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Secret asbestos removal

April 11th, 2007 by Wendi Lewis

In April 2007, the LA Weekly reported that answers were still needed for a number of important questions regarding downtown developer Meruelo Maddux Properties, Inc., accused of illegally dumping asbestos-tainted material. Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo filed criminal charges against the developer in the matter.

Questions raised by the LA Weekly included:

Why charge the president of the company, John Charles Maddux, and not CEO Richard Meruelo, whose Merco Group is listed on documents filed with the county as the site owner of the property at 1060 North Vignes Street, where Meruelos company, Meruelo Maddux Properties, illegally demolished seven industrial structures last year?
Where did Meruelo Maddux haul the highly regulated toxic debris?
And, finally, why is Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa refusing to acknowledge what appears to be a troubling pattern of behavior by Meruelo, downtowns largest landowner and Villaraigosas largest campaign contributor who recently was charged in a separate case involving building- and health-code violations, including rat infestation, at the Seventh Street Produce Market?

The Weekly says little is known about the vanished toxic debris, except that it was substantial and it was hauled away by successive truckloads over several days in November 2005.

Tags: asbestos, LA Weekly, Los Angeles, Meruelo Maddux Properties, Rocky Delgadillo

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