Barely supervised, some housing chiefs stray badly...should Medford hire a busy busy lawyer???
Globe review finds a system vulnerable to incompetence, indolence, and worse
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2012/10/13/from-chelsea-springfield-massachusetts-public-housing-chiefs-face-little-accountability/vnPrMpJxSdZbMEsK03aZWL/story.html
The housing director in Winchester has a second full-time job as a courthouse lawyer, requiring him to be away from the housing authority for 31.5 hours a week the last three years. When the law office learned about Joseph M. Lally’s second job, it froze his pay and launched an audit of his work. But Winchester officials did nothing, saying they’re satisfied Lally gets his town work done on nights and weekends.
The housing director in Winchester has a second full-time job as a courthouse lawyer, requiring him to be away from the housing authority for 31.5 hours a week the last three years. When the law office learned about Joseph M. Lally’s second job, it froze his pay and launched an audit of his work. But Winchester officials did nothing, saying they’re satisfied Lally gets his town work done on nights and weekends.
