Non-Responsive Mayor / Public records Division Fw: Medford City Hall / Access Television Public Records Request

 

Wed, Aug 2 at 2:22 AM

Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth
Public Records Division
One Ashburton Place, Room 1719
Boston, MA  02108
617-727-2832

Dear Public Records Division:

Mayor Breanna Lungo-Koehn dishonestly runs her campaign on "Transparency."

If she's so "transparent," why:

a)Do I have to file so many public records requests on access television in Medford?

b)Does she keep people off of the airwaves with a phony CORI check on grandma and grandpa Medford

when there was a stabbing in the school and - allegedly - a door left wide open for mischievous (that's an

understatement) students to cause troublie, and alleged violence.

Exhibit A is my public records request Mayor Lungo-Koehn has been less than transparent with

Exhibit B (attached) is her campaign literature lying about transparency that doesn't exist.

As the Records Division certainly knows, I've been demanding an accounting on

Medford Community Cablevision, Inc. from the Office of the AG Public Charities division

and the office of former Mayor McGlynn, former Mayor Stephanie Muccini-Burke and now

Mayor Lungo-Koehn.  The Medford Transcript noted Thirty Eight Thousand dollars was

missing from the accounting of MCC TV3.  It could be anywhere, allegedly from

$200,000.00 to half a million dollars not accounted for.  Lungo-Koehn knows this because

when I led the community in the investigation, Lungo-Koehn was on our side.

It's time for the mayor to put up or shut up about transparency, and I apologize for my

coarse language in this demand for a response, but your office certainly knows how

frustrating it is for this 69 year old senior citizen when the "transparent" mayor did nothing

when she stood in the room and I was viciously attacked by her good friend, Edward Finn,

former city clerk who failed to show up in criminal court under subpoena.

I have devoted a good portion of my life serving the community via access TV,

since 1979.  Boston Globe has two articles on my A List guests.  I am shocked

that Lungo-Koehn, who got my sponsor money and support, has been so Trumpian

in her yelling "transparency" from the rooftops, only to drag her feet on public

records requests that shouldn't even have to be filed were she actually as

transparent as she claims to be.  The school of Trump lies and distortions unbecoming

for a mayor of a city of 60,000 citizens, or so.

Breanna Lungo-Koehn concealed what she knew about the attack on a senior.

Not very transparent, and we've all gotten tired of her failure to provide access television.

A CORI check for grandma and a duck boat driver as station manager, 

unable to teach classes, intentionally and maliciously so that there is no transparency

It's an election cycle.  Transparency?  More like the invisible woman

 playing Sgt Schultz

from Hogan's Heroes. 

 She knows everything but she sees "nothing."

Thank you for listening.  I want this on public record.

I would like a response to my request without being charged 

as I am working hard

for the public interest, for the voters 

who need to know who they are voting for

Thank You

joe Viglione

Joe Viglione   
P.O. Box 2392
Woburn MA 01888
http://joeviglione.com 

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From: Joe Viglione <joeviglione@yahoo.com>
To: Janice Spencer <jspencer@medford-ma.gov>; Mayor Public Account <mayor@medford-ma.gov>; Nina Nazarian <nnazarian@medford-ma.gov>
Cc: Joe Viglione Media <demodeal@yahoo.com>
Sent: Friday, July 14, 2023 at 10:50:38 PM EDT
Subject: Medford City Hall / Access Television Public Records Request


Issuing Authority / Mayor
Keeper of the Records
85 George P Hassett Dr, 
Medford, MA 02155
Friday July 14, 2023 
Records Access Officer 

Re: Massachusetts Public Records Request

Dear Keeper of the Records /  Medford City Hall:

This is a request under the Massachusetts Public Records Law (M. G. L. Chapter 66, Section 10). I am requesting that I be provided a copy of the following records:  

 
1)The current contracts between the city of Medford / issuing authority and cable providers Comcast and Verizon.
Rather than directly mailing them to me, city hall should publish on the city website since we have a mayor running on "transparency."  Failure to publish these two important documents on the city website or in a prominent place on the internet will be Exhibit A on Mayor Lungo-Koehn's failure to be transparent.

 
2)Documents providing information on the mayor's daughter allegedly being harassed and bullied at school.

 
These documents are essential to prove that the mayor's failed CORI check policy at the access station in the high school is a ruse, is not "community," nor is it "integrity" or "transparency."  It's a fraudulent way of keeping the citizens and other access producers off of the TV Channel.  The CORI check at TV3 Medford Community Media doesn't work, is invasive, and allows the mayor to use the government channel for herself, selfishly, with no criticism on the access channel controlled by city hall and not a 501c3.

 
3)the list of members currently enrolled at the TV station

 
4)the amount of hours Kevin Harrington works for the TV station per week, the documents providing for the hours Harrington works at access television, the hours at the high school channel, the hours at the government channel.
Not just a summary but the documents providing for the full employment hours over the past year.

 
5)The documents that provide for how many classes Harrington has taught, the amount of new members taking those classes in the past two years - July 14 2021 - July 14, 2023, and what skills those students have obtained

 
6)The amount of resumes or inquiries (no names necessary unless you wish to provide them) of the individuals who have applied for the jobs of city solicitor and assistant city solicitor.

 
7)The document at city hall which is the job description for the mayor's position as issuing authority in regards to cable television

 
8)Any document that shows the mayor's work with the Massachusetts Film Office and if there is a document showing a Mass. Film Office liaison in Medford

 I recognize that you may want o charge reasonable costs for copies, as well as for personnel time needed to comply with this request, however, as I am a journalist who provides information of great public interest to the citizens of Medford and surrounding communities, quoted in the New York Times, the Boston Globe and more books than I can count, with a political blog which has close to two and a half million page views, I respectfully request that you waive all fees as this matter is of great importance to each and every citizen/taxpayer of Medford and access producers in general nationwide.  I also write for the Somerville/Medford News Weekly currently and other publications.
The Public Records Law requires you to provide me with a written response within 10 business days. If you cannot comply with my request, you are statutorily required to provide an explanation in writing.
Please respond by e mail.
Sincerely,


Joe Viglione   
P.O. Box 2392
Woburn MA 01888