submitted to this message board last week, which I feel, offers a lot of common sense and perspective on the Louisburg Square proposal:
What is the net gain of elderlly housing units in Dracut if this building is purchased? To me, it won't remove people that are already there. It won't add anymore people becasue there is no more room. All we are doing is changing ownership of the buidling. How does this add to the elderly housing stock in Dracut? The answer that I am sure that will be given is: "That's not the point, the advantage is that the town will own it." Duh, that makes sense. They will also own the up keep, the snow plowing, and future bed bugs
In other words, even if the Town of Dracut does NOT purchase Louisburg Square by the end of this calendar year, the 38 government-subsidized, elderly residents who are currently living in that building will remain there PER ORDER OF THE DEED’S COVENANT till about the year 2040. In the event that the Town of Dracut DOES APPROVE the purchase of this thing, they certainly ain’t gonna toss the current residents out on the street just to give 38 people who are now on “the waiting list” a place to live. Why aren’t all these “do-gooder” elderly housing advocates seeking out NEW PROPERTY IN DRACUT to purchase and develop for people who are genuinely on “the waiting list”????
Incidentally, if the purchase of Louisburg Square is rejected by the “Powers that Be” in the Town of Dracut, millionaire developer and property owner Gerry Lussier, or whoever he may want to sell it to, will maintain that facility for those government subsidized elderly residents till about the year 2040 PER ORDER OF THAT DEED’S COVENANT.
The Lussier Connection to most of these Louisburg Square proponents
Perhaps the most obvious connection of the bunch is Selectman Jim O’Loughlin when Lussier’s partner at Draco Homes, Doug Dooley, purchased O’Loughlin’s house mortgage just prior to it being foreclosed upon.
Apparently, O’Loughlin’s now-defunct restaurant in Dracut Center, “Jimmy O’s”, went belly-up, and with it, went a lot of his own personal finances. O’Loughlin also stepped off the Board of Selectmen whenever Draco Homes appeared before them publicly, citing a Conflict of Interest each time.
O’Loughlin also writes a weekly nostalgia column for the Lowell Sun, which might explain why The Sun has yet to publish an investigative report on the “mysterious Deed Covenant” associated with Louisburg Square. Can you say, “Payback”?
While we’re on the subject of the Lowell Sun’s interest (or lack thereof) in the Louisburg Square proposal, lets not forget about “Douche Bag” Warren Shaw. As mentioned earlier, Mr. Shaw writes a bi-monthly column for the Valley Dispatch, which has been owned and operated by The Sun for several years now. On Warren’s weekly radio show, he frequently has Lowell Sun editor Jim Campanini as a guest which, over the course of an average year, I would guestimate about 1-2 times a month.
Aren’t the Lowell Sun and WCAP supposed to be rival media entities competing for advertisers and an audience in the Greater Lowell area? Oh well, I guess everything’s fair game in love, war, and politics.
Personally, I noticed Mr. Shaw started having Jim Campanini as a regular guest on his radio show just about the time Warren’s son, Mark got busted by the Feds in Salem N.H., for dealing cocaine, marijuana, and OxyContin almost five years ago. The Lowell Sun, in turn, published the names of the accomplices involved in that Federal drug bust, but CONVENIENTLY left out Mark Shaw’s name in that article. Now that’s what I call, “journalistic integrity” at it’s finest!
As for Selectman Bob Cox, I can only assume that Mr. Lussier generously supported his election campaign with a nice financial contribution. Ditto with Mr. Shaw and Mr. O’Loughlin. Somehow, someway there’s gotta be a reason as to why these politicians are so adamantly supporting Louisburg Square’s purchase when they all know it’s counter-productive to do so since Lussier is contractually committed to maintain this property till about 2040.
As for bloggers Shawn Ashe and Brian Flaherty, these two guys are nothing more than complete imbeciles who’d write or say just about anything to please their man-crush boyfriend, Warren Shaw. If you think I’m wrong on that last statement, when was the last time you can substantiate either Ashe or Flaherty ever disagreeing with Warren on a major issue in Town? I rest my case.
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