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A Joe Viglione Essay
In early 2003, almost 17 years ago, I had a meeting with former Human Rights Commissioner Diane McLeod and Attorney Mark E. Rumley.
Photo Joe V:
Von Rommel getting media whore Mike McGlynn ready for his close shot.
McGlynn gets free access, you don't. What a jerk
Sister Yolanda at Arlington Catholic is not proud of Mike.
Von Rommel Fernandes at TV3, who worked under the bigot, "Big" Steve Marra, called me and wanted me to confidentially report Medford Community Cablevision, Inc. for allegedly calling him degrading names, alleged use of the "F" word against him, and because he had a wife and child, he did not want to lose his job.
I gave Von Rommel a ride to Somerville, purportedly where he lived; the late Pat Fiorello and I were taxi services at 40 Canal Street, and we were two of the most maligned people at the station.
It was shocking for me to see board member Brian Mahoney and the usual gang laughing like jackasses over Pat's show, Golden Memories.
I was editing in a suite and Brian and company all marched out of the board meeting, put in a VHS tape, and they were all snickering and acting like buffoons watching a member of TV3's show, a man in his 70s that ALL OF THEM couldn't hold a candle to. Pat was my friend and confided in me how much they had harassed and terrorized him.
Your solicitor Rumley did NOTHING to intervene. It seems like Rumley got off on the conflict, enabled those individuals by doing nothing...obviously at the behest of his boss.
Marc Lemay and Von Rommel were NOT happy campers employed by TV3, and Brian from Continental Cablevision came in part time, accidentally shut the station down, came up with the infamous line "Ziggy, Zappy, what's the difference?" which prompted the Friday night host to fire the employee on the air (??? What does Civil Service say about that?) for making a joke about his show.
Wow. The show that maligned 60,000 people in Medford with a thin-skinned host who couldn't take a harmless joke from a part-time employee. "Ziggy, Zappy what's the difference?" It had a ring to it, and it was - actually - prophetic. Zapp TV and Ziggy Bush used the station to promote themselves, not the community. If you're on the board of directors you're required to "facilitate local programming" and "do outreach." Ziggy and Zappy did neither. Then that horse's ass Dawn Natalia comes to town with ZERO experience in access television. In court she said she had produced a cooking show for her husband in Worcester. One show. In Worcester, and the untalented Natalia, whose movies made Ed Wood look like Martin Scorsese, put out crap with our money and our resources. Her films are utter garbage. And you, dear reader, are saying "Dawn who?" to which I say EXACTLY!
Rumley let that horrible stuff fester and get out of control.
Shame on the city solicitor - such an opportunist and terrible human being to allow people to get hurt the way they got hurt. Oh Rumley got all upset about the Chumley Report, but was insensitive to my friend Fiorello's needs. Shame on Rumley again.
Now here's the most chilling thing. Your city lawyer personally called his colleagues on the board of Medford Community Cablevision, Inc. "Equal Opportunity Slappers."
Do you understand how devastating that is for Rumley's reputation?
Rumley admitted to me that he knew that they harmed people, and his obligation to the citizens was to report that to McGlynn and remove the jokers. But - instead - Rumley enabled those sinful, harmful individuals and hurt the community.
When I finally shut them down in 2013 the city breathed a sigh of relief and I got MANY congratulations from behind the scenes. So many people thanked me.
In 2014 a police officer called and said to me "You won, you won, and the city is better off for it."
To which I say "I didn't get paid $119,000.00 to do your job, kind sir." (Didn't say that then, I am saying it now.)
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That they discriminated against everyone is two black eyes on Rumley ...go down the list... Joe Photo, Johnny Byers, Pat Fiorello, yours truly, Chrissy B., Allison G., the late Bill Wood, Carolyn Rosen, Matt Haberstroh - anyone who went near the toxic mess, including board member Rumley, got infected by the toxicity of a group of nasty individuals - Harvey, Ronny, Big Steve, Dawn Natalia, Prank Filleri, just hateful, spiteful, cruel individuals who loathed community media.
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That insufferable and worthless Ronald Delucia was called "the worst of them" (paraphrased) by the late Bill Wood. I have to agree, Delucia topped the entire group ...as a former school committee person said to me when an inquiry was made of Delucia as a teacher "And they don't want him back."
All you had to do was look at the dry Math Man program to see an individual full of himself giving nothing back to the community. Delucia at the city council was screaming "I'll be damned if we'll let you take TV3 from us."
Well, how is hell, Mr. Delucia?
I took TV3 away from you, you ingrate.
You didn't facilitate programming - you terrorized the community - and instead of fostering access, you used the station for your infomercial and to hog up the airwaves and cablespace. It was ugly and the TV shows were absolutely awful.
But this is a story on their fellow board member, Mark E. Rumley, who failed the city of Medford by allowing his colleagues to get away with proverbial murder.
Where are the financial records, Mr. Rumley?
Intentionally negligent?
Rumley holds himself up to be this individual that he thinks everyone adores.
Well, Mark, they hate you. People are gleeful at the thought of you resigning.
So take your fxxxxng gold watch and get the hell out of town.
You have long worn out your welcome.
People are happy to see you leave.
Just get lost and try to find a real job.
Maybe Ed Finn will hire you.
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