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.
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"
NOW IT CAN BE TOLD
Well we sat on this story for a week... until we received our phone call early this morning giving us permission to release the story.
The Honorable Michael J McGlynn will NOT seek re-election this year; choosing to retire instead. But he will not be retiring without leaving his work unfinished. Now you know why he finally put in place the solution to Medford's on-street parking problems at the end of last year. The "Mighty Mike" still has a few more loose ends to tie up, but promises to have it all accomplished by the end of his term on Dec 31, 2015.
We here at Medford-Information-Central are mighty proud to be the FIRST to break this very important news story... so much for that OTHER Medford Information Central and all their non-scoop scoops. No doubt they will be in the emergency room tomorrow with a sprained arm from patting themselves on the back, falsely claiming they had something to do with the Mayor's decision (as if he's important or powerful enough to be of any kind of threat to Mike). HAH! What he should REALLY be doing is wondering if he is perhaps one of the "loose ends" that the Mayor wants to "tie up" before year's end. And what about the perpetually-innefectual Bob Penta? The only way he can ever get re-elected to the City Council is to "create" a non-existent enemy to fight to show the good people of Medford he's actually working in THEIR best interests rather than his own selfish concerns. With no Mayor Mike to fight and no Medford Community Cablevision to fight, how on Earth can Mr Penta possibly keep his job?
Well Bob, it's time to put up or shut up. Are you FINALLY going to take a stab at it and run for Mayor? Or are you going to remain a coward and run for your City Council seat again? Of course there's NO WAY you'll be re-elected if you rerun; you'll be outing yourself as the great big liar that many of us already know you actually are!
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...
McGlynn. Can. Be. Trusted!!!
If Mayor McGlynn doesn't give us Public Access Television.....
it's beacuse we have shown him that we are too lazy and selfish to bother to put any type of active participation into it (that means we just want to WATCH it and bitch about it; we are not willing to get up off our asses and MAKE it for free... like the MEMBERS OF ALL OTHER ACCESS STATIONS do.
A FEW GOOD PEOPLE
Francis R. Pilleri, Jr.
Harvey Alberg
Ronald DeLucia
Cornelius Murphy
Arthur Alan Deluca
and possibly other board members, staffers and an independent contractor.
POINTS OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE
What does this mean?
more to follow...
Return on Investment: Is the City Council worth it?
How does one grade elected officials being paid so much money?
Council candidate (and State Senate candidate) Rob Cappucci reminded voters on Tuesday, March 31, 2015 that the Medford City Council is one of the highest paid in the Commonwealth.
It is.
So how does one go about grading councilors on their work ethic?
The Council Agenda is a very good place to start, published here as a courtesy. For those paying attention, there are the established councilors putting forth motions that matter to their constituents; many of which they have no power to change; no authority to wield on these subjects: Cradock Bridge (being handled by the State/MBTA - why are they talking about it?), TV3 (they have no authority over it - again... WHY are they talking about it?), street lighting, empty storefronts (these are owned by PRIVATE individuals - some of which do NOT live in Medford - why is the council spending time trying to help THESE individuals to make even more money by filling these storefronts when they SHOULD be talking about ways to make life EASIER for Medford residants - that's YOU and me), potholes, the hospital, city services (hey! this one is actually relevent.
Then there are the the "shuckers and jivers" - those on the council who try to ride on the coat-tails of those councilors who actually DO try to help the residents. Just look at the following resolutions for Tuesday. Pay particular attention to the order in which they appear and the resolution number assigned to them. The lower numbers were received FIRST by the City Clerk; Ed Finn.
One example is found with two motions in succession this week:
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.
15-334- Offered by Councillor Penta
Be It Resolved that the Mayor's continual failure as requested by this council on many occasions to provide adequate lighting correction to the downtown Medford Square area and the Route 16 parking lot next to the Condon shell parking needs further discussion in the interest of Medford's public safety.
One can quickly see that, as usual, Mr. Camuso's input is concise and to the point while the senior member of the council, Mr. Penta submitted his resolution only AFTER Mr Camuso's - in copy-cat fashion. Penta, attempts to make with words what he lacks in forsight and intelligence. He puts on airs; writes a Manifesto, writes the text of what he's going to say instead of just listing his topic as Mr Camuso did.
Bob... save the long-winded nonsense for your "Showtime in the Rotunda" and stop trying to bash the Mayor with every stroke of your pen. Don't you realize that you are VIOLATING campaign law by trying to change the outcome of the elections against a candidate? You yourself explained that such language is forbidden in City Hall by anyone speaking it, and ESPECIALLY someone who is running for office; even if it be an office other than the one in which you are trying to change the outcome! Council President Dello Russo please take note and sanction him when he does so! Bob will discuss the issues that are out of his depth in a fashion that the taxpayers cannot possibly understand or comprehend the needs, attempting to sound intelligent; when he is just showing himself out to be the clueless buffoon that more and more voters are seeing he really is!
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Freddy Dello Russo, Jr. What the hell is Penta doing at the city council year after year after year? Thank you so much for your reining in Mr P's foolishness when he goes COMPLETELY off-topic. We do so appreciate your restoring the meetings to at lest a modicum of decorum - Kudos to you.
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