[CPEO-MEF] Middletown Anchorage property (RI) housing

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Town cries foul; says GMH misled it on property deal

Town officials say that GMH knew about contamination on the Anchorage property.


BY KIA HALL HAYES
ProvidenceJournal (RI)
October 28, 2005

MIDDLETOWN -- Informed of elevated soil-contamination levels in the
Anchorage property, town officials said the Navy and GMH Military
Housing aren't acting in good faith.

In the latest maneuver surrounding the sale of the Anchorage property,
the town voted on Tuesday to hire lawyers from Hinckley, Allen & Snyder
to review several areas where officials say they've been slighted.

After the state Department of Environmental Management informed Church
Community Housing Corporation about elevated soil contamination in the
development, town officials asked GMH to reduce the price on the 28-acre
property off Coddington Highway.

"If they don't want to have to deal with it, they don't have to buy it,"
said GMH regional manager Robert Rulli.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.projo.com/eastbay/content/projo_20051028_mngmh28.2a8b048.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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