Viglione Prevails Again On Appeal vs Medford City Hall Mayor Lungo-Koehn's Total and Absolute Lack of Transparency

 

Viglione Prevails Again On Appeal vs Medford City Hall Mayor Lungo-Koehn's Total and Absolute Lack of Transparency https://medfordinformationcentral.blogspot.com/2023/09/viglione-prevails-again-on-appeal-vs.html

Thu, Sep 14 at 12:38 PM

Thank you, Mr. Gottfredsen

Yes, the city does not usually charge me as I am

a journalist (approximately 5,000 articles for 

AllMusic.com, quoted in NY Times, Boston Globe, etc.)

The mayor, Breanna Lungo Koehn, is actually running

on "transparency" when she maliciously requests a CORI

check on your grandma to bake cookies on public access

television.

Charging me that much money (I live in senior housing)

is ridiculous, and simply more evidence that the "transparency"

that this administration offers, is a lie.

The public interest is great in these matters, and where

the city of Everett has three newspapers - available in

stores and on the internet, Medford has no sunshine, no

newspapers, allowing city hall to be as non-transparent

as possible.

State Rep Donato calls political speech "the most protected

right."  City Hall doesn't want the public to know anything.

Just the fact that I have to file public records requests, and appeals,

is evidence that this mayor running on "transparency" mocks your

office as well as the citizens.  They forget that they are elected to

serve the public.  

I am outraged when they've given me - and by extension the public -

information with no fee, and now, during an election cycle, they

want to hide everything.

Thank you

Joe Viglione

 

 

Joe Viglione  

P.O. Box 2392

Woburn MA 01888

On Thursday, September 14, 2023 at 10:53:43 AM EDT, 

Gottfredsen, Jeffrey (SEC)  wrote:

Good morning Mr. Viglione,

 

In an email to this office on August 31st, you mentioned

 you might “work something out” with the City 

regarding its August 11th fee estimate. 

Could you please confirm whether you would like our office

 to continue with the appeal of the City’s August 

11th fee estimate?

 I have attached the relevant communications for your reference.

 

Please note that a determination letter is due from our office by tomorrow.

 

Thank you,

Jeff Gottfredsen

Staff Attorney

Public Records Division

Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth

One Ashburton Place, Room 1719

Boston, MA 02108