What a twisted individual.
We are happy to give the public the truth this Tuesday at the City Council when we will call out Arthur Deluca and Harvey Alberg's despicable behavior on Patch for exactly what it is: retaliation against those who removed the corrupt TV3 board from Medford life.
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http://medford.patch.com/groups/joe-vigliones-blog/p/fighting-hard-for-your-access-tv-rights
TO: Issuing Authority Michael J. McGlynn
FROM: Joe Viglione, Public Access Host
RE: Medford City Council speech by JV for 1-12-13
Posted here in advance
NOTE TO THE PATCH EDITORS,
A FORMER BOARD MEMBER OF TV3 MADE A FALSE STATEMENT ABOUT MY HARD WORK ON BEHALF OF ALL MEDFORD RESIDENTS. HERE IS MY RESPONSE
The Issuing Authority failed to appropriately discuss with the community the taxpayer funded audit of the public access station in 2008 as well as the retired Judge Jackson-Thompson recommendations after two evaluation hearings. It is Issuing Authority McGlynn's obligation to do as he promised. McGlynn had a press conference and used the Jackson-Thompson hiring as a publicity stunt for himself, ignoring the real reason for the evaluation: City Solicitor Mark E. Rumley's report after a city-wide vote was scheduled for January 19, 2008 to build a new board of directors for access tv, and after that promise from city hall was counteracted, despite Mark Rumley being advised that that was exactly what the TV3 board intended to do. This is factual information regarding past events.
To his credit, Solicitor Rumley wrote an amazing report. He also noted to this writer that he realized I was working on behalf of the community. What I want to bring to the attention of the Issuing Authority, McGlynn, is an extremely inflammatory and outrageous comment on PATCH from a member of the board of TV3"P.S. Why didn't the crusading journalist who claims to be fighting for your rights not to be censored, why wasn't he willing to help others get on the channel? Wasn't he censoring you by not doing all he could to get you on it when it was within his power to do so? "
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Patch already sent out a memo not to bring the "war" to Patch, so in a civil fashion I will point out how incorrect the statement above is in a respectful way:
1)TV 3 was contractually obligated to facilitate access. That means it was the job of board members - if staff was not available - to teach computers, to loan out equipment, to provide for the services cable subscribers pay the station, or the station is in violation of its agreement. This happens all the time at real access stations - board members show up when there is no staff and professional, educated board members facilitate programming.
2)This writer, Joe Viglione, is a volunteer, award-winning access producer who is, indeed, a frequent speaker at City Council meetings where I have extended invitations to the public and to politicians to be on my weekly tv show since we were - and this is as respectful as one can politely put it - cheated out of what we pay for by a station that didn't care about the citizens.
On my program is a list of guests proving my point: City Councilor Paul A. Camuso, City Councilor Robert Penta, Council candidate Jeanne Martin, candidate Jimmy Morse, invitations out to Mark Crowley, Breanna Lungo-Koehn, Michael Marks, Rick Caraviello and others, and Medford guests ranging from 8 or more individuals no longer residing in Medford to Nick T. of Garfield Ave., Kitty Connection (brought to me via Jimmy Morse), Medford musicians, photographer Patty Saunders, Bestsellers Cafe, Cafe Buccini, etc. etc. etc. I've forgotten more residents and politicians and artists and authors from Medford than the former access station ever broadcast.
For the above referenced lie to be posted about a hard-working producer goes to the content of the character of the individual who posted it.
Now, Project Open Voice is not access TV, I had to fight to get on the Video On Demand, promised us but not delivered to us until I went to the Federal Communications Commission (as well as a colleague of mine who was actually at the FCC) and I got results most residents can't get; can't jump through the hoops one has to jump through when City Hall is intent on taking our money and censoring us.
People were invited to be on Channel 1 with me. I believe in sharing.
So, Issuing Authority, when former Cable TV Commissioner Bob Skerry tells John Byers on election day, November 5, purportedly that he believes I'm the best person to run access in the city of Medford. And since the proof of the pudding is in the eating - the evidence above and more - documented evidence that the community is welcome on my show and has appeared on my program - John Byers talking to Larry Luccino and other sports notables, Rob Gronkowski of the Patriots on Channel 1 with me, when the proof is different from the "spin" put out there by those who - despite having access to the monies - were found by Mark Rumley, by Judge Jackson-Thompson, by the auditors and by the community to be incapable of providing access TV, when the proof tells a different story, all they can do is go on the attack.
Project Open Voice is NOT public access. The "Exploding Urban Myths #2" is incorrect. MadeinMedford.com is a YouTube kind of site. In order to satisfy the FCC in the purchase of the NBC broadcast network, Comcast had to create Project Open Voice for five communities in America. Medford was the sixth afterthought. There were problems allegedly with Medford that I won't get into here, so Comcast made Medford the "test site."
A "test site" is not what cable TV subscribers deserve. The writer of the "myth" piece, Arthur Deluca, talks about fairness for the TV3 board, yet Somerville and Malden and Winchester get a product that Deluca wants to deny Medford. Why should we pay more money and get less? A "test site."
So we've exploded some fictional postings by the former board member, and let's reiterate:
1)The residents have always had me to count on as their access tv friend
Chris Donovan knows it, John Byers knows it, Joanne Codi knows it and others know it. They have approached me and they had their guests on the air. The door has always been open and Patch should be very aware that the post saying a volunteer should do the work that was the TV3 board's job - a job that I succeeded at as a volunteer but that they failed at as people contractually obligated to do so - is a post designed to inflict emotional distress and an attempt to erase a man's hard work and honest efforts on behalf of cble TV
2)Project Open Voice could shut down as early as next year. It is a three year test. The writer of that blog post being formerly on a board of directors must certainly know this.
If the former board of MCC wants to litigate against City Hall for giving a new entity a fresh start, let them. A good lawyer would probably say that lots of information would come forward in the discovery process to prove positions the citizens have in regards to access TV. In other words, I am politely and respectfully saying the city should welcome a suit from MCC. Should welcome it. Then the information the public paid for will become public record.
