Wednesday, October 2, 2013

McGlynn Perpetrates a FRAUD on the Voters

DEAR READERS,
MY 'FRIEND' CAROLYN ROSEN WAS GOING TO HAVE ME ASK QUESTIONS OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.  MY QUESTION IS, WHY IS THERE EVEN A SCHOOL COMMITTEE DEBATE WHEN THERE IS NOT ONE SINGLE OPPONENT FACING THE INCUMBENTS.   (AND a candidate noted to me that the School Committee forum is a big waste of time. Ya think they are going to be honest with the citizens in that setting?  Please...don't insult the intelligence of the residents of Medford)

 
But what I will be speaking about next week at the City Council is the conflict of McGlynn being the Chair of Ward 2 and the funny business the 26 year incumbent engages in during the process.
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Dear Press, Media and Candidates:

In 2011 a candidate allegedly won the coin toss and was DENIED the right to be the last speaker at the Candidate's Night For Medford.

Anthony D'Antonio allegedly WON the coin toss (they picked a number out of a box; D'Antonio picked #2, which means he goes second to open and second - or last - to address the crowd), and the chance to speak last was allegedly stolen from him by both the Medford Democratic City Committee and its "Chair" of Ward 2, Michael J. McGlynn. Talk about a CONFLICT OF INTEREST!

McGlynn wants his "crescendo" and the opponent, D'Antonio, was
visibly upset with his opening statement after Rosen had bullied the candidate so that Rosen's alleged candidate, McGlynn, would benefit.

D'Antonio speaks:
"What happened is this, and I explained this to people, so it is nothing new. When I got the letter (with rules about the candidates' night), it said no political paraphernalia on the premises.  McGlynn had 50 sign holders, I adhered to the rules. We went into Room 207, I was #2 (picking the number), McGlynn was #1.  I go second  to open and I close the debate.  All of a sudden Carolyn comes up to me and says "in the interest of fairness, we're going to have you go second to close."   (journalist: I call this the interest of unfairness. Isn't McGlynn a chair of this alleged committee??)

That TV3 showed biased and called D'Antonio a "scoundrel" on a blog (a violation of 501c3 rules as a staffer wrote it) and denied air time to the D'Antonio DVD, is just more evidence that McGlynn is unethical and uses a number of underhanded, slimy tactics to bully his way back into office without the support of the 56,000 residents of this city.

D'Antonio told Rosen that McGlynn has his people lined up around the room to cheer for McGlynn.  "They changed the format for him."

D'Antonio calls the cheering section the McGlynn "Crescendo"
It was allegedly a fraud perpetrated by the Medford Undemocratic City and Ward Committees which I am going to discuss at the City Council on October 9.

Last night, 10/1/13 at 9:42 PM, I received this information from
Ms. Rosen:
We took the Medford Transcript, a member of the Chamber and a union representative for the city council forum, all 3 of which represents a cross section of the city as a different group and we chose a parent involved in the PTO for the School Committee forum.

A UNION PERSON DOES NOT REPRESENT THE 56,000 CITIZENS OF MEDFORD   After reading the Medford Transcript, is there any doubt the weekly paper is in McGlynn's back pocket?
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In other words, it is in the bag for Michael J. McGlynn again.

As the courts have ruled a public access TV host is a LEGITIMATE JOURNALIST, Carolyn Rosen, a guest multiple times ON my program, VISUAL RADIO, is bullying the public and bullying me by not allowing YOU, dear citizen, to have a legitimate journalist on the panel.

Demarest v. Athol/Orange and the Rights of Citizen Journalists

williamahuston.blogspot.com/.../demarest-v-atholorange-and-rights-of.ht...
Jun 13, 2013 - Don't look for the final Decision and Order. The "Memorandum Regarding Plantiffs' Motion for a Preliminary Injunction" is what you are looking ...

Federal Judge Rules 'Amateur' Journalists Have Same Rights As Pros

www.rense.com/general20/fedjudgerulesamateur.htm
'Amateur' Journalists ... the American Civil Liberties Union, which represented plaintiff Patricia Demarest in her fight with Athol/Orange Community Television.

Judge finds public access channel's rules unconstitutional ...

www.rcfp.org › Browse Media Law ResourcesNews
Mar 13, 2002 - Everything online journalists need to protect their legal rights. ... Demarest's attorney, Bill Newman of the American Civil Liberties Union, agreed, ... Athol Orange Community Television; Media counsel: Bill Newman and Harris ...


We are going to FIGHT for this RIGHT not to have McGlynn stomp all over the media (his photo is on Inside Medford today for his buddy Pompeo & Sons  along with a campaign commercial including McGlynn and his family)


On Sunday Kathy McCabe put a blurb about McGlynn in Globe Northwest; there were at least two photos in the Medford Mercury of McGlynn on consecutive days, possibly three, and the Medford Transcript appears to be a wholly owned subsidiary of McGlynn, Inc.
See the Globe story (below) where McGlynn uses the tragedy that was the Marathon bombing - repeatedly -  to get ink in newspaper after newspaper. It is hideous that McGlynn chooses to use this for an election topic. Just ask McGlynn jumping on the swastikas painted in Medford when it was his opponent who uncovered the vandalism; McGlynn took the credit for it when it HAPPENED ON MCGLYNN'S WATCH because of dwindling efforts by City Hall to give the citizens the public safety that they need.

Nick Iovino of the Medford Transcript, a cub reporter with huge ties to McGlynn, is not objective, he's not fair, he is beholden to Nell Escobar Coakley who is beholden to McGlynn.   This reporter has a public records request that serves the public interest, showing EXACTLY how much money the Transcript gets from City Hall. As the parent company of the Transcript is in deep trouble (about 1.3 billion in debt last I read) the company - clearly - has to abide by the wishes of its sources of income. This is not objective reporting and Nell Coakley has personally displayed her bias to me in her office.
I wrote for - and got paid from - that company.

This reporter uncovered information on Eugene McGillicuddy who was appointed by Governor Deval Patrick to be on the Medford Housing Authority Board of Directors. He was removed AFTER my video camera uncovered his relationship to McGlynn and only after I reported it to the Governor.  State Rep Paul Donato was in his usual "flabbergasted" state (Donato just LOVES that word), and that was before we uncovered pertinent information on Robert A. Maiocco, which - allegedly - is the reason Maiocco is no longer running after
30 years of selfishness by and from Maiocco.

Now for conflicted Carolyn Rosen to get what she wants on the Greenline she must keep a real reporter from being on the panel asking the pertinent questions of city government.

This is because Ms. Rosen, who is not an attorney and who recently lost her suit in court regarding the Greenline, tells me to my face that she is a friend and behind the scenes she caves in to the pressure from those she allegedly feels are going to do her the most political good for her pet projects.  Wonder what the political price is to NOT have a legitimate journalist on the panel?     Is there "horse trading" going on if legitimate questions are shielded to protect a coward like
Michael J. McGlynn?

The shame of it is that Ms. Carolyn Rosen was victimized and bullied by TV3, yet no one in this community will stand up for the consumer because Michael McGlynn BENEFITS from the nonsense.  McGlynn BENEFITS with no public access, with a media blackout, and with a Medford Democratic City Committee that he is part of wagging the other candidates to do the 26-year incumbents' bidding.

I will be doing a TV special on this reprehensible situation created by Michael J. McGlynn's involvement in the Medford Democratic City and Committees  http://medforddems.org/

In other words, Rosen has a committee chair for Ward 2, Michael J. McGlynn, deciding who the people are who will question the candidates for Mayor.  It is a huge conflict of interest that Rosen and her Undemocratic Committee are participating in.

The mayoral and School Committee forum will be held on Oct. 16, beginning at 7 p.m. in Alden Chambers at City Hall.

Candidates will be asked questions by guest panelists, who will include a representative from the Medford Transcript and Robin Baker, a Medford parent of a recent MHS graduate and manager of Community Performances & Partnerships at the Celebrity Series of Boston.

EXHIBIT A
The Official page of the Medford Democratic City Committee
Mission
The Medford Democratic city and ward committees make up the local arm of the Democratic Party. Throughout the year, the committees work to support Democratic candidates, register voters, and spread the message of Democratic values in our city.
Description

City Committee Co-Chairs: Rep. Paul Donato RepDonato38@aol.com and Nancy White nanciedenise@aol.com

Ward Chairs:
Ward 1 Kevin Shea 
Ward 2 Mayor Michael McGlynn 
Ward 3 Dr. William Wood 
Ward 4 Sharon Guzik 
Ward 5 Michael DiBenedetto 
Ward 6 Dr. Christopher Quaye 
Ward 7 Brian Chamberlain 
Ward 8 Maxim Weinstein 
 
EXHIBIT B  Sunday Sept. 29
http://www.bostonglobe.com/staff/mccabe


“The Campbell family has been very generous,” said Mayor Michael McGlynn, who accepted the van during a recent ceremony. “They love the fact that their daughter graduated from Medford High.”


From: "carolynrosen@comcast.net" 
To: Joseph Viglione 
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 1:07 PM
Subject: Medford Democratic Candidates Night Forums

Dear Joe:

This email is to address your request to participate in the Medford Democratic Candidates’ Night forums. As the appointed Chairperson, I would like to give you a little information about the history of the forum. The Candidates Night committee has not yet issued its invitation to journalistic institutions or candidates at this time until final dates and details around the election have been confirmed.

That action is usually at the end of August or early September. We first put out a save the date letter to candidates to see if the candidates wish to show up. We then issue invitations to the press.

The committee’s goal is to put on a forum with an impartial panel made up of journalistic institutions of which we understand you are a part. You are welcome to participate as long as the editor of the Medford Patch agrees.
We can only use you in the School Committee forum since you have all ready publicly admitted to close friends in the city council race. You must make sure that the editor understands that we can only use you on the School Committee forum, and possibly the Mayoral forum.
You are always welcome to film the forums if you would like to participate in that fashion instead.   (Carolyn wants free volunteer film work from me.  No thank you. JV)

Sincerely yours,
Carolyn Rosen
Chairperson
Medford Democratic Candidates Committee

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