Statement to be read the City Council 3-18-14
85 George P. Hassett Drive
Medford, MA 02155
Dear Mark Rumley, City Solicitor
The Board TV3 made an allegedly incriminating statement on Patch this evening:
March 17, 2014 at 07:44 PM
"MCC's fiscal year ends at the end of April. We won't be able to file the papers until that happens. So don't expect anything to hit the AG's office until May." Arthur Alan Deluca, MCC Board
This statement on the Medford Patch appears to be in direct conflict with MCC President Frank Pilleri's statement in a letter (attached) where he expects this to "all go away" (Exhibit A, attached)
How is it "cooperation" when the board is stating publicly that they are NOT cooperating to get the dissolution in by April 30th, according to Deluca's statement this evening? City Council to be apprised of this on Tuesday, 3/18/14.
This is red meat for any investigator(s) from the police, to the D.A. or elsewhere, to consider, Deluca's statement as well as Pilleri's.
FROM THE AG'S OFFICE:
"I can confirm that the Division still has not received any dissolution paperwork from the organization."
March 17, 2014
Office of the Attorney General
Mr. Deluca admitted to violating the Agreement with the city when, as a TV3 board member allegedly running for Mayor, Deluca stated:
“I would want to do away with PEG channels so the money can come to the city,” said DeLuca. “You could still use that money to fund education at the high school — teach them how to put video on the Internet. We’d be freeing up the money to do other things with it.”
With initiatives like the Comcast Project Open Voice program, DeLuca said PEG access could go the way of the Internet and free up some extra dollars for the city.http://www.wickedlocal.com/x1803293478/ELECTION-2013-Arthur-DeLuca-bills-himself-as-second-best-choice-for-mayor/?tag=2
In case anyone forgets the harassment Deluca exacted on citizens, here is a quote from former adviser to the board Matt Haberstroh
This ridiculous situation has gone on way to long. That the Mayor can
let this situation run on so long is really out of character, it is
time for the Mayor to pull the plug. By that I mean to rescind the
contract that the city has with TV3. That’s right, start new. No
elections with this board or this membership. The Mayor should hire an
outside consultant to right the ship, re-write bylaws, re-write policies
and procedures, and throw away the keys until this rat’s hole is
fumigated.
Matthew Haberstroh, a former advisor to the TV3 board, has been a
Medford resident for the last 12 years and was a former producer and
staff person for Somerville Community Access Television, PBS/WGBH,
History and Discovery Channel, and is currently a producer for Boston
Productions.
http://insidemedford.com/2009/05/31/haberstroh-tv3-is-closed-shop/
If more evidence is necessary, the police need to look into Deluca's statement that he would take city co-owned equipment to sell off to pay for any fine if the IRS punishes Deluca, Harvey Alberg, Ron DeLucia and Frank Pilleri and possibly other board members
" If the IRS fines us we'll just add it to our list of liabilities and the dissolution court will instruct us how much to pay to the IRS. However much that is (say for argument's sake it is $10,000), when we pay it, that means $10,000 less to turn over to the City which means they have $10,000 less to put into creating a new public access station. And if the IRS fine is more money than is left in the corporation, the dissolution court COULD order us to sell off enough of our equipment to raise the funds to pay the fine."
Arthur Alan Deluca,
Keep in mind that the MCC filings stated a station manager was paid over 40K a year when that individual had a full time job in Boston at Logan Airport. He worked part time for MCC, about two hours a night. Where did that 40K or more go?
More information
http://medford.patch.com/groups/joe-vigliones-blog/p/mcglynns-deal-to-dissolve-medford-community-cablevision-inc
Cable TV subscribers respectfully request that the city look into these admissions by the TV3 Board and take the appropriate legal actions to protect the cable tv subscriber funds.
Citizens demand the checkbook, the meeting minutes, and any other information about this deleterious and deceitful "board of directors" of a non-profit which served itself, not the public that it was obligated to provide access to.
Sincerely,
Leader
To be read to the Medford City Council 3-18-14