January 5, 2011, around 10:45 p.m., police received a 911 call about another crime in progress, (an attempted break-in), at the 'new and improved' Spring Gate Apartment complex, which has a history of unfair, negligent, and abusive practices by Management.
Rockland Place dba Spring Gate tenants, Mr. Conroy, at 63 Hannah Way, and Mr. Smith at 74 Martha Drive, Rockland, were arrested for armed robbery, disorderly conduct, and resisting arrest. Additional charges of armed robbery were added when knives were discovered on both men in the arrest process.
Lt. Zeoli and Sgt. Pigeon of the Rockland Police Dept. did a commendable job under difficult circumstances. While chasing the suspects through the complex, one of the officers was injured from slipping on the icy pavement in the common area of the HUD subsidized housing complex, mismanaged by Janet Hamilton of Cornerstone Corp. and First Hartford Realty Corp.
With new ownership in 2005, Mr. Wm. M. Connolly promised Rockland Board of Selectman he would turn Rockland Place Apartments from a liability to an asset. Though Rockland Place Apartments may have received surface name changes and billions in government grants to make the place more livable, poor management, shady practices, and crime on this HUD financed property continues.
Freedom can not ring in an oppressive society. This blog reflects thoughts, personal experiences, + several notes of interest on 'affordable' housing. What do you think of gov't financing nuisance properties? Rockland Place continues doing business as SPRING GATE APARTMENTS along Martha Drive + Hannah Way in Rockland, Mass. (shady business).
Monday, January 24, 2011
Friday, January 7, 2011
DISTRUST, PAYOFFS, LAUNDERING, EXTORTION
On January 6, 2011, a federal judge sentenced former state Senator Dianne Wilkerson to prison for taking $23,500 in bribes, saying too many Massachusetts politicians engage in political corruption without fear of serious consequences.
.......“It’s clear the sentencing imposed for criminal conduct here and, frankly, in other industrial states, hasn’t been sufficient,’’ said US District Judge Douglas P. Woodlock. Referring to a culture of political corruption in Massachusetts, Woodlock said, “That Gordian knot has not been cut. People go back to do it again.’’.......
The intriguing January 7, 2011 Boston Globe article also mentions that 2 former House speakers were convicted of federal crimes, but not sentenced to prison. Read the entire article by Jonathan Saltzman at http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/01/07/wilkerson_receives_3_years_in_prison/?p1=News_links
.......“It’s clear the sentencing imposed for criminal conduct here and, frankly, in other industrial states, hasn’t been sufficient,’’ said US District Judge Douglas P. Woodlock. Referring to a culture of political corruption in Massachusetts, Woodlock said, “That Gordian knot has not been cut. People go back to do it again.’’.......
The intriguing January 7, 2011 Boston Globe article also mentions that 2 former House speakers were convicted of federal crimes, but not sentenced to prison. Read the entire article by Jonathan Saltzman at http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/01/07/wilkerson_receives_3_years_in_prison/?p1=News_links
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