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"The Brockton Power project was not included on a list of plants that cleared an auction to join the New England energy marketplace.
ISO-New England released the results of its annual capacity auction on Thursday, which included three natural gas power plants in Sandwich, Mass., Bridgeport, Conn., and Burrillville, R.I. But the 350-megawatt plant project proposed by Brockton Power, a subsidiary of Swiss-based Advanced Power AG, was not included."
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"The Brockton City Council has filed a lawsuit in Plymouth County Superior Court against Mayor Bill Carpenter over the effort to bring a 350-megawatt, gas-fired power plant to the city.
The lawsuit, filed on Monday, requests a declaratory judgement to affirm the Brockton City Council's control over treated waste water that would be used as part of the Brockton Power project. The lawsuit cites a 2007 amendment of city ordinances, signed by former Mayor James Harrington, that states that sale of the water is contingent upon a two-thirds vote of the Brockton City Council."
m.enterprisenews.com/news/20160225/brock...ter-over-power-plant
The lawsuit filed by our illustrious CC seems to be requesting declaration on three points:
It looks like it's asking the judge to rule on the legality of the 2007 city ordinance amendment. Seems to me that's the key point...
Then they are asking for judge to rule that CC is not legally bound to honor the agreement to sell the water in the deal that Carpenter made with Brockton Power last year.
Lastly, the City Council's is asking the Judge to rule that Carpenter's agreement should be viewed legally as "null, void and without legal effect."
Seems this will be it? CC is hedging all its bets. Wonder how many police and teachers we could fund with the amount of money the CC spending on this fools gold lawsuit.
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embarassed to even tell anyone i live in brockton.... i can not wait to move
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Although I don't think they have a leg to stand on.
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If we all sang the same note in the choir, We'd never have harmony
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This should have been on the ballot years ago. It would have been setteled one way or the other!
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Daisy wrote: Can't a person get it on the ballot with enough signatures? If true, surprised Pro power hasn't worked this angle? If I'm misspoken, jump in! When our elected officials are not fully representing all, our government loses it democracy.
Someone had mentioned that before but I think it has to be approved by the CC... ya know, rats and cheese type of scenario.
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Capt wrote: If the CC is not representing us, why do we need them?
When did you become pro-power plant?
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Daisy wrote: Can't a person get it on the ballot with enough signatures? If true, surprised Pro power hasn't worked this angle? If I'm misspoken, jump in! When our elected officials are not fully representing all, our government loses it democracy.
Someone had mentioned that before but I think it has to be approved by the CC... ya know, rats and cheese type of scenario.
You can, but it takes a large amount of signatures. A percentage of the registered voters in the city. As I recall the percentage is higher than the number who typically vote.
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Dave, I'm somewhat neutral on the issue, but lean more towards being against it.
My statement actually referred to the CC does what it wants anyhow, so why do we need them?
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m.enterprisenews.com/article/20160411/NE...169/SHARED/160419169
"Mayor Bill Carpenter recently responded in Plymouth County Superior Court to a lawsuit filed against him by the Brockton City Council, rejecting the premise of the litigation related to the Brockton Power situation. Carpenter’s legal response, filed on March 28 by Brockton City Solicitor Philip Nessralla, undercuts several aspects of the Brockton City Council’s lawsuit, which called for a declaratory judgement to affirm the council’s control over treated waste water needed for the controversial Brockton Power project.
While the Brockton City Council lawsuit states that a 2007 city ordinance amendment gave it control over the so-called effluent water, Carpenter’s response calls it an “illegal ordinance.” Carpenter’s legal response also denies a claim made in the lawsuit, that the city’s mayor never even requested or received Brockton City Council permission to sell the effluent water. The legal response points back 16 years ago to an action by the Brockton City Council to approve the water during a prior iteration of the power plant project."
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