Sunday, June 9, 2019

Bob Penta Threatens To Run For City Council June 4 Speech! Chilling Effect on Loser Council

Breanna Lungo-Koehn
Room 207
Medford City Hall
Medford MA 02155


re: CONCLUSION OF MR. PENTA'S SPEECH ON THIS VIDEO: https://medford.vod.castus.tv/vod

Where was John Falco on June 4th when Frederick N. Dello Russo, Jr. and Adam Knight walked out on their obligations to sit at the council for Thirty Thousand Dollars a year?

Taxpayers hitting potholes in Medford are not amused by irresponsible childish antics.

Then Falco, rather than reprimand - which is his job - mistakes the start of the gay movement at
Stonewall with Stonehill College.  Not very bright.

Only a potent team like Lungo-Koehn as Mayor and Penta on the city council can dissolve the mirage that is the Muccini-Burke administration.  Hocus Pocus Stephanie Burke while her termite administration is busy chewing away at the foundation of Medford life.  City Hall doors, anyone?

So Bob Penta threatened to run for city council at the conclusion of his June 4 speech.  

Bravo.

Put the fear of God into them.  

With Penta on the council and Breanna in the corner office, it won't matter if Mercedes Cugno and George Scarpelli sit on the council like bumps on a log.  

Things can get done with two councilors and a mayor if they all get a little creative yet still play by the rules.

148 days.  

Breanna Lungo-Koehn is coasting again with over 21 weeks to go.  That's not how to win an election.  Count on Mrs Burke going nuclear, hitting below the belt as she did in 2015.

Stephanie Muccini-Burke is very beatable, but not the way Lungo-Koehn is behaving at the council.
It's a soap-box, Breanna, and even with your popularity stronger than Mrs. Burke's, being an incumbent
has its upside.  

Stephanie Burke does NOT want to give up the throne and knowing that you are more popular than her at this moment in time, she's pulling out all the stops.  

Stephanie will catch you off guard, and you won't be able to win pulling a Martha Coakley,  resting on your laurels.  

Your actions at the council underestimate Muccini-Burke, and that's underestimating Mike McGlynn, one of the slickest politicians in the Commonwealth.  

Citizens want results and Breanna Lungo-Koehn appears to be playing hide and seek when she should be landing punches.  

It's incredible to watch the council videos and seeing Breanna putting her toes in the water again.  

Put on the boxing gloves, Breanna, and start punching, otherwise you lose.

And embrace Bob Penta.  


He's smart and knows the landscape.  Playing nice with vicious people like Scarpelli and Adam Knight, really not that bright. They hate you, and they are not voting for you, and they lack integrity, style and a solid work ethic. 

 Why would you shout out to the likes of them?  

That was dumb.

It's time to fight, Breanna, for that is what Medford residents want. 

Someone to fight for them. 

Right now you are playing footsie with Mrs. Burke and people are astonished and wondering why you aren't really going to bat for them.

148 days.  The change must begin NOW!

Post Script:

Falco needs to tour 53 Christopher Street, NYC (Stonewall) on the 50th Anniversary, but, barring that, Falco needs to address Knight and Dello Russo's obnoxious actions against senior citizens.  I filed a complaint with Neil "do nothing" Osborne and all Neil can do is "pass it up the food chain."  Read that as "I'm not rocking the boat to do the right thing with all this money I'm making thanks to Burke." Another reason Breanna and Bob need to team up and change the complexion of local politics in Medford.

Stonewall used to be one of my favorite haunts until it went disco.  I was only 15 when the Stonewall riots put the homosexual liberation movement on front pages, June 28, 1969.  One of the last times I was there I had my notebook and was writing poetry.  Club bouncers came up to me worried what I was writing,  thinking I was from the SLA (New York State Liquor Authority,) ...nope, nothing to fear, just some dude writing poetry.  Thought you could be yourself in a queer bar?

A roommate of mine from years ago, Jim, thought it was "tacky" of me to bring my cellphone into a gay bar. Now, everyone has a phone in a bar, I'm just always ahead of the curve.  He also thought bringing a notebook to write songs/poetry was silly.  Really?  It was actually a good conversation piece to "break the ice" - and guys would come over and ask me about my writings.  Again, ahead of the curve  What do you think is a better pick-up moment?  Fred Dello Russo Jr. standing in the corner with an Alfred E Newman "What? Me Worry?" look, or some cool dude writing things down and inviting intrigued eyes over?
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148 days to the election
https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/to?iso=20191105T08&p0=43&msg=Election+Nov+5+Medford+Massachusetts+2019&font=cursive&fbclid=IwAR2C5cCZDcoXvS4DHA18fBfdYbSTsrwllqE3Mb3lCJHB7YOg77kWeKo8o9k

I've got another cute story from Stonewall, when I was Director of Research for the company that did the Paul Sorvino PBS special.  At 2 in the morning I got into the hotel elevator with a good-looking guy from Stonewall and lo and behold the president of the company I worked for was there cracking a smile that he had bagged me.  The next morning as the dude was putting my tie on for me as I had a business meeting I asked "So what's your lover's name?"  He said "Joe."  I said "Good, you won't say the wrong name in the middle of the night..."

Memories of Stonewall....

In Boston my late, extremely handsome ex boyfriend Don used to call the old Napolean Club "Stonehenge" because much of the clientele was over 70...but I digress, Mr. Falco...

Joe Viglione