First promises were made. "Oh we're going to use the old Marshall for SWING SPACE when we build the NEW PICKERING"That will help us with the WARD 1 residents. Those people vote, you know.
Then when the proposed price for the new MARSHALL went way up, the new line was "Oh we can sell it to recoup some of the costs". That was an answer that is comforting to every Ward. "A SPOONFUL OF SUGAR HELPS THE MEDICINE GO DOWN".
Now it comes out in the ITEM last week ISD head MIKE DONOVAN says the old MARSHALL will be torn down in 2016. Why after incurring at least $92 MILLION in debt would frugal JUDY be in such a hurry to spend who knows how much to take down the building? Why just let the new owners take care of it?
Wasn't once upon a time the MAYOR a former REAL ESTATE attorney? I think there may be laws limiting the sale of CONTAMINATED land. It probably has to be cleaned up BEFORE you are allowed to SELL it.
Now I was talking to a CURRENT MARSHALL student who was DESCRIBING to me the MOLD problem. (Remember the problems at DREWICZ, the STATE came down for that one). So maybe it's not just an ASBESTOS thing. Did you ever see those guys in HAZ-MAT suits inspect for mold. This gets to be some serious stuff.
EITHER way there is a more than good chance that the school is not safe now and even with a successful bond vote we might have to play RUSSIAN ROULETTE for a little while.
Maybe that is why there is so much paranoia around this vote.
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