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The Perfect Time to Improve Medford
a joe viglione essay
Today is Day #156 of the Mayor Lungo-Koehn Administration
SEEKING SOLUTIONS
A mayor with a vision would understand there's an entire workforce at her fingertips with people in their houses during the Covid 19 crisis.
People want to get out of their homes.
We could have small groups who do not necessarily interact with each other off the computers and into the streets, working to improve the city of Medford.
I'm talking about addressing the litter problem and taking things one step at a time. Families could go out to the fields pick up the trash and actually have a good time doing it. This is exercise that they're not getting at home, this is beautifying the city, this is a good thing.
We could have small groups who do not necessarily interact with each other off the computers and into the streets, working to improve the city of Medford.
I'm talking about addressing the litter problem and taking things one step at a time. Families could go out to the fields pick up the trash and actually have a good time doing it. This is exercise that they're not getting at home, this is beautifying the city, this is a good thing.
It takes a fresh set of eyes to bring new vision to Medford. With the new mayor I personally expected we would have new blood over at the DPW, specifically the removal of Mike Nestor. What has Mike Nestor done for the city compared to what Mike Nestor does for himself?
Neil Osborne has done absolutely nothing for the human rights commission, like Diane McLeod before him and that big bag of wind, Leo A. Sacco Jr.
In my opinion these individuals leech off of the city of Medford, they shuffle paper, they pose for animal crackers and photo ops – and you, dear citizen, you pay the freight... and it is a quite expensive purchase at that!
In my opinion these individuals leech off of the city of Medford, they shuffle paper, they pose for animal crackers and photo ops – and you, dear citizen, you pay the freight... and it is a quite expensive purchase at that!
MAYOR OSTRICH OR LADY OSTRACISM
If Stephanie
Muccini Burke behaved like Mrs. Thurston Howell the third on Gilligan's
Island, her successor, Mayor Breanna, is auditioning for Pollyanna in some Medford high school play. Newsflash to Madame Mayor: the city is still a damn mess, and with Caraviello, Chief Buckley, Knight and Scarpelli, LLC it ain't going to improve anytime soon.
Sure, Breanna is likely to win the 2021 election unless someone with money and a clear precise idea of how to run a city goes up against her. The municipality is breathing a sigh of relief that McGlynn and his surrogate, Mrs. Burke, have been sent out to pasture. A Mark Rumley free zone is a good thing. Mike McGlynn's version of Tom Hagen from the Godfather was a most menacing individual. I have studied his successor, attorney Kim Scanlon, in ways that she does not know. Despite her ties to the past regime, I find attorney Scanlon a highly qualified and competent individual. I believe attorney Scanlon does what's right for the city at the end of the day. It's also good to have some understanding of the past mistakes so that we can move into the future with an eye towards improving the city… Vastly improving the city of Medford.
Sure, Breanna is likely to win the 2021 election unless someone with money and a clear precise idea of how to run a city goes up against her. The municipality is breathing a sigh of relief that McGlynn and his surrogate, Mrs. Burke, have been sent out to pasture. A Mark Rumley free zone is a good thing. Mike McGlynn's version of Tom Hagen from the Godfather was a most menacing individual. I have studied his successor, attorney Kim Scanlon, in ways that she does not know. Despite her ties to the past regime, I find attorney Scanlon a highly qualified and competent individual. I believe attorney Scanlon does what's right for the city at the end of the day. It's also good to have some understanding of the past mistakes so that we can move into the future with an eye towards improving the city… Vastly improving the city of Medford.
I will attempt to write a daily update on this
writer's opinion of how and where Medford is going. But when you've got
the absolute worst record for a police department in Middlesex County
vis-a-vis the Brady list, even though you inherited it, you can't play
Mickey the dunce with Stephanie Burke's leftovers, Patrick Gordon a good
case in point, and expect paradise. A QUARTER of 730 days - or one
two-year term, is about 183 days, which we are 27 days away from. A
quarter of Breanna's time in office for term 1 is nearing to a close and sadly,
Medford is as stagnant as a Mystic River chock full of water chestnuts
choking the life out of this place 5 miles north of Boston. You, dear taxpayer, deserve much better.
There are so many citizens who want to work with this administration, and they have been snubbed for the likes of an unqualified Chief of Staff. That is not how to solve the vast problems facing Medford.
There are so many citizens who want to work with this administration, and they have been snubbed for the likes of an unqualified Chief of Staff. That is not how to solve the vast problems facing Medford.
To be continued
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