News of Salem Public Hearing

Unless one is at these Salem Public Meetings, the newspaper articles will not give one to fully understand the chemistry and arguments of the entire meeting.  The articles however are a good start to get bits and pieces of what was presented by the proponents, and a few comments by the audience.

What was presented at the Salem Public Meeting by the proponents, on the discussion of traffic, does not echo what the The Secretary of State reports in the EENF :  (maybe I just don't get it )

"In addition, the project will generate an additional 5,960 average daily vehicle trips (adt) for a total of 13,292 adt and a total of 17,716 vehicle trips on an average Saturday."

Reference:  http://www.env.state.ma.us/mepa/mepacerts/2010/sc/enf/14532eenf.pdf

Lowe's battle continues

Salem News, September 17, 2010

http://z4m.cnhi.zope.net/debug/salemnews/local/x1561143134/Lowes-battle-continues

Big Box Snarls Salem meeting focus

Daily Item, September 17, 2010

http://itemlive.com/articles/2010/09/17/news/news04.txt

Lowe's Project Reveals Salem Lynn Friction
Salem Patch, September 17, 2010

http://salem.patch.com/articles/lowes-project-reveals-salemlynn-friction

Potenial Lowe's traffic issues

Boston Globe, September 17, 2010

http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/salem/2010/09/potential_lowes_traffic_issues.html

This last meeting froze and angered most at the same time.   The heat mostly took off after Salem Ward 3 Councilor Jean Pelletier caused a stir with his comments.   There were many great arguements said in opposition to this which did not make the papers (understandably).

I was not surprised when Salem Mayor Driscoll said in the Salem News (click here) not so long ago, that this deal is between 2 private parties.  But I was shocked to hear in last nights Salem Public Meeting, some of the Salem Councilors continue to repeat the same notion.   Excuse me, but there is 4 acres of Salem public land involved.