9:39 am
Adam Hurtubise
City Council, Room 207
Medford City Hall
Medford MA 02155
Hello to John Falco and Adam Hurtubise:
Please be advised that wrongful conduct by Adam Knight occurred on or about October 3, 2017. Knight is fixated on being a disruptive
individual who works against the people. I demand you do not tolerate
Knight's antics and sanction him, if necessary, if Knight goes off the reservation again, which he is so prone to doing.
We understand that Mr. Knight would rather campaign for himself almost every council meeting congratulating residents or offering
condolences - even to people who loathed him - just to promote
himself. Mr. Knight's motions and petitions rarely benefit the city of Medford.
Joe Viglione
On or about October 3, 2017 Mr. Knight abused his authority by shutting down conversation of my speech when people were lined up in Alden Chambers to discuss the matter.
Mr. Knight's inappropriate behavior is a dereliction of duty. It is most likely a violation of his oath of office.
We
are dealing with an unprofessional, nasty, rude, obstinate city
councilor who, like his inept and bungling partner in alleged
malfeasance, Richard F. Caraviello, does not give a damn about the
citizens of Medford.
Madame Mayor needs to keep
an eye on these individuals. Breanna also needs to stop throwing rose
petals and rice when these disgraceful councilors take advantage of the
free speech venue to benefit themselves. This is NOT a game, Breanna,
this is real life.
Take some good advice from someone much older than you, someone judges call "very logical" and "intelligent."
Breanna, it's been two months, time for you to get to work. A LOT of people are buzzing that they are disappointed -
we went from the allegedly crooked past two administrations to a city government that looks like a stage play for fifth graders.
Vacation time is over. Take a cue from me and let's get to work.
Thank you
Joe Viglione
Date of alleged violation: Tuesday October 3, 2017
Specific person(s), if any, you allege committed the violation: City Councilor Adam Knight (in concert with Fred Dello Russo, Jr. and Richard F. Caraviello)
Name of Public Body (including city/town, county or region, if applicable): Medford City Council
At
23 minutes and 37 seconds into the meeting, the council presented my
petition on Tuesday, October 3, 2017. With little space to breathe, at
33:17 into the meeting, right after my ten allotted minutes to speak,
Mr. Knight - not caring about the other residents – multiple – who
wanted to speak on a subject of great public interest, willfully and
maliciously jumps in “Mr. President, motion to receive and place on
file.”
Knight’s partner in this disruptive
activity, Councilor Frederick N. Dello Russo Jr., immediately seconds
it, (which means Dello Russo should also be included in this complaint,
another city councilor who serves himself and not the public, that’s
their game and it violates the very purpose of the open meeting law:
continuous harassment of residents, senior citizens, an ex member of the
city council, all for the enjoyment of Knight, Dello Russo (and Council
President Caraviello) and for censorship purposes.
The city solicitor, who often brags about the city not censoring people, allowed it to happen right before his very eyes on October 3, 2017. At 33 minutes and 30 seconds in on the subject a woman wanted to speak on the matter, but Knight’s swift assault on free speech DENIED a citizen to speak on a matter of GREAT public interest. So the rules had to be suspended by Councilor Breanna Lungo Koehn so that the resident could speak. The Attorney General’s office should study the tape of the 10/3/17 council meeting and see if Mr. Knight was annoying Councilor Lungo-Koehn by making noises or shredding paper while another councilor or citizen is speaking. It is another tactic that is vulgar, does not serve the public, and is sophomoric behavior not fit for a civil society which has a First Amendment, a right for the public to speak freely without interruption. http://medfordinformationcentral.blogspot.com/2017/10/open-meeting-law-complaint-filed-on.html
What action do you want the public body to take in response to your complaint?
Adam Knight must be sanctioned and removed from the Medford City Council. Mr. Dello Russo and Mr. Caraviello should be sanctioned for participating in Knight’s flagrant censorship tactics.
Adam Knight’s ongoing abuse of the public, his use of parliamentary procedure to stifle discussion of topics of great public interest, voting on his own pay raise allegedly within three weeks of taking office, using the city council to promote himself during elections with excessive “congratulations” to people that are his friends (which takes up precious city council time though those individuals appear noteworthy only to Mr. Knight,) even having a campaign worker put his campaign signs against a bus stop, allegations that he uses his government computer at work to campaign for himself, allegations that he puts his campaign signs too close to polling places indicate an individual who makes up his own rules, maliciously harasses residents from the bully pulpit and is, clearly, by the evidence provided above, not a servant of the public but an individual who takes public monies to promote himself and the agenda of other politicians who have the same self-serving mission. Mr. Knight is a detriment to progress and must be publicly sanctioned and removed from the Medford City Council.
Joe Viglione
