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3 Medford City Councilors reported to D.A. Ryan for Free Speech Violations

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3 Councilors reported to the D.A.  - City Clerk reported to the Medford police

RESPONSE TO D'ANTONIO ARTICLE

http://medfordinformationcentral.blogspot.com/2015/06/dantonio.html

June 23, 2015
Dear D.A. Ryan and former candidate D'Antonio:

Three city councilors interfere in free speech,
Frederick Dello Russo Jr., Paul A. Camuso and Adam Knight.
They interject, Camuso in particular harasses citizens and elected officials over 60 in an obnoxious and ill-mannered way in order to stifle free speech rights.

Last week a City Clerk viciously attacked this writer when I was merely asking why cameras weren't on Councilor Caraviello and Councilor Penta while they were speaking.
Clerk Edward P. Finn flipped out and harassed me, a vicious assault on the person of a man over sixty years of age.

It was ugly, it is not what we expect from public servants, but it is exactly what McGlynn's forces do to attempt to silence the public.

State Rep Paul Donato calls political speech "the most protected right," yet that was when a TV3 board member censored Donato (in violation of the Internal Revenue Code barring a director of a 501c3 from such actions!)...

...why didn't Donato go after MCC TV3 for violating that code?

Why didn't Rep Donato flip out when his constituents were harassed and silenced???  Why would Donato go on a show with the major bully, Frank Pilleri, president of TV3, and engage in bullying himself?

Pursuant to MGL 265, Section 37 - Violations of constitutional rights; punishment, the following instances of inappropriate - and possibly illegal censorship by Councilor Paul A. Camuso (employee of Sheriff Koutoujian, who should be held to a higher standard,) Councilor Adam Knight and Council President Fred Dello Russo, Jr. should be investigated by your office

My request is that you hold Dello Russo, Camuso and Knight accountable if they try to interfere in our First Amendment rights tonight.  They haven't lifted a finger for their constituents with the $92,000.00 or so the three have received, voting for their own pay raises while Knight was only in office for three weeks. It shows their absolute lack of character and their selfish motives.

It will not be tolerated in a Democratic society.

So help me God

Joe Viglione
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:revious May e mail
 


District Attorney Marian Ryan
Office of the Middlesex District Attorney
15 Commonwealth Avenue Woburn, MA 01801
Main Phone:(781) 897-8300

 
Dear D.A. Marian Ryan:

On Tuesday, April 28, 2015, Medford City Councilor
Adam Knight and Council President Frederick N. Dello Russo, Jr. engaged in censorship again.

Exhibit A (below) notes that the Los Angeles prosecutors looked into a complaint that the Mayor hits the mute button to stop speakers if he doesn't like what they are saying.

Pursuant to MGL 265, Section 37 - Violations of constitutional rights; punishment, the following instances of inappropriate - and possibly illegal censorship by Councilor Paul A. Camuso (employee of Sheriff Koutoujian, who should be held to a higher standard,) Councilor Adam Knight and Council President Fred Dello Russo, Jr. should be investigated by your office

1)On or about April 28, 2015 Council President
Fred Dello Russo Jr. forced me to conclude my
speech while the RULES WERE UNDER SUSPENSION when
rookie Councilor Adam Knight said the rules were
not being followed.

Under suspension are there rules?  My speech was
alerting the public to their rights.  What is Knight
afraid of?  What is Dello Russo afraid of?  Please
investigate and punish to the full extent of the law
if you find that they have violated my rights.

2)In January of 2014 then-Council President Paul
A. Camuso completely abused his authority and shut
my speech down when I asked about the obscene pay
raise that Camuso, Knight, Dello Russo and Rick
Caraviello voted themselves.

They voted for their own pay raise (Knight was only a
councilor for three weeks,) and they REFUSED to hear
any complaints from the public on their sneaky, sneaky money grab.

3)Camuso has harassed me outside of the council on
two occasions, both situations in reports or emails filed with the police department (police chief Sacco cc:'d above,_ and has antagonized me on many occasions, abusing his authority as a public servant, publicly calling me a liar, telling people to see "the judge's report" (actually, facing about seven lawsuits from the  allegedly corrupt and now dissolving cable TV station, the cases show what a disgrace those activities were, including my victory proving that TV3 engaged in Anti-Slapp violations.)

For the past few elections there has been no public
access TV.  Your office and the A.G.'s office have been torturously slow in finding a remedy to this situation.

Mayor McGlynn asked for proposals to build a new tv station. He only received one.  From me.  Rather than respond the coward of a lame-duck Mayor has, instead, put "Access tv on hold" according to the procurement office in a phone conversation with me on April 27.

The powerful 28 year incumbent has grossly offended the citizens of Medford with his "Medford Media Blackout."  Your office is aware of this misconduct as former D.A. Gerry Leone set up a meeting for me with Doug Nagengast and cc:'d Michael Pelgro and Nicole Allain, who are in the bcc.

Your office has an obligation to investigate the harassment and censorship exacted on citizens and other council members by the vicious Adam Knight, vindictive Paul Camuso and drunk-with-power Fred Dello Russo, Jr., who looks half asleep at the council and forgets to put the mic on when speakers are waiting.

When citizens showed up to discuss heroin abuse the councilors referenced above engaged in a stunt where they call out "point of information" so many times that citizens who wanted to speak had to leave.

The Council Chambers are empty week after week because residents see how Camuso, Knight and Dello Russo have abused fellow councilors and how they abuse me with a relish that is chilling and wrong.

Do we have to sue the city of Medford to get some relief, or will your office FINALLY do the right thing and flex your muscles.  The police chief is a nice guy, but he's so tangled up in McGlynn's puppet strings, as are the budget director and city solicitor, that it is truly the land of Tony Soprano, not a city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

If your office is too afraid to take on McGlynn then I will have to continue to fight the good fight for residents.
It's a disgrace.   Your office needs to investigate the censorship policies of Michael J. McGlynn and how they are carried out by Dello Russo, Knight, Camuso, Rumley and anyone too cowardly to put the Mayor in his place.

Please help us.

Thank you for reading this.


 Sincerely,

Joe Viglione  



EXHIBIT A:

Complaint claims mayor uses mute button on speakers

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County prosecutors are looking into a complaint that the mayor of Carson,Calif., cuts off public speakers at City Council meetings if he doesn't like what they're saying.
David Demerjian of the district attorney's office said the complaint claims that Mayor Jim Dear hits the mute button on speakers before the three-minute [...]

N.M. town lifts restrictive public-comment policy

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Truth or Consequences City Commission has set aside a 2-month-old policy that required the board to pre-approve comments the public sought to make at its meetings.
 
 The policy was criticized by citizens and the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico, which called it an unconstitutional prior restraint on speech.
The board adopted [...]

R.I. city school board changes rules for public comments

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Want to ask school leaders in East Providence a question? Better sign up in advance.
The city's school board adopted rules this week requiring citizens who wish to speak at meetings to give one week's notice and indicate their topic.
Previously, people could speak on any topic at the end of a meeting, [...]


Check this out, I sent it to Police Chief Leo Sacco:

Chapter 265 of Mass General Laws, Section  37, Violations of constitutional rights; punishment

Section 37. No person, whether or not acting under color of law, shall by force or threat of force, willfully injure, intimidate or interfere with, or attempt to injure, intimidate or interfere with, or oppress or threaten any other person in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the constitution or laws of the commonwealth or by the constitution or laws of the United States. Any person convicted of violating this provision shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year or both; and if bodily injury results, shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than ten years, or both.



Here's City Solicitor Rumley putting his foot in his mouth
and becoming a public embarrassment with this lie to a
retired judge, Marie O. Jackson-Thompson:



City Solicitor Mark E. Rumley / Medford Daily Mercuryon or about Nov. 16, 2008 (quoted from the 2nd Judge Jackson-Thompson hearing) saying:
“The one sentiment that I have heard that I take great exception to is that the city is trying to limit speech,” said Rumley. “The notion the city would censor or squelch free speech is baseless and as city solicitor I would find any such effort repugnant.”