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I
was reading -City of Medford Cable Television Renewal License- July 1,
2015 at breakfast this morning (lo and behold, a voice that sounded like
Carl Galusi/Ziggy Bush was talking at a table) and found Section 6.8 on
Censorship
Section 6.8 - CENSORSHIP
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I
was reading -City of Medford Cable Television Renewal License- July 1,
2015 at breakfast this morning (lo and behold, a voice that sounded like
Carl Galusi/Ziggy Bush was talking at a table) and found Section 6.8 on
Censorship
Section 6.8 - CENSORSHIP
Neither
the Licensee nor the City and/or its designee(s) shall engage in any
program censorship or any other control of the content of the PEG Access
Programming on the Cable System, except as otherwise required or
permitted by applicable law.
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Some points on this:
1)You, Councilor Penta, were denied the right to access TV during the election of 2015
2)On
April 29, 2016 I again attended the Mass Access TV conference, this
time in Canton, Massachusetts (last year, 2015, it was held in
Springfield.) The technology is such that, as I've informed the city
council on a number of occasions, we can utilize cameras that cablecast
over the cellular wires, no need to hook up to the cable to get to
Comcast Channel 3, Verizon Channel 43 or whatever the designated channel
is.
3)Mayor
Muccini-Burke is, as her predecessor engaged in, kicks the can down the
road. At the School Committee meeting of March 28th when I advised the
School Committee of the ability to have a van in the interim (which, of
course, is a key component to utilize when the physical station opens,)
only to have committee veteran Paulette Van der Kloot sound like she's
auditioning for a Twilight Zone episode with "It's not under our
purview," "I know you're frustrated,' "who will drive the van" nonsense.
a)If
a public access station is going to the high school, and if the
students have access to a van and its equipment, for Van der Kloot to
stick her head in the sand and say something outrageous like "it's not
under our purview" is just a slap in the face to taxpayers, ratepayers,
residents, businesses and civic groups. A slap in the face.
b)the
Mayor received a proposal from a qualified veteran of access TV.
McGlynn probably did not like that in the proposal it said that it was
imperative to give the title of Issuing Authority to another entity in
city government. Thus, McGlynn rejected the proposal.
Were
I dating the Mayor's son or uncle or something - or married to former
city councilor Camuso, I would be hired in a heartbeat. Under
Muccini-Burke, it is who you know, qualifications appears to be anathema
to Muccini-Burke with department heads Karen Rose and Louise Miller
getting out of Dodge this Friday, Teresa Walsh and employee Annie Sgroi
before them, and Anne Baker and Brian Kerins probably not far behind.
It's a travesty.
By
having every excuse in the book for delaying the access station when
Mark E. Rumley promised us an election in 2009 (had that election
happened, proper financial records and meeting minutes would have been
restored and 100k in lawsuits would have been prevented; Rumley's
failure exacted that additional punishment on cable subscribers in
addition to those fees we pay,) and then Mr. Rumley's promise in July of
2014 to get the aforementioned financial records and meeting minutes,
only to hand the residents yet another excuse.
Excuses and kicking the can down the road are their tools to censor the citizens of Medford.
A
Class Action suit is one avenue the citizens can take, however, when I
brought that idea to the city council, I was cut off by Solicitor Rumley
who was flabbergasted that a citizen would exercise his constitutional
right to discuss at "the people's forum" a way for the people to protect
themselves from the censorship imposed on us.
Fred Dello Russo, Jr. on two occasions refused to let me discuss the transition team that he is on, a conflict of interest for the charlatan president of the city council, and Mr. Rumley jumped up at the Medford Housing Authority, where he himself told us he has no authority, to try to stop me from asking Robert Covelle and Gene McGillicuddy the key questions that had them both removed from the Medford Housing Authority. A key bit of evidence as to why we are censored in Medford, in violation of Section 6.8 of the Cable Television Renewal License.
Why
did the city solicitor get so angry when, at the city council, the free
speech forum, this resident brought up the idea of a Class Action
suit? Why did Mr. Rumley attempt to stifle my free speech at an open
meeting (attempted violation of an open meeting law rule? I don't
know....) when Mr. Rumley told retired judge Marie O. Jackson-Thompson
this:
City Solicitor Mark E. Rumley / Medford Daily Mercury on 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.”
Heidi Riccio at the high school says we will have access in September, Mrs. Muccini-Burke corrects her and says October.
Yet another election with no access TV to benefit the city hall cronies, insiders and sycophants who are part of the Muccini-Burke Doctrine: All Nepotism All The Time.
This
should be on the city council agenda and the citizens should now move
forward with a positive demand for our free speech PEG television.
Respectfully,
Joe Viglione
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