Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Reality and the con games from the Cambridge, MA, USA Political Machine: Magazine Beach destruction

1. General, personal knowledge.
2. City Manager report, October 17, 2012.
3. City Manager Report, May 22, 2006.
4. City Manager Report, December 20, 2004.
5. Awaiting Reports.


1. General, personal knowledge.

We have gotten the usual con game from the Cambridge Machine. This time from Person 3.

Now they are denying that Cambridge had anything to do with the environmental outrage and heartless animal abuse at Magazine Beach.

I have posted a quote from Kathy Podgers stating that she was actively involved in fighting Cambridge’s outrage at Magazine Beach.

I have gone back through the City Clerk’s on line records and pulled out a few reports from the Cambridge City Manager. The good on line records only date back to May 2003. Hard copies can be obtained way back if you go through the bother.

The reality is that I was present for the key vote in the last meeting of 1999, in which the Cambridge City Council voted to spend about $1.5 million on environmental destruction and heartless animal abuse at the Magazine Beach playing fields in exchange for control of use of the Magazine Beach playing fields.

The vote was unanimous. One of the destructive people voting for the environmental destruction and heartless animal abuse currently anchors news at New England Cable News. I am a strong watcher of New England Cable News, but I cannot stomach his false impression of sainthood. I do not watch him.

In our discussions in 1999, he repeatedly jerked tears about how much his kids loved the Charles River White Geese. I have no knowledge if he informed his kids of his paying for heartless abuse of the Charles River White Geese.

The following are copied from the City Clerk’s records since May 2003. I probably missed a lot. Relevant links are provided.

2. City Manager report, October 17, 2012.

September 17, 2007

To the Honorable, the City Council:
In response to Awaiting Report Item Number 07-95, regarding a report on the timeline for refurbishment of Magazine Beach, please be advised of the following:

We were informed on September 11, 2007 by Richard Corsi from the DCR that the bid package for Magazine Beach was delayed once again, due to a change in the location of the control box for the irrigation system, which required further review and revisions to the drawings. He anticipates that the bid documents will be ready to send out for bids in mid-October of 2007. This latest delay will result in a construction delay, thus the field will not be renovated in time for next year’s Little League season. No projected completion date was provided.

Very truly yours,



Robert W. Healy
City Manager

RWH/mec

http://www2.cambridgema.gov/cityClerk/cmLetter.cfm?action=search&item_id=10685

3. City Manager Report, May 22, 2006.

May 22, 2006

To the Honorable, the City Council:
In response to Awaiting Report Item Number 06-23, regarding a report on ongoing work at Magazine Beach, please be advised of the following:

The reconstruction of the stormwater outfall at Magazine Beach is substantially complete. The contractor is presently completing the “punch list” work on the isolation structure. Once this work is complete, work with then begin on the shoreline restoration. All work should be completed by the end of July.

Very truly yours,



Robert W. Healy
City Manager

RWH/mec


http://www2.cambridgema.gov/cityClerk/cmLetter.cfm?action=search&item_id=7467

4. City Manager Report, December 20, 2004.

December 20, 2004

To the Honorable, the City Council:

Please find attached a response to Awaiting Report Item Number 04-78, regarding a report on the maintenance and improvement issues at Magazine Beach, received from Department of Conservation and Recreation Commissioner Katherine F. Abbott.

Very truly yours,



Robert W. Healy
City Manager

RWH/mec
Attachment(s)

http://www2.cambridgema.gov/cityClerk/cmLetter.cfm?action=search&item_id=3418

5. Awaiting Reports.

Awaiting reports is a list of items the City Council has asked from the Cambridge City Manager.

I find five such items listed in a search result but the actual items searched for do not seem to be linked. Two of these items concern the Magazine Beach pool. I found corresponding reports in the above search but they do not seem to be directly relevant. In this case, since I do not seem to be able to get the documents, I am providing the list which came up.

The list:

October 5, 2009; Awaiting Report 09-62
Report from the City Manager:
report on keeping the Magazine Beach pool opened.

September 17, 2007; Awaiting Report 07-95
Report from the City Manager:
report on the timeline for refurbishment of Magazine Beach.

May 22, 2006; Awaiting Report 06-23
Report from the City Manager:
report on ongoing work at Magazine Beach.

January 10, 2005; Awaiting Report 04-58
Report from the City Manager:
report on what it would cost the City to purchase the MDC pool at Magazine Beach.

December 20, 2004; Awaiting Report 04-78
Report from the City Manager:
report on the maintenance and improvement issues at Magazine Beach.