Interesting that you included the information that John McDaid operator of the blog "Hard Deadlines" also "held a counterprotest" but did not include a single word about what this counter protest might have consisted of. Additional information would be most appreciated. Thanks!

Thank-you mark for your comment. Yes, more information about the counter protest will be coming in a second article, which will be posted later this weekend.

I was pleased to be there in support of my neighbors, and as a part of the state delegation, will do what is necessary to ensure that the health of they and their children, are protected. Thank you all for your warm greetings and thanks!

Best,
Dan

The children would also like to remain safe on the school buses Dan. How about you show up down there with some of your construction trucks and take the junk dirt right back to Fairhaven. That would in fact be heroic and the right thing to do.

Stoney,
Dan has no construction trucks.

Concerned Portsmouth Residents,
In case Dan told any of you he could feel your pain as a resident of Island Park, he rents the house/office he lives in and so can easily move to another rented house or apartment. I'm not saying he is not concerned about you, I am just stating the issue might not be as personal to him as you might think.

Robert this must be false. Every construction company has a truck or two. Does he keep them at his property?

Stoney,
Not false. You can easily look up Dan's company, Alliance Building Contractors, get the address, which coincidently, is his rented home address, and take a drive by. Nothing there. Also, the Connecticut location listed on the business filings is also lacking any heavy equipment.
How many minutes till this post is deleted? Any thoughts? I'm thinking 7 or 8 minutes. Hard to believe what I am writing is so offensive as to be removed almost immediately.

Also, I saw that you own rentals in Portsmouth, are you Dan's landlord?

The rally held today was not about Dan Gordon, his construction company, where he lives or who his landlord is. The residents of Island Park do not really care. What we do care about is our health and well being. That is what the rally was about. Keeping our children and families safe. DEM and The Town of Portsmouth are allowing increased levels of toxins to be brought to this site with no regard for the residents who live here. This is wrong and must be stopped. So please if you have a comment that is worthwhile, please post. If not, please keep your unncessary comments to yourself.

FYI - There were well over 50 residents who attended this rally today. The correct number should read in excess of 100 people.

Lori,
I realize what the rally was about, I really do. My comment is worthwhile. I am going to try to write this in a way that does not upset anyone and subsequently get deleted.
If someone offers an opinion and states that their opinion is valid and informed because of specific experience and that experience turns out to be fabricated, then the opinion is not an informed opinion. Hypothetically speaking, if we had a representative who claimed to own a hair salon, but there really was no salon, just a name, had no wife, no husband, no partner, no equipment, no license, no kids, no house, no college education and no history in town, what does that person bring to the table? Would it bother you that the salon owner fibbed about owning a salon? Not all elected officials have kids, but I don't think that means they can't make informed decision about matters effecting kids.

I would like to think all our reps and senators bring something to the table. It does not appear that my hypothetical hair salon owners does. That is why my comment is worthwhile.

And, the DEM should not allow AP Enterprises to recap the former landfill with higher levels of normally-occurring arsenic.

Robert Johnson, stoney larue, enough with the sour grapes. You lost the election, get over it.
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To the families in Island Park . Don't let them dump this toxic fill in your back yards. The DEM is wrong, again. John Mcdaid is looking for a head line and publicity for his blog. The soil is not suited for placement along side homes and recreation areas. The people I know support your efforts.

I am VERY PROUD of our turn out.Remember our mission KEEP ARSENIC OUT OF ISLAND PARK. If anyone would like to donate to help with our legal fees. Please send what you can to Island Park Landfill Committee P.O. Box 196 Portsmouth R.I. 02871. THANK YOU ALL

Funny, Joe, how every time Dan Gordon's Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Alliance Building Contractors of Connecticut is mentioned, you tell us that Dan won the election. I would think you would defend your friend Dan by posting a place where we could verify the business and its SDVOSB status. Or perhaps post his contractors license number, which, by the way, if he had one would be public information. Give him some free publicity.
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I disagree with John McDaid's view on this, but he certainly did not choose his view as a publicity stunt.

I don't think the town should be accepting any arsenic laced soil. The landfill probably has enough
poison in it already. I understand what Mr. Mcdade is saying but I know I wouldn't want this in my back yard. Robert Johnson it sounds like something is amiss with Mr.Gordon. It is probably a paper work mistake or a liberal conspiracy. Do Mr. Gordon and his wife live in Island Park?
Do his kids attend the town schools or are they educated privately? I can't find much info about him. I know he had said he would have his own website by mid January but I can't find it.

hey whats your fake name? your being questioned again? day 17?

JimL(not real name) what are you talking about. Please try to keep on the topic!. I know if I lived in the Island Park area I would be very upset by this.

I have lived in Island Park, and i have friends who live and raise kids in the park. what's missing here is the point that this is not just the park, depending on how the wind blows it effects Vahalla, the other side of Park ave,Common Fence Point.This is the park getting dumped on by someone slideing by.Hey why mess around, just dump it at Hathaway school so the kids get direct contact,not just windblown.See how fast it gets fixed then. Day 18 no answer

Does anyone know why I can't get to the Dan Gordon's Alliance Building Contractors website?

Robert i know he was saying that he was going to have one up for his constituents by mid January. I haven't seen it yet. Maybe he is just to busy with the company and the wife and kids.

Stoney, Sorry I wasn't clear. His Connecticut incorportated company's website, Alliance Building Contractors is gone. It appears someone else has noticed that our esteemed Rep. Gordon bids only on government contracts. However, I think as that person looks past the website, they will find nothing. By the way, does anyone know what Dan's attendance record is like up at the House?

I did see an interesting article on the RI future website a few weeks ago. It seems as if a liberal whacko is questioning the credibility of our esteemed rep. I am sure that Dan and his people will get it all figured out. I am sure that he is just busy doing his contracting and bidding on new jobs to replace all the finished ones.

Stoney, Check out Joe Souza's comments on the Tiverton patch.

The Fairhaven ,Massachusetts soil could have arsenic in it if it came from the Atlas Tack superfund site in Fairhaven . The DEM said the dirt from Fairhaven came from a gas station .If in fact they know where it came from where did the dirt from Bay Street in Tiverton go ? Where did the sand and dirt from the 2003 Buzzards Bay oil spill in Fairhaven go ? The DEM should look into that bankrupt company Envirologic from New Hampshire .I heard the guy who was the LSP, licensed site professional for that company had his license pulled in New Hampshire while he was working in Rhode Island