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Covelle, 59, is married to Patricia Covelle, sister and campaign
treasurer for DiPaola, who committed suicide in 2010 amid a campaign
finance investigation in which she eventually was fined $4,000. DiPaola
was close friends with Medford’s longtime mayor - DiPaola’s widow is
McGlynn’s secretary - giving Covelle two powerful backers whom Covelle
referred to as “my consultants’’ in an e-mail to his board.
McGlynn,
who appoints four of the five members of the housing board, said he did
not speak up on Covelle’s behalf until Covelle was one of two
finalists. But at least one other finalist for the job withdrew after
Covelle’s connections became apparent.
“I reassessed my job
search and decided not to pursue it,’’ said John Coddington, former
executive director of the Everett Housing Authority.
Since Covelle
took office, he has surrounded himself with familiar faces, hiring his
friend Pirri within a few months and then promoting him to the post of
subsidized housing manager when Pirri’s predecessor agreed to take a
demotion.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2012/04/23/medford-housing-authority-director-under-fire-for-allegedly-giving-jobs-friends-and-family/zQTKNG31lxDI5FECNVaQ8N/story.html