Mick Gatto offer refused by Victoria bushfire devastated town Marysville

• Mick Gatto's fire offer may be accepted
• Has offered to help build aid centre
• Earlier report had him turned down

VICTORIA'S former top cop Christine Nixon denies she is blocking an offer by Melbourne identity (Drug Lord - did we forget about this fact??? !!! ???) Mick Gatto to help build a large aid facility in Marysville.

Ms Nixon, who now heads the state's bushfire reconstruction authority, says she is aware of the offer and had asked her colleagues to investigate the legitimacy of it before proceeding.

She said "of course'' the offer from Mr Gatto to build the facility as part of the temporary village in Marysville was being considered.

"This is about an offer that was made to the community,'' Ms Nixon said.
Mr Gatto welcomed the news that his offer was still on the table.

"Well that's great,'' he told ABC Radio.

Mr Gatto said he had been contacted by Melbourne crime writer and former public relations manager Robin Bowles after his recent Country Fire Authority fundraiser and asked to assist Marysville residents by building the shed to distribute aid items.

"The winter is coming on and the people up there are freezing cold,'' Mr Gatto said.

"They really need this stuff ASAP and it's stored in a facility about 10km to 15km out of the city and it's not accessible.

"It's got no walls and its open to the weather.''

Mick Gatto was charged with murder before being acquitted over the 2004 shooting death of underworld hitman Andrew Veniamin.

"We are managing the village, and we wanted to make sure that if someone was offering something that we were responsible for, that village, that it was a legitimate offer and when that was going to be delivered so we could take it into account.''

Ms Nixon flatly denied she was letting her former interests as a police chief commissioner intrude into her current role as the head of the bushfire reconstruction authority.

news.com.au 6 May 2009

Mick Gatto is a Drug Lord, who produces and distributes drugs that in some instances kill people.

He killed his competitor, and 'got away with it'.

The police know his moves, are aware of his illegal activities, yet have done NOTHING about it, and have let this criminal roam free in society.

Organised crime in Australia, has influences in the very top level of the police and judicial system.