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Critical statement at Council not published in Transcript per orders of her highness Nell EscMcGlynn Coakley! HA HA...she does it again!!!
Critical statement at Council not published in Transcript per orders of her highness Nell EscMcGlynn Coakley! HA HA...she does it again!!!
Medford City Council puts $155M city budget on hold
But three councilors
wanting to delay a vote — Council Vice President Breanna Lungo-Koehn and
Councilors Michael Marks and Robert M. Penta — each outlined unanswered
questions that came up during council budget hearings.
Councilors
pointed out they wanted answers to how the city intends to pay for a
projected $1.2 million water and sewer deficit, the status of new locker
rooms for female officers at the Medford Police Department and reports
of facility issues at recently renovated fire stations.
As
the councilors spoke, a handful of residents formed a line in front of
the podium and waited, eventually voicing a collective call to put the
brakes on a budget vote.
“What is the rush?”
resident and City Council candidate Mark Crowley said. “Why are we
trying to rush it through?
What are we trying to hide?”
What are we trying to hide?”
Another council candidate, Michael Ruggiero, said councilors were right to oppose a vote on the budget given unanswered questions from city administrators.
