Our ordinance is still in force protecting your property until the present council changes it.
With the disregard our Administration showed for your personal rights what will they do to your property rights?
| The Mayor's letter to the Governor says he
vetoed our
ordinance, "The legislation
first originated as a proposed City Ordinance, which I vetoed.
"
Click to see the petition he used as an ordinance and here
to see Amesbury's Ordinance They look a lot
alike. If you didn't know Amesbury has an ordinance you would
think this was the request. LOOK AT AMESBURY ON NATIONAL SITES: ThisIsCommonSense.com TheThoma$ Report no it's not Tom Iacobucci |
| IMAGE OF SIGNATURE
ENACTING ORDINANCE |
Click on image for full size enacting signature  |
New
Communication w/ the Mayor |
| THINK ABOUT THIS |
| . * Kezer & his council nullified your vote by feeding the Governor untruths and inaccurate information * Hildt & his council had to be sued for your right to vote * Didn't Bailey's Pond teach the administration anything about closed door contracts? * questions / comments: aml@itsjustart.com . |
| CONTACT INFORMATION |
|
Use your right to freedom of speech to let
these officials know how you feel
GOVERNOR DEVAL PATRICK CONTACT PAGE Phone: 617.725.4005 Toll free: 888.870.7770 Mayor: 388.8123 | mayor@ci.amesbury.ma.us Council Contact Page Roger S. Benson
: 978-388-3736 : councilorbenson@amesburyma.gov
Anne R. Ferguson : 978-388-2945 : councilorferguson@amesburyma.gov Allen R. Neale : 978-388- 0432 : councilorneale@amesburyma.gov Robert L. Gilday : 617-413-7772 : councilorgilday@amesburyma.gov Mary A. Chatigny : 978-388-1229 : councilorchatigny@amesburyma.gov Stephen J. Dunford : 978-388-6399 : councilordunford@amesburyma.gov Robert W. Lavoie : 978-388-1766 : councilorlavoie@amesburyma.gov Joseph W. McMilleon : 978-388- 6269 : councilormcmilleon@amesburyma.gov Jonathan B. Sherwood : 978-388-0152 : councilorsherwood@amesburyma.gov |
| WHAT
YOUR LAST VOTE MEANT |
| Your
vote meant nothing to the
Mayor, his council and the Governor. The
vote of the people of Amesbury and
Massachusetts through the support of the House and Senate was
discarded. This was accomplished, in great part, through
deception.
What does it mean to elections in Amesbury? You
decide. |
| WHAT THE SUPREME
COURT RULED |
| “Without
exception, our cases have defined that concept broadly,
reflecting our longstanding policy of deference
to legislative
judgments in this field.” "We emphasize that nothing in our opinion precludes any State from placing further restrictions on its exercise of the takings power." |
| DOCUMENTS
TO REVIEW |
| 1.
Mayor Kezer's
letter to Governor A. Council petition the used as 'the City Ordinance' he vetoed 2. Governor's Veto Message See how closely it resembles the Mayor's letter and how it reflects that the Governor does not know the local ordinance is active. He should know we have a housing authority he appointed Ted Van Nahl to the seat. He specifically states this should be taken care of at the local level. It is! 3. Jonathan Sherwood's letter to Governor 4. Alan Neale's letter to Governor 5. My message to Legislature w/ Gov's 5. News clipping of late file 6. My cover letter to legislature 7. My testimony letter 8. Council meeting Public hearing . |
| POINTS TO KNOW |
| Mass General Law states: Chapter 21: Section 9A. Acquisition of lands and
waters
Section
9A. The division may,
subject to the approval of the water
resources commission ........ necessary to meet the water
resource needs of the ......., and municipal water supply, provided that the exercise of
the power of eminent domain shall be subject to the approval of the
board of selectmen in a town or the city council in a city in which the
land is located. |
| A. Contrary to the Mayor's letter to
the Governor, our ordinance
filed in Jan
'06, passed in Apr '06 after many committee meetings,
rewrites and a public
hearing of the council. See signature page to the left. B. Kezer's signature enacted it locally. He did not veto it as he stated to the Governor. C. The voters voted in favor of asking the state to recognize our ordinance by a 25% voter margin not 1% as in his letter. D. Read our Charter for the roles of the mayor and council. E. History of all takings and easements under both the town and the city forms of government in Amesbury were voted by the legislative body. The last case, a 5 ft easement for the new bank downtown. State law reinforces the council as the eminent domain authority and all utility polls are voted by the legislative body. F. Contrary to the Governor's suggestion, major points of the ordinance prevent non-elected entities like an EDIC or URC (as few as 3 appointed people) from having the power to blight and take homes, businesses, churches, etc where real politics can rear its ugly head. It ensures that this devastating power remains in the hands of elected official accountable to the people. We looked to the state for sanction so property owners would not need to go to court to prove our ordinance is authoritative. G. It does not preclude the mayor from initiating proceedings. It ensures open meeting laws and public participation. No back room contracts. Bailey's Pond should be lesson enough. H. When most public works plans are completed a year or more in advance what would the conflict be? |
Steve Baddour 617.722.1604 and Mike Costello 617.722.2230
FOR THEIR HARD WORK ON OUR BEHALF | questions / comments: aml@itsjustart.com