490 since 7 pm last night
Edward P. Finn, City Clerk
Medford City Hall
85 George P. Hassett Drive
Medford, MA 02155
RE: Violation of Open Meeting Law 2/6/18
To the City Clerk
Be advised that I will be filing a formal Open Meeting Law complaint with you later today regarding restrictions on free speech at the Medford City Council, which I warned you about in a petition a couple or few weeks back.
You were warned in advance, Mr. Finn, and these rogue city councilors continue to fracture the First Amendment with impunity.
Also be advised that on Tuesday February 6, 2018 this journalist witnessed councilor Adam Knight leaving an in-session council meeting to have what appears to be a "strategy session" on Aggregation, a critical topic outside of the view of the public.
Mr. Knight was engaging with Alicia Hunt , Patrick Roche and two other gentleman in private, some kind of quasi "Executive Session" in the dark.
The Open Meeting Law requires - via AG Maura Healey's opening statement on the OML Guide - that:
"Every resident of Massachusetts should be able to access and understand the reasoning behind the government policy decisions that affect our lives. My office is working to achieve that goal through fair and consistent enforcement of the Open Meeting Law, along with robust educational outreach about the law’s requirements."
On February 6, 2018 I asked a question DIRECTLY INVOLVED WITH AGGREGATION and Council Vice President LIED TO THE RESIDENTS and said it wasn't "appropriate" and that we were "talking about aggregation" see video here:
Dello Russo: "I don't know if it's appropriate at this time ...we're talking about aggregation."
a)We WERE talking about aggregation
b)If Mr. Dello Russo is finally admitting "I don't know if..." and he being paid over $30,000.00 a year, let us force Dello Russo out and elect an official who actually knows what he is talking about; one who does not engage in Dello Russo's sophomoric stunts that pleasure himself and are detrimental to our community.
see 3 hours and forty seconds in,
now go to the 3 hour mark exactly and watch the full speech.
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Furthermore, when I asked Mr. Knight to explain his statement " "We Can Always Rescind The Vote Anyway So It’s Not A Big Deal" Mr. Knight proclaimed on the video of the city council meeting "I Don't know what he's talking about.
We have both Dello Russo and Knight proclaiming they "don't know" - so why are we paying these insufferable, self-centered individuals so much money to violate Attorney General Maura Healey's mandate to be transparent with the citizens, to HAVE THAT KNOWLEDGE and transparency.
I will be demanding that the vote cast without the public's full participation or knowledge be thrown out; that public meetings be held, and that a hearing on the conduct of Dello Russo and Knight be conducted for a possible "no confidence" vote.
Expect my formal complaint later today.
Sincerely,
Joe VIglione
