Thursday, August 27, 2020

eMail to CIty Clerk Adam Hurtubise at 2:36 pm

Adam Hurtubise
City Clerk
Medford City Hall, Room 103
85 George P. Hassett Drive
Medford, MA 02155
(781) 393-2425

Hello Adam,

I'm hearing that Zac Bears and Nicole Morell of "Our Revolution Medford"  are working the polling places.  

I'd like to know if this rumor is true.

It's a free country, I get that, but my concern is that they co-wrote a letter to the Medford Patch endorsing a candidate for Democrat Governor's Council and then there are rumors that two sitting city councilors are working the polls?  Aren't there enough Medford residents out of 60,000 or so to handle those duties?   Maybe all elected officials should be working all the polling places.  Do you think this looks good, if true?

Interesting that Bears and Morell scream from the rooftops about their fellow councilors with an alleged complaint regarding the Open Meeting Law,
yet they spend their time promoting another candidate - one for Governor's Council - when Medford has so many unresolved issues like the missing monies
of Medford Community Cablevision, Inc., a convicted felon on the school committee (who also endorsed Helina Fontes,) the 32 or so police officers on the Brady list - the most untrustworthy in all of Middlesex County, and a plethora of other issues the city council fails to discuss properly...the current state of public access where
city hall demands a CORI check of each and every access producer with a convicted felon on the school committee. Such hypocrisy.   Such a blatant disregard for the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.  CORI checking Free Speech with a convicted felon on the School Committee.  That takes the cake.

Why would the city of Medford put itself in the kind of situation, if the allegations are true regarding Bears and Morell clearly favoring one candidate while allegedly working the polls?  It's a slippery slope and I would like an explanation from the city clerk.

Exhibit A
MEDFORD, MA — The following letter was submitted by City Councilors Zac Bears and Nicole Morell and School Committee members Jenny Graham, Melanie McLaughlin, Mea Quinn Mustone and Paul Ruseau.
 
1)What does the city council of Medford think of this activity?

2)What do you, City Clerk, think of this activity?

3)Have you received any complaints from the public?

4)Is there a conflict of interest three ring binder in your office that the previous city clerk had and have Zac Bears and Nicole Morell made any formal statement
about being active members of a city council and working the polls?

5)Are there complaints filed at the office of the Sec. of State regarding this alleged conduct that you are aware of?

Please advise

Joe Viglione