tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post5421383384992935709..comments2024-03-28T17:55:31.180-04:00Comments on The Gossips of Rivertown: More About the Dog AttackCarole Osterinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-38173076938406173862011-12-03T11:16:04.503-05:002011-12-03T11:16:04.503-05:00Is there anyone among us who can remember all the ...Is there anyone among us who can remember all the way back to 2010?<br /><br />Not long ago pit bulls were a huge problem at the former Hudson Terrace apartments (apparently called the Half Moon Terrace nowadays). <br /><br />The change in ownership to the Evergreen Partners and Principle Partner Charles Allen did not alter the policy that banned dogs in the apartments, at least according to the Hudson Terrace management office following dog complaints that began in 2009. <br /><br />The manager had denied at the time that any dogs were on the premises, contrary to what everyone knew to be the case. <br /><br />One tenant who walked his two pit bulls off leash evaded the HPD for an entire year, though his customary walk took him the same route nearly every day at about the same time. <br /><br />After the apartments were emptied of tenants in preparation for renovations, environmental quality inspectors first entering the residences were shocked to find abandoned pets, including dogs, either running loose or left in cages. <br /><br />Today, now that the tenants seem to be acquiring new dogs albeit small ones, we can be assured that pit bulls will follow. The menace will invariably return to the First Ward, though it may not be a problem right now.<br /><br />I predict that one day concerned citizens will be banding together and writing letters to Evergreen Partners in South Portland, Maine. After they discover the surprising level of hostility towards them from the apartments' local managers, they will feel safer acquiring a P.O. box for the purpose. But they will get nowhere. Evergreen sticks by their management company whose unstated policy turns a blind eye.south bay task forcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05907237557662655233noreply@blogger.com