Public Records Request on Vetting Medford Candidates to Elected Office

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Kim Scanlon, Acting City Solicitor

Mayor Lungo Koehn

85 George P. Hassett Drive

Medford MA 02155

RE: Does Medford Have Background Check Documents on Elected Officials

Dear Honorable Mayor Lungo-Koehn and Honorable Assistant City Solicitor Scanlon:

Under the Massachusetts Public Records Act § 66-10 et seq., I am requesting an opportunity to inspect or obtain copies of public records that display background checks on elected officials.

If you have no such records a response that there are no documents will also serve the purposes for my upcoming article.

The reason I am asking is that my publication uncovered  that a school committee person is a convicted felon, yet voters never had the opportunity to have this information prior to voting.

When the mayor was City Councilor Lungo-Koehn I believe she witnessed former council president Robert A. Maiocco threatened me with a dirty metal pipe, on camera.  Ex Police Chief Sacco said that

it was "inappropriate" but that he wouldn't press charges.  My publication exposed Mr. Maiocco's problems at Wells Fargo and - poof - he vanished into the night, or the Cemetery Commission - which was videotaped by yours truly, but at least the public having knowledge of Mr. Maiocco's shenanigans appears to have kept him off of the city council. Thank God.    Wells Fargo fires 100 employees for misrepresenting themselves to access Covid-19 relief funds Oct 14, 2020 https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/14/investing/wells-fargo-employees-fired-covid-relief/index.html

Breanna Lungo-Koehn was aghast when the Boston Globe reported a sex offender had keys to every apartment at the Medford Housing Authority.  Rumor has it that some limo company had allegedly hired the sex offender and pawned him off on the Housing Authority.  It begs the question, did the sex offender drive your kids to the high school prom?  And - if true - who is the neglectful owner of the limousine company who would do such a thing?

If no documents exist, city hall needs to start creating documents by vetting candidates for public office before elections.  Here's another example of what kind of documents I am looking for from city hall.

City Councilor Richard F. Caraviello has owned a number of corporations...here are SEVEN that allegedly were shut down by the courts.  Shades - allegedly - of Wells Fargo - this individual handles the finances of the city of Medford?  Really?   Look, a couple of corporations might close, that's normal, but SEVEN CORPORATIONS, and RC Limos cannot be found...SEVEN CORPORATIONS?  Was Mr. Caraviello, the councilor, involved in all of them and, if so, why didn't the public know before they voted?   The liaison to the Encore Casino, Caraviello, can't keep a corporation together?  Really?  Look at the make up of these corporations and what they offer the public.

 

CARAVIELLO CORPORATIONS

 

The exact name of the Domestic Profit Corporation:  RICHARD INDUSTRIES CO.,INC.

Entity type:  Domestic Profit Corporation
Identification Number: 042629078    

Date of Organization in Massachusetts:  11-28-1977     
Date of Involuntary Dissolution:  12-31-1990

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A Richard Caraviello of South Boston Is it the same Caraviello as the Medford councilor?

Summary for:  ANGELA SPORT LIMITED
The exact name of the Domestic Profit Corporation:  ANGELA SPORT LIMITED
Entity type:  Domestic Profit Corporation
Identification Number: 043218497    Old ID Number: 000462515
Date of Organization in Massachusetts:  04-21-1994     

Date of Involuntary Dissolution:  08-31-1998

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A Richard Caraviello of Malden.  Same as the Medford Councilor?

Summary for:  CARVI, INC.
The exact name of the Domestic Profit Corporation:  CARVI, INC.
Entity type:  Domestic Profit Corporation
Identification Number: 043321183    Old ID Number: 000548774
Date of Organization in Massachusetts:  09-10-1996    Date of Revival:  8/30/1999 12:00:00 AM
Date of Involuntary Dissolution by Court Order or by the SOC:  05-31-2007

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 A Caraviello of Burlington, who I believe IS the Medford councilor

Summary for:  JACKIES SPORTSWEAR CO., INC.
The exact name of the Domestic Profit Corporation:  JACKIES SPORTSWEAR CO., INC.
Entity type:  Domestic Profit Corporation
Identification Number: 042505975    

Date of Organization in Massachusetts:  10-31-1972     
Date of Involuntary Dissolution:  12-31-1990    Last date certain:

Current Fiscal Month/Day: 10/31

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The Burlington Caraviello again has a corporation, is it the Medford councilor?

Summary for:  JACKIES SPORTSWEAR CO., INC.
The exact name of the Domestic Profit Corporation:  JACKIES SPORTSWEAR CO., INC.
Entity type:  Domestic Profit Corporation
Identification Number: 042505975    

Date of Organization in Massachusetts:  10-31-1972     

Date of Involuntary Dissolution:  12-31-1990

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Richard Caraviello of Boston

Summary for:  GALLERIA SPORT LTD.
The exact name of the Domestic Profit Corporation:  GALLERIA SPORT LTD.
Entity type:  Domestic Profit Corporation
Identification Number: 043039475    Old ID Number: 000294925
Date of Organization in Massachusetts:  02-16-1989     

Date of Involuntary Dissolution:  08-31-1998

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A Caraviello of Hastings, Medford

 Summary for:  LAUREN RICHARDS SPORTSWEAR CO., INC.
The exact name of the Domestic Profit Corporation:  LAUREN RICHARDS SPORTSWEAR CO., INC.
Entity type:  Domestic Profit Corporation
Identification Number: 000206515    

Date of Organization in Massachusetts:  05-01-1984     
Date of Involuntary Dissolution:  12-31-1990

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Title    Individual Name    AddressPRESIDENT    RICHARD F. CARAVIELLO    74 PRESCOTT ST., MEDFORD, MA 02155 USA
TREASURER    RICHARD F. CARAVIELLO    74 PRESCOTT ST., MEDFORD, MA 02155 USA
SECRETARY    CAROL A. CARAVIELLO    74 PRESCOTT ST., MEDFORD, MA 02155 USA

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Summary for:  RICHFIELD ASSOCIATES, INC.
The exact name of the Domestic Profit Corporation:  RICHFIELD ASSOCIATES, INC.
Entity type:  Domestic Profit Corporation
Identification Number: 000399957    

Date of Organization in Massachusetts:  07-06-1992     

Date of Involuntary Dissolution:  08-31-1998

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RC Limo and Carriage:  Search for a business entity
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So a critical vote on Medford's finances is in the hands of an individual who allegedly fumbled 7 corporations?

During an important vote on Pay to Park, Caraviello skipped out to, as he told this writer, "go pick up a customer" for RC Limos. Moonlighting.  Caraviello lied to the Medford Police dept in order to file false charges on a journalist. In court on 1/31/17   Caraviello was asked if he ever moonlighted on the city council, and his reply was "No."  Caraviello lost in criminal court.  So why did he leave the city council if it wasn't moonlighting? Why did he abandon his obligation to the Medford residents on something as vital as pay-to-park?  If it was moonlighting, then Caraviello committed perjury and should be charged. Either way, Rick Caraviello did not do his job, just as ex clerk Ed Finn failed to show up under subpoena at that same trial on the same date, 1/31/17.

After Caraviello lost in criminal court he was so angry that he was caught on camera jaywalking near his victim's home, blasting his horn at the victim at a laundromat, yelling into his victim's car window on Spring St.

That kind of juvenile and possibly violent behavior is not what we want in a city councilor, nor is it legal.

Does Medford have background checks on each elected official, and if Medford does, please let us view these documents.

If there are any fees for searching or copying these records, please inform me if the cost will exceed $5.00.  However, I would also like to request a waiver of all fees in that the disclosure of the requested information is in the public interest and will contribute significantly to the public’s understanding of the backgrounds of elected officials...far more vital than CORI checks on grandma when she wants to bake cookies at the high school.

The Massachusetts Public Records Act requires a response to this request within 10 days.  If access to the records I am requesting will take longer than this amount of time, please contact me with information about when I might expect copies or the ability to inspect the requested records.

If you deny any or all of this request, please cite each specific exemption you feel justifies the refusal to release the information and notify me of the appeal procedures available to me under the law.


Thank you for considering my request.


Sincerely,

 
 

Joe Viglione