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‘Debate’ reveals Bogdan, Dobellediffer in views on Rte. 7 bypassBy Grier HornerPittsfield elects a mayor tomorrow. choosing from candidates with positions so similar that their first major disagreement surfaced only this weekend. It was over where the proposed Route 7 bypass should 60-Evan S'. Dobelle asserted that if the bypass goes through the city as planned, it destroys us. Ideally, he said, it should bypass the city entirely. Failing that, it should go east of General Electric or west of Berkshire Community College, Dobelle said.Albert A. Bogdan said a scaled - down version of the road should be built essentially where planned in order to make the Nut man downtown revitalization program work and give the city a viable urban core. The Dobelle approach, he charged, would mean years of delay without solving the city's traffic problems.said it engages in consultingwork for hospitals, business and schools.Drawing a paper fr«m an inside pocket, he said. 1 can take the heal very well, too.*’ .The paper, signed in 1971 by the city clerk, certified that a business is being conducted at Dobelle's home. 114 Ridge Avc.. under the title of Wilmington. Stonewall Associates.Under state law. anyone opening a business in other than his own name must file the type of certificate Dobelle produced.Dobelle left unanswered the question of who his clients are. When Ally. Andrea f-\ Nuciforo or Eagle Cafe owner Nicholas M. Mele ran for office, they weren’t asked to disclose their clients or patrons, he said, adding that it is a confidential matter.to recommend merger as a money-saving device. Dobelle said he was '•totally confused I by the matter and would make up his mind in the voting booth.Dobelle declared. This slate is bankrupt. I will enter no more agreements where we put up the money and wait for repayment from the state. he saidAsked how he could reconcile his past record of fighting for human needs with his pledge of las stabilization. Bogdan said that taxes are so high they are forcing people to sell their homes. That is a human need.Pittsfield altogether or be built east of General Electric or west of Berkshire Community College. .....Too many communities have been destroyed by roads that don’t work. I don't want it going through Pittsfield unless there is overwhelming evidence in its favor.” Dobelle said.Bogdan, who once supported the road as planned, is seeking modification of the bypass to eliminate its massive interchanges. replacing them with grade crossings like those on the Lenox bypass.Years of delay'Bogdan‘pleased’HiHcrest is clientUp to cityThe differences on the bypass came to light in the waning moments of a long, hard campaign after Dobelle was asked to com-It was learned yesterday that Hillcrest Hospital had been a client of Dobelle's this summer. Officials queried there told a reporter that Dobelle performed publicity work for the hospital s fund drive for about five weeks.In response to another question. Dobelle said if he found aBogdan said he was very pleased” with Council President John F. Fraser's endorsement and Dobelle said he “took it for what it was.Dobelle said the city encounters difficulty attracting new business because of the excessively high cost of doing business in Massachusetts.Bogdan twice during the evening called on the city to control our own destiny ... the design of our community,” This isn't beine dono now. he said.Bogdan said the Route bypass that Dobelle held forth as a possible alternative isn't even under consideration and would mean '‘years and years of delay, as would any other new route,Delay would increase pressures to turn more and more quiet residential streets into heavy traffic routes — a fate that has already befallen Holmes Road and Springside Avenue and is about to happen to Valentine Road. Such changes hurt neighborhoods and can drive people from the cite. BnpdansaiH.
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The Berkshire Eagle
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, US
Mon, Nov 05, 1973
Page 33
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