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Friday, September 1, 2017

Mayor Burke EXPOSED - Conflict of Interest Law Training

By Information Central September 01, 2017

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Gee, Stephanie kept dragging her feet on delivering the response to my public records request on the question as to whether or not she signed the Certificate of Receipt of Open Meeting Law Materials - why did Muccini-Burke go after Monty - Officer Jason Montalbano when she only completed her Conflict of Interest training program duh...three days ago...so that's why she couldn't respond to my public records request...allegedly!!!!

http://medford.wickedlocal.com/article/20160316/NEWS/160316445

Montalbano’s lawyer, Alan McDonald, lamented the fact his client was not able to clarify his intentions before the story ran.

Note to Attorney Alan McDonald, Mrs. Burke didn't sign the Certificate of Receipt of Open Meeting Law Materials and take her study course for the Conflict of Interest law until the 20th month of being in office, THE END OF THE 20th month, thanks only to a public records request filed by Joe Viglione

MPPA RESPONDS TO TRANSCRIPT STORY

“Quite frankly, I wish that the reporter for the Transcript had come to Officer Montalbano before he printed his story, so that Officer Montalbano could have clarified better for him and maybe we wouldn’t be here today,” McDonald said. “That never happened.”

McDonald said Montalbano has been an exemplary officer in 18 years with the department.

“If you look at his record with the city of Medford Police Department, you will find no evidence whatsoever of any hostility or discrimination against Muslims or any other religious or ethnic group,” McDonald said. “He’s been a model patrol officer and his record speaks for itself.”

Asked about sensitivity training going forward, Medford Police Patrolmen’s Association President Harry MacGilvray said the union will be meeting with the department over the next several weeks and the department will meet with various community groups “to bring this situation to resolution.”

MacGilvray also said he believes the department’s social media policy is sufficiently clear, before adding: “This was not on-duty. This was a private Facebook page.”