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Jerry Lane, a 47-year old Central Square resident, has his own theory about the decline of the Square. Lane is the president of the Rothman's Tenant Unit, a tenants' rights organization organized solely for occupants of rent-controlled buildings owned by George Rothman, who Lane jokingly calls both "Mr. Central Square" and "a snake." According to Lane, Rothman "is a powerful man who can do almost anything" and has, Lane says, impeded the drive for tenants' rights in his buildings through his influence peddling...
...Sarah Rothman (a pseudonym) inherited her grandfather's lucrative watch repair business as a young and inexperienced girl-"What I went through, I don't know why I'm living that long, I'm telling your. I broke plenty of watches." But gaining experience, she acquired a sense of independence; after she emigrated to the United States, she asserted her independence by marching on picket lines and getting an illegal abortion. Rose Soskin was only 13 when a 35-year-old Polish doctor decided he would marry her. "In the Old Country, when a doctor wants to marry...
...there is Thai food. Elvis Presley's manager, Colonel Tom Parker, demands branch water from an arcane spring in the Ozarks for his bourbon. The Allman Brothers get collard greens and Coors beer. For British groups, there is Irish ale and a stock of their favorite Dunhill and Rothman cigarettes...
Building owner George Rothman and representatives of McDonald's and the City Building Department, although invited by the city clerk to testify, did not appear at last night's meeting...
Both Pedro and Michael Goldberg, a legal advisor to the tenants group, questioned the legality of the demolition permit which the City Building Department issued to building owner Rothman last year. The permit must be issued to the legal property owner and Rothman's rights to the land were suspect, they said...