Dear Councilor:
Comcast
and Verizon are CC'd in this e mail to put them on notice that City
Hall has failed to respond to a request for financial documents
regarding monies paid to Comcast and Verizon by Cable TV subscribers.
Formal requests will be written to the cable providers to intercede on
behalf of their customers, Third Party Beneficiaries
to the contracts the City holds with them, and that the recent election
was tainted by the city DENYING the residents public access while the
City Solicitor feigns ignorance regarding documents the public has a
right to inspect.
I
kindly request that you tell the City Solicitor that the documents from
Century Bank - and possibly Brookline Bank (where I believe MCC also
has or had an account) be delivered to me immediately. IF Solicitor
Rumley is not in possession of those documents, now city property, he is
being negligent. The job of the
solicitor is to legally protect the community. He's the lawyer, not
me. So why am I doing his job for him? And paying the city $25.00 when
we've all paid too high a price for a service that CITY is OBLIGATED to
give us, but refuses to give us because the Mayor - McGlynn - does not
want the public utilizing a free speech platform.
I
kindly request the council put pressure on the Mayor's office and on
the City Solicitor to get those documents I have already paid for and
deliver them to me, as required by law.
This
"Mickey the Dunce" act by Solicitor Rumley has worn thin and is
unbecoming of a long-time city solicitor. It's a damn disgrace is what
it is. I am copying this e mail to government oversight in Boston and
filing a formal complaint on Mr. Rumley for ducking his responsibilities
when it comes to valuable public records requests time after time after
time. This nonsense has gone on for 11 years or more and it is time
we citizens draw the line in the sand and tell these public servants
that they are being paid to work for us, not the other way
around.
The
revelation last night that MCC utilized the Century Bank prior to the
Dissolution of the corporation, and City Hall's failure to provide me
those documents after an official public records request, is troubling.
The Feb. 10, 2008 "Rumley Report" may also note Brookline Bank as another bank Medford Community Cablevision, Inc. utilized. The question is: how many banks did MCC TV3 use, and where is the money?
Now
that Solicitor Rumley knows which bank, he has an obligation to the
citizens to get the information that I requested so that this troubling
pattern of alleged malfeasance at Pop Warner and West Medford Hillside
Little League and Medford Community Cablevision, Inc. can be
addressed. If we know about financial problems at 3 Medford entities,
it begs the question, how many more non-profits and/or social groups
such as these are not
being honest with the people funding these businesses?
The
comment at the Council last night that TV3 might be "holding something
over the head of the Mayor" (paraphrased) - that there might be
extortion going on, is not a new one. People have whispered about the
possibility for years - that the former "president" of Medford Community
Cablevision, Inc, Francis R. Pilleri, Jr., son of a former Cambridge
cop, might have information that would be damaging to the 26-year
incumbent.
Too
many people have been hurt by the viciousness of Medford Community
Cablevision, Inc. I also am appalled, but not surprised, when Councilor
Camuso distances himself from the individual who is now charged with a
false bomb threat. Again Camuso steps in it saying you can't paint the
entire TV3 with a broad brush. The Council rules do not allow for a
proper rebuttal - here is the truth:
1)MCC
TV3 engaged in conspiracy. Pilleri put out a "Karl Rove" style agenda,
which was to hurt and humiliate the community so that people would be
too afraid to ask questions, and the board meetings because, as we've
been told by former board members, sessions to plot and plan on the
destruction of the critics of the now dissolved corporation
2)Pilleri
and his webmaster and the staff and the board of directors were all on
the same page, working in concert. Camuso knows this as he is a
co-conspirator. For Camuso to open his mouth last night and remove all
doubt about that, on record, at a council meeting, is just more evidence
if the citizens decide to file a Class Action suit. Let Paul A. Camuso
be a co-defendant since there is evidence that Councilor Camuso was not
only heavily involved in TV3, he also - magically - got very little
criticism and all the air time he wanted. Quid Pro Quo Paul is exactly
what cable TV subscribers were dealt. Camuso wasn't just attempting to
distance TV3 from the individual arrested for a false bomb threat,
Camuso was attempting to distance himself from a tainted individual that
Camuso was tightly aligned with.
The
documents I requested - and paid for - were denied me. City Solicitor
Mark E. Rumley did not do his due diligence. Now that we know that
Century Bank was at least one of the banks used, the Solicitor has a
moral obligation to this community to request those documents. If he
doesn't receive them, the Solicitor must audit Frank Pilleri, Ron
DeLucia, Harvey Alberg, Art Deluca and the staff of TV3, and must give
the information to the police department and the office of the District
Attorney.
Key
is the salaries MCC TV3 claims they paid a part time worker. $45,000
or so for a fellow who showed up at 7 PM and left at 9 PM, if he showed
up at all, a worker who spent more time harassing people on the internet
than facilitating programming, is a huge red flag. If Solicitor Rumley
follows the salaries paid out he will find the smoking gun. He knows
that. Mark Rumley is a smart man, He is - clearly - not doing his job
and we know full well that the Mayor has conspired with the City
Solicitor to deny the citizens the public access TV that we pay for.
Access
TV could have been operating October 1 to November 5, in time for the
election. RCN broadcast shows for me without a brick and mortar
station. I have the knowledge, and Mark Rumley knows I have the
knowledge, and the City of Medford willfully and maliciously took our
monies and withheld public access so the 26 year incumbent could dictate
to the citizens how he wants to run this city.
Elected
officials need to do the right thing and get to the bottom of this.
This Mayor accepts no responsibility for West Medford Hillside Little
League, Steve Cloutier's failed Pop Warner and MCC TV3, yet the Mayor's
cousin was the lawyer for two of the three entities that allegedly
cheated the public.
I
demand those bank records denied the citizens; financial records,
transactions, that were funded by our hard work and payments to cable TV
providers.
Mr. Rumley is behaving more like Frank Pilleri every day, and the citizens are damn tired of it.
Sincerely,
