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<br /> Town of Vash ee Board of Select nen March 25, 199'-
<br /> Statement to ow p
<br /> ViesVe broug"t OUr case to Vie Conservation Colimission and they have refused to discuss any
<br /> - o�ir
<br /> �f tfie issues
<br /> we have raised.sed, We have brou g i.it our case to you, and you have given us y ,
<br /> W - • h only action of conse Eye ce {� to this point, is that of Mr.
<br /> ,� salified support, However the y g p
<br /> u r tion of the Conservation Co-nmi ssion instituted a new po l icy,
<br /> w
<br /> hritenour h as,w i th the coop
<br /> era
<br /> tion
<br /> the re occurence of the same mistakes that have victimized us.
<br /> and a neer form intended to prevent • � .
<br /> a particularly cu lari the fre i nd l and personal concern shown to Lis
<br /> We sincerely thank you far your Support, i v y . ,
<br /> find ourselves in ossesion of an Enforcement order requiring us to
<br /> Nano Caffyn. However we still [ p . .
<br /> �y �
<br /> we covered with some brush to its `former condition1l, and
<br /> restore a 20 year old dump, part of which ,
<br /> facing
<br /> fines of up to
<br /> $20,000 a day and/or possible im pri sonment.
<br /> o be filed led in Su erior Court a ainst the Town of iVlashpee citi
<br /> ng
<br /> Therefore we have prepared a claim t p g
<br /> Barring mutuall agreeable settlement, we will file thi s
<br /> its Chief Executive officers as defendants. a g a Y g
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<br /> claim on April 1. 1994.) . We will present our case based on your public statements to whit: Nancy
<br /> . ,t - "We made an error, and now we're asking these
<br /> Caffyn. This is extremely unfair. . .
<br /> Mr. Vaccaro. ,
<br /> eo le to pay a lot of money to correct it.
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<br /> we will ask for damages, 1• Compensatory damages i'n the vicinity of $20,000 . 2 . Damages for
<br /> • hter in the first 6 weeks of her life has attended now 2
<br /> ain and suffering. Consider that our daug
<br /> hearing, 3 trips to Barnstable S�iperior Court,
<br /> Selectmenis meeting, one Conservation Commission ear g, p
<br /> It tions with other town employees. What a way to start a life.
<br /> 2 lawyer meetings, and endless co n s u a
<br /> " damages in the amount of $1,000,000.00 . The court will ask us to prove a egregious
<br /> 3, Punitive of
<br /> d only the words of our employees 1. Nancy Caffyn citing instances
<br /> misconduct. `I1le nee y Y
<br /> " - ll it, .Joyce Mason's
<br /> inappropriate applications of the Wetlands Act, or the failure lure to ap y Y
<br /> experience, nearly identical to our own, but worse, wherein she was forced under penalty of law to plant
<br /> • B' Nuck related to us how in the building
<br /> of two houses in
<br /> poison ivy on her property. 3. ill a
<br /> - - - � was tinder jurisdiction
<br /> Popponesset having the same relationship to a resource areal one ,
<br /> J m n 'fforrner town em to ee), has related to us t �' a us
<br /> and one was not. 4. Don er y P y
<br /> • with !r Sherman that led to the conviction of Mr. Sherman
<br /> circumstances of his confrontation wi
<br /> on charges of criminal trespass-.
<br /> • - has, in ears past, presented
<br /> We have luckily, been able to find a lawyer to help us . He a , �+
<br /> ' y► - lives, or works here, he has no interest
<br /> hundreds of cases in Mashpee
<br /> Toerun Na[l, Since he no longer li ,
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<br /> in p g rotecti�# a working relationship with town officials, and lie w(I'll l be
<br /> dedicated to our interests
<br /> exclusively. -
<br /> • - - leaving that amount of time for a negotirAted
<br /> We will not file this claim until April 1, 19961 g
<br /> settlement. There are any number of alternatives which we could live with, but all of them involve
<br /> the town is com letely at fault f and that we
<br /> two conditions: I. Since you yourse lVe s have stated that p
<br /> . l costs � fir. Dini�io su�ges'h�dh) . 2, Assurances
<br /> clearIV acted i n good faith, the town sh ori ld bear all � t
<br /> - ted actions against us 1 other than that
<br /> must be given, in writing, protecting us from any further unwarran
<br /> we are open to all suggestions.
<br /> Jessica Laue
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