William J. Ward
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William J. Ward Ward
The lawyer for the landowners, William J. Ward, said the collusion allegations were a smokescreen to divert attention from the troubled agency's own problems. He added that the S.C.C. has proposed almost 12 schools for Union City and they have only built 3 and that the Lopezes had ample evidence that what the agency proposed often did not actually happen. . Ward, citing another reason for skepticism about any school's being built on the site, also said that the agency had sent a similar letter of interest involving the site of the Lopez family's former home, next to the lot in dispute, but it had never followed through, despite efforts over the last three years to get the state agency to make an offer.