Letter to Transcript on Ken Krause's Nuttiness and Propaganda

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Anthony D'Antonio Hey Ken! Next year do you think you could stand in the middle of my vegetable garden during planting season and spew this BS? Nothing like good manure for a great garden!

Sent 12:32 pm day after Halloween

Medford Transcript/Wicked Local

Gatehouse Media 

48 Dunham Road, Suite 3100, 

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Dear Editor McKittrick:

It is only fair that those with a different opinion be published for the residents to view both sides

of a story.  The Transcript has had a long history of defending Mayor McGlynn and now, by extension, his surrogate, Stephanie Muccini-Burke.  

As Nell Coakley said to me about a decade ago "If you want to do business in Medford..."

Her voice trailed off, but the intent was clear: do not be an objective reporter with what could be

the most vital client for the Transcript, advertiser City Hall.

We understand the business.  The Wall Street Journal Sep 27, 2013 - GateHouse Media Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Friday after its creditors approved a restructuring plan ...   So making a deal with the devil is far more important than accurately reporting what is going on in the city of Medford.

Voters are being spoon-fed propaganda, like Donald Trump editing USA Today.

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So here's my legitimate response to the information that you posted.

Dear Editor:

The disingenuous letter from the person allegedly from Cleveland, Ohio, Mr. Ken Krause, who goes under the moniker "Ken Medford,"  does not serve the public five days away from a critical election.

A little background before reviewing Mr. Krause's propaganda on behalf of a failed mayor.

Mr. Krause is an alleged carpetbagger, setting up shop in Medford claiming to be Mr. Medford, and - this is key - an individual who trashed then-Transcript editor Nell Escobar Coakley about a decade ago - a woman who received a strong defense from me @ that point in time.   

Of course after receiving a response to a public records request on how much money the Transcript gets from city hall, purportedly on an annual basis, and Ms. Coakley's pledging allegiance to all-things McGlynn, I exited the Nell Coakley fan club.    Krause's complaints on Coakley did reflect the feelings of Mayor Burke's 2019 opponents - surprise, surprise,   so it is beyond ironic that the anti-Escobar-Coakley is now doing exactly what he complained Ms. Coakley of doing.

In my opinion: being a shill for city hall, which is exactly what Ken "Medford" is doing with this column we will now discuss.

KEN MEDFORD by way of CLEVELAND WRITES

Posted Oct 31, 2019 at 2:07 PM Updated Oct 31, 2019 at 2:14 PM

Being mayor of Medford is like being the CEO of a $183 million public company, with hundreds of employees and tens of thousands of engaged, demanding, and often impatient and unforgiving shareholders. Two skills vital the CEO’s success are the ability to attract, hire, and retain excellent leaders, and to grow the organization in a fiscally prudent manner.

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Joe Viglione responds:  A quarter of the police force suspended; Secretary of State's office determining that Medford has to hand over the names to my news organization, broken streets everywhere, a bad plan for a fire station, police headquarters and library which our great-grandchildren will be paying for, an iconic hospital booted out of the city, and wild rumors/allegations that the CEO of a 183m public company is shopping at Kohl's and Marshalls and not doing her job.  Stephanie Burke and I politely acknowledged each other at Wegmans some months ago.   We can suggest some nice places for Stephanie to do her nails as well with allegations of Mike McGlynn's car at city hall quite frequently these days.   What WILL Gilbane Corporation do about that alleged moonlighting?   Nothing!  That's exactly where they want the alleged real mayor of Medford, at city hall on their dime!   Isn't McGlynn also a lobbyist for that other Malden corporation as these condos spring up like weeds?

WHO ARE THESE LEADERS?  Attorney Teresa Walsh who was allegedly locked out of her office by Stephanie Muccini-Burke?   There were about eight individuals who fled in 2015 when Burke took office, they are compiled on my news site, Medford Information Central.com if you care to Google.

Leadership?  Mark E. Rumley, thrown off a witness stand 9/1/16 for irrelevant testimony in Somerville Court?  That's when Mr. Rumley wasn't allegedly moonlighting - allegedly collecting bills at that courthouse when he should have been at city hall.  Oh, and on 9/1/16

Rumley took his sweet time hanging out with board members of TV3 in court (when they lost, again) instead of scurrying back to city hall to INVESTIGATE his fellow-board members.  See the Transcript for the gory details on that.

Elysee Castor, maybe?  Is that the leadership from Burke's Transition Team.  The fellow who allegedly bragged that he stole the election in 2015 FOR Mrs. Burke? driving people to the polls?  Maybe the outsiders funding Mrs. Burke?  

KEN "MEDFORD" CONTINUES HIS RHETORIC

As a 20-year city of Medford shareholder, I have been most impressed with Mayor Stephanie Muccini Burke’s aptitude in these two areas. Her prior experience and expertise from working in the financial sector and as the city’s Budget and Personnel Director have been evident and paid notable dividends.

Joe V responds:  Mrs. Burke claws and scratches to not be transparent with the citizens.  I personally caught her in an Open Meeting Law violation in regards to a Chapter 74 board at the high school, where she chairs the school committee.  Allegations of a Burke family member sleeping with a teacher/varsity coach and Mrs. Burke sweeping it under the rug, a photo of Mrs. Burke allegedly giving the finger to the firefighters now supporting her opponent, Breanna Lungo-Koehn, oh and my photo at 10:30 am October 15, 2017 of Paul Donato grabbing Michael Marks by the balls in front of two little children and a fifteen year old student?  Is that what impresses you Ken "Medford."  ?????

On October 16, 2017, a Monday night, when I was scheduled to speak at the school committee, Mrs. Burke, in violation of her oath of office, slammed the gavel repeatedly so that I couldn't talk.  She figured I was going to tell the community that she was laughing at Donato's sexual harassment of Michael Marks.   Didn't Donato give Marks a job in housing shortly after that?  It brings prostitution to a new level, if so, and there's Ken "Medford" Krause's mayor, wildly slamming the gavel to censor this journalist like your mayor is auditioning for The Madwoman of Chaillot !   Disgusting.

Is that the proper actions of a CEO?  Sure, if your name is Harvey Weinstein!

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Back to Carpetbagger Ken:

Since taking office in January 2016, Mayor Burke has hired an array of exemplary people in key leadership positions, including:


• Superintendent of Schools and Assistant Superintendent

JV Responds:  Dr. Edouard-Vincent just responded - via her surrogate - to my public records request regarding an allegation that a new hire was not CORI checked.   That news flash is pending, so stay tuned.

Ken Medford stateth:

• Police Chief and Veterans Services Director

JV Responds:  Jack Buckley?  Police Chief who claims the officers the Medford Transcript cited for "police misconduct" are "all good men and women," a soundbite from his own biography on the police website?  That jackass?

KEN MEDFORD SPEAKETH:

• Director of Diversity and Inclusion and Community Preservation Act Coordinator

JV RESPONDS:  HA!  That hire to get Neil Osborne OFF of the city council which he would have been voted on?

Neil was also whacked with an Open Meeting Law violation thanks to yours truly!  That Jackass as well!  Really, Ken!

I filed a complaint on elder abuse by the city council and named a number of senior citizens harassed by Caraviello, Knight and Dello Russo, LLC.   It got thrown in the circular file.

NOTICE HOW KEN MEDFORD DOESN'T TALK ABOUT THE HIRES, JUST THAT MRS. BURKE HIRED JACKASSES THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HELL THEY ARE DOING!

i MEAN- big fxxxxing deal - so Mrs. Burke made some hires, without Ken Medford giving their qualifications or their misdeeds that many of them have committed since their hiring (see my evidence above!)

• Recreation Director (new department) and Library Director (internal promotion)

RECREATION DIRECTOR?  You really want to go there, Kenny boy!

• Finance Director, City Assessor, Treasurer/Collector, and Procurement Officer
• City Engineer and Traffic Engineer (new position)
• Director of Public Health and a Recovery Coach (new position)
• Business and Cultural Affairs Liaison (new position)

And in fiscal year 2020, two important and much needed staff positions are being added: Facilities and Energy Manager, and Grant Writer. Both will be instrumental contributors to the second crucial area of focus: fiscal prudence. The Facilities and Energy Manager will save the city unnecessary and wasteful expenses by establishing and overseeing maintenance at city buildings, as well as identifying ways to improve energy efficiency and reduce utility costs. The Grant Writer will identify and pursue funds that will supplement the regular city revenue stream and reduce the cost to taxpayers on a wide range of projects.

JV RESPONDS:  This doesn't read like a letter to the editor.  It reads like Donald Trump propaganda with no substance, no integrity, nothing that residents can read that gives them a clue to what Daffy Duck Stephanie is down to!

KEN WRITES:

Medford is in a very strong financial condition, operating on a balanced budget and seeing its outstanding debt reduced by 20 percent under Mayor Burke. Further, it has the lowest percentage of its budget dedicated to debt service (4.11 percent) than any of its neighbors; Everett is at 6.33 percent, Stoneham, 6.41 percent, Arlington 7.55 percent, Somerville 8.26 percent, Winchester 10.95 percent and Malden 12.13 percent.

JV RESPONDS:  YEAH, AND WHEN THE WATER PIPES AND SEWER PIPES BREAK BECAUSE MCGLYNN & BURKE INC. DIDN'T REPAIR THEM BUT, INSTEAD, MADE A SLUSH FUND TO BE 'IN A VERY STRONG FINANCIAL CONDITION" - let your great, great grandchildren suffer for the fiasco!

KEN MEDFORD, DOES HE DISCLOSE HIS INVOLVEMENT WITH CHEVALIER AND CITY GOVERNMENT?

Solid finances helped the city receive an improved bond rating (AA+) this year from debt-rating agency Standard & Poor’s, allowing Medford to command low interest rates on the money it borrows (for example, 2.867 percent for the new police headquarters).
The police station is one of several long-stalled projects jump-started by Mayor Burke, along with a new public library (more than one-third of which will be paid for by a $12.4 million grant), and the start of planning and design for a new fire headquarters.

Another significant fiscal move was retaining the company Bill Blumenreich Presents to operate Chevalier Theatre at no cost and no risk to the city. In return, Medford has reaped the benefits from major performers coming to Chevalier, attracting more than 200,000 patrons (and $200,000 in theatre restoration funds per a $1 ticket fee), as well as a 40 percent increase in meal/lodging tax receipts collected from customers at the city’s flourishing restaurants and hotels.

JV RESPONDS:  HOW MUCH DOES BLUMENREICH GET COMPARED TO MEDFORD GET?  HOW MUCH DOES WASTE MANAGEMENT GET THAT MEDFORD DOESN'T GET?  HOW MUCH DOES COMCAST AND PAY-TO-PARK GET THAT MEDFORD RESIDENTS DO NOT GET?

KEN KRAUSE FICTION CONTINUES:
Tuesday, Nov. 5, is Medford shareholders’ biennial opportunity to select a mayor/CEO. My vote will be for the candidate with the superior credentials and proven track record in this demanding, 365-day-a-year job. Not just a catchy slogan, Medford is indeed “strong, sturdy and stable” — and succeeding — under Mayor Stephanie Muccini Burke.

JV RESPONDS:  OF COURSE KEN MEDFORD WILL VOTE FOR LOONY TUNES STEPHANIE!

BUT HIS LETTER TO THE EDITOR CAME OUT OF DONALD TRUMP'S TWITTER  (or was written by McGlynn, far more likely)AND IS NOT CLEAR, IS NOT LEGITIMATE, AND COMES FROM A CARPETBAGGER 

JV NOTES: MY DAD AND UNCLE LIVED ON PARK STREET in the 1940's.  MY MOM'S RELATIVES owned a home ON SHARON. WE WORKED ON PARK STREET FOR YEARS WHERE PAUL DONATO AND THE LATE CARL GALUSI from TV3 USED TO DO BUSINESS WITH US IN THE EARLY 1970S.   My family's ties to Medford go back eighty years.   

Ken Krause wants to feed Muccini-Burke's propaganda to anyone reading the Transcript.

I respectfully submit that Ken Krause is out to lunch and that his "opinion" is an editorial FROM within Mrs. Burke's office, and should be clarified as such for your readers

Ken Krause
Mystic Street, Medford

Respectfully submitted,

Joe Viglione