Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Mayor-elect Breanna Lungo-Koehn on the Police Scandal

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BREANNA SPEAKS ABOUT THE MEDFORD POLICE SCANDAL before November 5, 2019 ELECTION

THE EDITOR OF MEDFORD INFO CENTRAL, JOE VIGLIONE, IS THE GUY WHO GOT YOU THE ANSWERS, MEDFORD.

NOT THE CITY COUNCIL

NOT THE OLD MAYOR AND NOT
THE NEW MAYOR

AND NOT THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE

BECAUSE I TAKE THE HITS, THE RISKS,
THE THREATS, THE COWARDS, THE STALKERS, THE ED FINN TYPES.

OTHER PEOPLE ARE TOO AFRAID.

COPS ENGAGING IN DECEPTIONS PRACTICES UNBECOMING OF THEIR OATH OF OFFICE GET CALLED OUT BY THE MAYOR ELECT 

BUT JOE VIGLIONE BRINGS FACTS OF GREAT PUBLIC INTEREST.

AND THAT TAKES COURAGE. 



BREANNA STATES:
It has been almost one week since I learned from Fox 25 news that there was wrongdoing by members of the Medford Police Department.*


JOE VIGLIONE RESPONDS:
*Breanna Lungo Koehn and Michael Marks on the city council, Mea Mustone on the school committee heard about the secret Chapter 74 board at the high school (spending our $700,000 grand!) from Joe Viglione in 2017. 

Think about it. 


Burke is so secretive and got thoroughly slammed for violating the Open Meeting Law.   SO Breanna, there are a lot more than just the L'Italien Report and the magazine clip; there's the Chapter 74 board hiding in the dark of night, and much, much more.  Like Ex Chief Sacco pulling a Donald "Whistleblower Got Ya" Trump and knowing in advance and not reporting the misconduct! that Sacco knew in advance.

Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely!


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BREANNA SPEAKS



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It has been almost one week since I learned from Fox 25 news that there was wrongdoing by members of the Medford Police Department.

Many residents have been asking me what is going on and I wanted to let the public know that details have still not been disclosed and I still have more questions than answers. How were these violations discovered? What management controls are in place to confirm hours worked? What has the department learned and changed as a result? Why wasn’t the public told after the Mayor knew for months?


Here is what we know. 

Being a member of the Medford City Council and having heard the news first from Fox 25 instead of our Administration is unacceptable. Withholding answers and refusing to answer questions from the public is also unacceptable. This is the second significant Burke Administration scandal in less than two years that results in Medford being primetime news for all the wrong reasons. 

This is the second Burke Administration scandal where a lack of transparency leaves residents wondering how these things happened and what else is there to worry about. Like many voters, I am left wondering why wasn’t news of this problem shared by the Mayor proactively instead of being discovered by Fox News?


Two scandals are two too many Mayor Burke. But City Hall appears to have learned nothing about the fact that 1) hiding facts, 2) withholding information from the public until forced to share by the media, and 3) providing vague details is no way to create confidence in our local government. It is no way to be transparent.


It’s time for transparency and integrity to be cornerstones of our Mayor’s administration. Taxpayers deserve more answers. 

The Mayor deserves to answer for the culture she’s supporting through a consistent lack of transparency. Like anywhere, accountability starts at the top.


I have requested that the City Council meet in executive session to get more answers and I will also request that more facts be released to help start rebuilding public trust that we so very much need.