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  Battle over contamination at Watchtower site in Warwick

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  http://www.recordonline.com/article/20151214/news/151219671.

  battle over contamination at watchtower site in warwick.

  by hema easley .

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  Prior to beginning construction, the WTS was well aware that the Warwick site had soil contamination.

  From the 2009 Final Scoping Document:
  

  E.2.e. Potential soil contamination; the applicant desires to reference potential soil contamination information from the previously approved DEIS for The King’s College. An Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) was performed by The Kings College and some of the noted areas of concern were mitigated. Further work was done on the site by Touro College under their ownership. Another ESA was performed for Watchtower when the property was purchased. To some extent, the current information disclosed in the ESA should be referenced in this section. The ESAs should be included in an Appendix to the DEIS and the location of any remaining areas of concern should be shown on a plan included in the document. Any additional mitigation should be noted in section E.2.i.

  From the 2012 Findings Statement:
  

  An Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) conducted on the site indicated a number of areas of concern including former underground storage tanks, potential subsurface contamination due to waste sewerage piping, potential subsurface contamination due to filter sand beds from the sewage treatment plant in a nearby wooded area, the sewage treatment plant, a former drum storage area and potential subsurface contamination due to historic operations at the former INCO facility. There are four areas of potential soil contamination contamination that are identified on the site. Each of these four areas will be remediated prior to the start of site construction.
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  Battle over contamination at Watchtower site in Warwick

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  http://www.recordonline.com/article/20151214/news/151219671.

  battle over contamination at watchtower site in warwick.

  by hema easley .

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  BW: I tend to think that the GB are easy pray for some sales guy who appeals to personal vanities ...

  Or...they are easy prey to the "green handshake"...and to the generous donations that come back to them when they do business with wealthy JWs. Ya know...I think it is called "patronage" or something like that...
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  Battle over contamination at Watchtower site in Warwick

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  http://www.recordonline.com/article/20151214/news/151219671.

  battle over contamination at watchtower site in warwick.

  by hema easley .

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  JeffT: I do not know who they bought the land from, I'll try to find out. The news articles say they're suing International Nickel, I had assumed that's who they bought the land from, but it seems from one article they sold it in the eighties.

  Thanks, Jeff.

  There were a couple of colleges that were supposed to be built on the land in between WTS owning it and ownership by International Nickel but neither plan came to fruition (maybe they figured out that the soil was contaminated first).

  I wonder who it was that owned the land and who profited from the WTS buying it. And who was the real estate agent who pocketed the sales commission.
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  Update on everything going on in JW Land - Insider Information

  by thedepressedsoul in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'd like to start off by saying that i will be very vague in everything i say.

  i am fairly "high up" in jw land and have to be somewhat careful how i word and say stuff.

  sorry in advance if any specific details are left out.

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  thedepressedsoul: It's as if they are preparing to be financial strained.

  Or maybe...responding to the aggressive demands of an unnamed industry that needs LOTS of financial investment to keep it afloat.
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  Reveal News: How Jehovah’s Witness leaders are responding to child abuse scrutiny by Trey Bundy

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://www.revealnews.org/blog/how-jehovahs-witness-leaders-are-responding-to-child-abuse-scrutiny/.

  by trey bundy .

  december 14, 2015 .

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  Newsflash to the Governing Body:

  This story will NOT die. It is just getting started.

  Good luck...heehee. You are going to need it.
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  Battle over contamination at Watchtower site in Warwick

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  http://www.recordonline.com/article/20151214/news/151219671.

  battle over contamination at watchtower site in warwick.

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  JeffT, do you know who it was that the WTS purchased the land from? Who is named on the purchase agreement as being the seller?
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  Child Sexual Abuse and Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Rules – Part 1 of Gumshoe’s Royal Commission Series

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  child sexual abuse and jehovahs witnesses rules part 1 of gumshoes royal commission series.

  this is a fairly lengthy article describing and examining the royal commission in australia.. the author ends the article with this:.

  in general, we see, from watchtower australia, how depriving a person of fellowship was seen as a severe punishment.

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  dean: Correct me if I'm wrong but the ARC has never suggested that the WT had a policy intentionally, proactively designed to harm children as the above article suggests. I'm no fan of 'the truth' but I am a big fan of truth.

  You are right - the ARC never suggested it - this author is suggesting it.

  The author at no point claims that the ARC "suggested that the WT had a policy intentionally, proactively designed to harm children". What the article does do, though, is extrapolate that information from the testimony given.

  The author is saying "...It looks like that is the unspoken policy...". In other words - that is the impression given.

  
  

  *you are welcome, Flipper.
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  Battle over contamination at Watchtower site in Warwick

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  http://www.recordonline.com/article/20151214/news/151219671.

  battle over contamination at watchtower site in warwick.

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  http://www.recordonline.com/article/20151214/NEWS/151219671

  Battle over contamination at Watchtower site in Warwick

  By Hema Easley

  Times Herald-Record

  Posted Dec. 14, 2015 at 8:20 PM

  
  

  WARWICK - A slew of companies sued by Watchtower Bible and Tract Society say they don’t bear responsibility for contaminating the Warwick site where the religious group is building its massive world headquarters, and will therefore not pay for it.
  Watchtower, better known as Jehovah’s Witnesses, has agreed to dismiss the case against one of the companies, Vale Canada, because New York courts do not have jurisdiction over foreign businesses. Vale Canada is the parent company of International Nickel Inc., which owned the Warwick property from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s.
  The suit was filed in New York’s Southern District in June against International Nickel and 10 other companies that Watchtower says are affiliated with the mining company. Some of the companies named in the lawsuit are Inco Alloys International, Inc., Huntington Alloys Corporation, Special Metals Corporation, Precision Castparts and Inco United States.
  International Nickel had a foundry and a research-and-development operation on the site. Watchtower purchased the property in 2009.
  The companies named in the lawsuit say they either didn’t own the business, or didn’t pollute the land, or are not liable. At least one of the companies – Huntington Alloys Inc. - doesn’t exist, according to a court filing by Huntington Alloys Corporation.
  Watchtower did not return a call for comment.
  In its lawsuit, Watchtower says International Nickel ran a wastewater-treatment plant at the site to handle effluent, and also owned underground tanks to store fuel and other hazardous material.
  Watchtower claims that International Nickel discharged petroleum and oils containing polychlorinated byphenyls - or PCBs - into the wastewater treatment plant, and into the soil and groundwater, thereby contaminating the environment at the property. PCBs, which are probable human carcinogens, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, were banned in the United States in 1979.
  It isn’t clear when Watchtower discovered the contamination. It contacted the state Department of Environmental Conservation in 2012, according to the lawsuit.
  Watchtower is seeking unspecified reimbursement for the cost it has incurred in the cleanup and remediation. It is also seeking damages, restitution and attorney fees.
  Warwick Supervisor Mike Sweeton said the site has been cleaned as part of the approval process. Watchtower is building offices, apartments to house 1,000 adults, a cafeteria, a vehicle-maintenance building, an infirmary and a parking garage at the site.
  Construction is expected to be completed by the end of 2016.
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  12/13/2015 Yahoo Article about sale of NY property up to 1B$

  by Aerodynamic in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i am just posting the article link because i saw it today trolling through yahoo.

  wow!

  a billion, with a "b" is a big chunk of change.. http://news.yahoo.com/jehovahs-witnesses-could-1-billion-nyc-properties-161102417.html.

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  I made a post earlier today that I think is pertinent to this WTS NY property sale.

  I posted it on my long winded "Lorenz Reibling Real Estate" thread and I don't blame anyone for not wanting to wade through that one!

  From that thread, we know that Lorenz Reibling (and his bro Guenther) are owners of Taurus Global Investments and that both are JWs. Extremely wealthy ones.

  So...I hope you don't mind if I paste my post here...it's not that long.

  I found an interesting website.

  http://littlesis.org/

  LittleSis* is a free database of who-knows-who at the heights of business and government.
  * opposite of Big Brother
  We're a grassroots watchdog network connecting the dots between the world's most powerful people and organizations.

  A little bit of poking around turned up this information:

  • I found an interesting website.

    http://littlesis.org/

    LittleSis* is a free database of who-knows-who at the heights of business and government.
    * opposite of Big Brother
    We're a grassroots watchdog network connecting the dots between the world's most powerful people and organizations.

    A little bit of poking around turned up this information:

    http://littlesis.org/org/52635/Taurus_Capital_Partners_LLC

    And that Howard Zemsky is a Managing Partner at Taurus Capital partners LLC.

    http://littlesis.org/relationship/view/id/248745

    A little bit more poking around and I found this article published in August 2015:

    http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/2015/8/28/brooklyn-bridge-parks-pier-6-public-comment-deadline-monday

    The deadline for the public to comment to the Empire State Development Corp. (ESD) on the proposed Pier 6 development in Brooklyn Bridge Park is Monday, Aug. 31, at 5 p.m.
    The board of the ESD will have a major decision on their hands. While the city says two high-rise towers at the park’s Atlantic Avenue entrance are financially necessary and provide a spot for affordable housing, opponents – including neighborhood organizations, officials and local residents -- have presented a nearly solid wall of opposition.

    At the end of the article, we find out a little bit more about the Managing Partner of Taurus Capital LLC, a Reibling company.

    Board of Directors of the Empire State Development Corp.
    Howard Zemsky, (Ex Officio Director); Empire State Development, President and CEO; NYS Department of Economic Development, Commissioner

    Ah...I knew there was a connection between a Taurus (Reibling) man being on the Board of Directors for the Empire State Development Corp and why he would be concerned with influencing the developments around the Brooklyn Bridge.

    http://lasvegassun.com/news/2015/dec/13/jehovahs-witnesses-could-get-1-billion-for-nyc-pro/
    

    Jehovah’s Witnesses could get $1 billion for NYC properties
    

    The Witnesses' move to the town of Warwick will remove their red neon Watchtower sign from the skyline but free up hundreds of thousands of square feet in the trendy neighborhood at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge.

    And that, I guess, is how real estate business is done...

  • And just a little bit more about that park development that was such a big concern for Mr. Zemsky - Taurus Capital Partners - Managing Partner:

    http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/jehovahs-witnesses-billion-nyc-properties-35743030
    

    But both Sica and Reed said that before they leave the Witnesses should follow through on a promise to redevelop a neighborhood park, which they agreed to do in exchange for a zoning change.
    Devine said the Witnesses will fulfill the commitment to build the park "either through our efforts or through the efforts of the new owner. We won't walk away from it."
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  Child Sexual Abuse and Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Rules – Part 1 of Gumshoe’s Royal Commission Series

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  child sexual abuse and jehovahs witnesses rules part 1 of gumshoes royal commission series.

  this is a fairly lengthy article describing and examining the royal commission in australia.. the author ends the article with this:.

  in general, we see, from watchtower australia, how depriving a person of fellowship was seen as a severe punishment.

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  Child Sexual Abuse and Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Rules – Part 1 of Gumshoe’s Royal Commission Series

  This is a fairly lengthy article describing and examining the Royal Commission in Australia.

  The author ends the article with this:
  
  

  In general, we see, from Watchtower Australia, how depriving a person of Fellowship was seen as a severe punishment. Indeed, ostracism from the group has always been a standard means by which a society attempts to control the behavior of members.
  I point to an important obstruction of justice in this group’s protocols. If only one individual complained, with no witness to the act, the elders did not form a judicial committee to investigate. Since when does intimate sexual behavior have witnesses?
  I hope the Royal Commission, in its summing up, will not just say “OK, we have located the stumbling block. It was the bit about unwitnessed acts not earning a judicial committee.” I would want them to think about the possibility that such a rule was purpose-built for sexual abuse.
  As I have said elsewhere, I smell a rat, or a racket, in the entire phenomenon of church officials shielding the child abuse. Let me stick my neck out and say that we should inquire into the possibility that that the harming of children was a policy.
  Personally I suspect it was so. Hurting children was a goal, not a byproduct of some priests’ sexual addiction. At the moment that appears to be the best explanation for the very peculiar testimony that the commission is receiving from church officials on the witness stand.