Mr Viglione has publicly announced in the People's Forum of Medford City Council chambers that his was the only RFP received for running Medford's Public Access station. He has publicly stated that he has many qualifications. This publication will be examining his claims under the microscope of Public Inspection on his bid to operate a PUBLIC Access station.
With merely an initial Google search, we here at Medford Information Central have found the following Rip-Off Report entry filed against Mr. Viglione for not living up to his business promises. Here is the link to this report:
Report: #653390
Although we see later posts and rebuttals between Mr Viglione and apparent TV3 Medford participants, we ALSO SEE that the initial complaint was not leveled by any individual at TV3. This complaint states:
For over 30 years this "music producer", promoter, publicist, promises the moon but only takes your cash. When you realized that he is not going to what he says he can do and back out of working with him, you are $$$ in the hole with nothing to show for it. Then he threatens to sue you. There are a trail of bodies under his wheels in the Boston, MA, area. Beware. (end of filed report)
How & why someone (someones?) at TV3 added to this report is a mystery whose answer is not evident from reading the lengthy, boring and repetitive back-and-forth crossposts between the individual & Mr Viglione. The individual appears to be posting the text of actual court documents; giving the docket numbers + such to allow for verification if the reader so desires (this reader did not desire to do so). Mr Viglione's responses seem to be merely statements (repeated in post after post) alleging to be from different court documents but without stating docket numbers or any other references to allow for an interested reader (do any actually exist?) to verify or refute their accuracy.
Buf if one is to just stick to the original complaint, I am confident you will see evidence of the kind of stated behavior the report alleges to be in evidence from Mr Viglione's repeated City Council Meeting orations. Is this the type of Business Medford wants to run their Public Access Station. I think not.
But what do YOU think?
Inquiring minds want to know. Please post your thoughts in our "comments" section below.
Next up: We will be looking at the requirements for submitting the RFP and on how well Mr Viglione complied with these requirements.
Do stay tuned.
On his blog Tuesday night. Mr Fiblione makes requests (actually they are demands) of newly announced Mayoral candidate Stephanie Burke. We find particularly disturbing this following numbered demand of Joe's; as reprinted below:
10)Will you pledge to NOT be the Chair of the Medford School Committee and not take the additional monies?
Hey Joe... we hate to break this news to you but the City Charter actually requires the Mayor to chair the School Committee meetings in the City Charter passed by a majority vote of the residents of Medford. this is the will of the people. It overrides the "won't" Of Joe Fiblione. You demonstrate a shocking lack of knowledge of how the City works. You appear to be totally stumped when it comes to these legal matters.
Perhaps you should consult with an attorney to have it explained to you? We'd suggest you talk to City Councillor Bob Penta; but we understand that he is NOT AN ATTORNEY. maybe that's why he continuously makes the mistake of bringing forth to the Council Agenda resolutions to vote on matters the Council has no jurisdiction over.
Joe Fiblione reports on his blog tonight that
City Council Votes SEVEN to ZERO to MOVE THE TIME of the Acertainment hearing
All seven city councilors vote to change the time on April 29 from 2 PM to 6:30 PM at City Hall
Comcast Ascertainment hearing.
Of course, the City Council has absolutely NO jurisdiction over this Comcast hearing, so their vote will do nothing and the time of the meeting will not be changed. It was another example of Bob Penta completely wasting the taxpayers' time & money with frivolous (because they can't do anything about it) motions.
Bob (Mr Time-Wasting) Penta further wasted the City Council's time in once more talking on, discussing with others and voting on a resolution to cancel the Republic Parking contract. Too bad the Council didn't make that contract - then their vote would have teeth and cause the contract to be voided. As it is, it means NOTHING. It has the same effect as you or I phoning the Mayor to complain. Let me correct that; it has one difference from our phone calls, it wastes the City's time and money to have the Counci Chambers open and lit to be an arena to these foolish antics.
So pretty much HALF of tonight's City Council meeting was a total waste of time perpetrated by a bunch (5 of the 7) of grandstanding glory hogs trying to show you & I reasons for keeeping them on the job and re-electing them for another two year term this November. Only Adam Knight and Fred Dello Russo refrained from the egotistical posturing and kept their comments down to a bare minimum necessary to move the evening along.
The other five showed us reasons why we should not vote them back into office for another term.
Poor Joe; you are rapidly losing people to fight with. You are rapidly losing "causes" to fight for. But don't feel sorry for him, anyone... for Mr Fiblione has taken to verbally attacking anyone and everyone he has ever known, it seems.
Today his blog has been filled with attacks and tirades against every person and on every subject he can think of. Where will it all end? We here at Medford-Information-Central predict it will be with a complete mental breakdown on his part.
We sincerely hope we are wrong, but we fear we are not.
And all this when there are actual news stories he could be reporting on.
Stick a fork in the old medfordinformationcentral; it's overdone!
Good Morning, Joseph. Nice to see you join the living today with your "late-as-usual" blog entries. But it appears you got up out of the wrong side of the bed this morning, judging by your foul mood. What's the matter? Did yesterday's news give you nightmares?
They must have - why else would you threaten Mr McGlynn with assault & battery and murder?
What's that you say... you don't remember doing that? Really - you don't? Then allow me to refresh your memory. Just look at this link to the blog entry you posted...
Medford Police Freed from Wicked Witch McGlynn
Do you see those last two paragraphs? Let me reprint them here (and people... I am NOT making this threat, just reporting the threat has been made by another)
beginning of quote -
"All hail to Dorothy, the Wicked Witch is getting a swift kick to the behind and falling off of the Cradock Bridge...
goodbye Mikey...do let the door hit you on the way out..." - end of quote
Okay Joe, how do you explain yourself? As I interpret this writing of yours, you are going to kick the Mayor (assault & battery, isn't it?) and your reference to "all hail Dorothy" is from the Wizard of Oz. This is said by the Wicked Witch's former slaves; said to Dorothy after she freed them from the Witch's control by melting the witch. That's murder, isn't it? Or at least it's manslaughter (witchslaughter?) for Dorothy's act directly resulted in the Witch's death. So when you make the inference that you are going to kick the mayor off the bridge, which would result in him either falling onto the land at the edge of the river (that's solid rock at that point, isn't it?) or falling into the river itself, the waters of it - and then saying "Goodbye Mikey" while just above that having referred to "All hail Dorothy" aren't you implying that you do not expect the mayor to survive the fall off the Cradock bridge?
Really Joe, that's not a very nice thing to say. The implications aren't nice either. In fact they're downright nasty. They are threatening remarks. Are they meant to be taken that way? How is anyone to know if you are serious or not? Given your very often professed extreme dislike of the mayor (aome may call it "downright hatred") a reasonable person just may be inclined to believe that you ARE in fact making a credible threat against Mr McGlynn; especially when taken in the context of the rest of your post in which you state that you do not want him to finsh out the rest of his term.
Take a look one-and-all at what Mr "Fib"lione has been reporting all night long on his blog
(click on the link)
MEDFORD INFORMATION CENTRAL
go ahead, we'll wait and we don't mind giving his tired old blog the hits.
Are you back now? You are? Then we shall continue... Did you see how Joe is feebly attempting to take credit for the Mighty Mike's decision to retire? We told you so yesterday afternoon, didn't we? Before Joe even heard the information about the Mayor we reported that he'd be taking credit for it. But look at how ridiculous he is about it. You had just decided you were going to pull papers yourself, Joe; really? You actually expect anyone to believe that you'd forego making and having your Visual Radio cablecast? Really? Joe, you yourself have said MANY times that it is wrong for a candidate for office to have ANY show on public Access TV during the campaign season. In fact, several Cities (such as Everett -) prohibit the cablecasting of even previously existing public access shows made by candidates for office from running during the 90 days or so of campaign season. So what were you going to do, Joe... give up your show for the season? Or do you believe you are EXEMPT from those rules by virtue of your great swell-headed ego? Fess up, Joe... which one was it? Or is it REALLY that you are LYING once more in saying you had planned to pull papers for Mayor of Medford?
When you wake up for the day and start posting, Joe... please answer this very valid and relevent question for your readers. That is, if you have the BALLZ to do so. We think you don't!
One last bit of advice Joe - you should get up earlier in the day if you want to ever be a REAL JOURNALIST.
If you snooze, you lose... and you, Mr. "Fib"lione are losing a lot today - mostly your rapidly fading credibility! We wonder what "news" stories you'll make up today - we can't WAIT to read them!
Stick a fork in the OLD Medford Information Central (that's your blog, Joe) It's over-done!
Let the speculation end! You heard it here first, good people of Medford. Paul Camuso did indeed know of Mayor Mcglynn's upcoming retirement when he publicy announced he would not be seeking re-election to the City Council. Paul at that time planned to run for Mayor of Medford himself this go-around. The reason he made the "will-not-run-again" announcement so soon was to give any prospective new-comers to a City Council seat ample time to plan their campaign strategy. Mr. Camuso is a seasoned politician who knows full well that when a Council seat is vacant (thus guaranteeing a new face behind the rail), credible candidates for office will come out of the woodwork.
So many will in fact run, that far more often than not, they will knock out at least one more seated candidate for re-election (as happened the first year Mr Camuso ran). Thus, by making his announcement so early in the year; Paul Camuso laid the groundwork for what will undoubtedly lead to the long overdue unseating of stale, worn-out, ineffectual old time City Councillor Bob Penta. Thank you, Mr Camuso, you have this blog's vote for Mayor!
And as for the reporter/owner of that OTHER Medford Information Central... Joe, you can easily see why everyone now knows you had absolutely NOTHING to do with Mr C's "resignation" from the City Council. Once again you have been outed by this LEGITIMATE news source as the illegitimate fraud that you are! Let me repeat this loud and clear:
You have been "outed' once again.
Stick a fork in the OLD Medfordinformationcentral - it's overdone!
SHEESH!!! Joe Viglione's Medfordinformationcentral blog at last comes out with the "better never than late" information that Mayor McGlynn will be retiring this year and will NOT be seeking re-election.
We came back from a nice dinner out and find that the news finally reached your ears, ran down through your typing fingers onto the keyboard, and posted the "news" (a little late to be calling your announcement "news" isn't it?) on your blog.
Gee, Joe... your ersatz "news blog" was the LAST source in Medford for this information, not the first; Central or otherwise. Better turn in your pencil and notepad Joe; you're all washed up as a "get-out-the-word-first" reporter. Turn in your press ID. Oh wait... you don't HAVE one - not even the "PRESS" knob from the Men's washroom like the Three Stooges used when THEY faked being reporters to sneak into the ballgame free. Guess you can't worm your way into press conferences anymore, pretending that your hate blog is actually news! No CREDIBLE news source would be almost FIVE HOURS LATE with a hot, important news story like this one. C'mon... FIVE HOURS? That's a full night's sleep for some people, Joe.
I guess now you'll have to re-christen your blog "Medford Information Central - Asleep on the Job"
There you have it, readers... OUR Medford-Information-Central outs another phony!
Who will we out next? Keep reading to find out!
Still no word from Joe's blog about McGlynn's announcement. I guess he'll have to preface his eventual posting with either
"NOT For Immediate release"
or
"For Tardy Release"
better stick a fork in your "yesterday's news" blog Joe, it's all done.
R.I.P. Medfordinformationcentral.blogspot.com -
Long live Medford-Information-Central.blogspot.com - Medford's NEW Home for Your Medford News
We just came back from a leisurely lunch - a very fine meal at Salvatore's. Our "Mike Mcglynn Retires" scoop was the talk of the place. The conversations varied from "He's leaving? What will become of us now?" to "Mike is certainly made of sterner stuff to last all these years and leave on his OWN terms - totally undefeated at the polls" One thing EVERYONE agreed on... Mayor McGlynn was a godsend to Medford; always fair, always right and ALWAYS good to the people of Medford. His retirement is well-earned. The man worked hard, and will most certainly do so right up until his last day in office at the end of December.
Another thing everyone agreed on... Mr Viglione and his MedfordInformationCentral blog is a paper tiger.
Where is this man with the "hard-hitting", "read-it-here-first" scoop on the mayor's announcement. Where is he with ANY news reports on this very important story? Why hasn't Joe reported it yet? Did all his "news sources" dry up on him? Will Joe learn of this story from US first? Or will he have to get his story THIRD-HAND from one of the other news sources who pick up the story from OUR blog?
it's time for YOU to retire, Joe... you just don't have it any more. you dropped the ball BIG-TIME in missing breaking THIS story, Joe. Too bad, so sad. File it under "also-ran"
Wow! It's HUGE.... you won't believe how unbelievably believable this story is. It's WAAAAAY bigger than a fat man's ass... and ONLY we could have broken the story and possibly future-reported it here. Gadzooks! We really mean it - we're going to do it; we really are...
Only one man in Medford is the right man for the job.
Vote Mike McGlynn in 2015!!!!!
PETITIONS, PRESENTATIONS AND SIMILAR MATTERS
15-309- Petition by Wendy’s Restaurant, 330 Middlesex Ave to amend Outdoor Dining License 15-309
15-333-Offered by Councillor Camuso
Be It Resolved that the DPW install additional crosswalk signs
in West Medford Square in the interests of public safety.
Tuesday April 7, 2015 Medford City Hall
DOCTOR RABIES IS BACK ON PUBLIC ACCESS TV IN MEDFORD!!!!
Yes fans... IT IS TRUE..... Doctor Rabies' Mad Movies Experimentorium can once more be seen on Medford, Massachusetts TV sets. At least those Medford residents with Verizon cable services can see him. Just tune in to the Malden Ma public access channel on Monday nights during prime time and you will see the dearly beloved Doctor Rabies back on your TV sets. He sometimes may also appear on Friday nights as well, during part of a rotating line-up, but Monday is his designated spot.
Remember, this is ONLY for those Medford households with VERIZON cable services.
Is there any better reason to drop Comcast and switch to Verizon?
I think not...
