https://www.smore.com/md89k-the-equity-report Thanksgiving (Thursday, November 25th 2021) Big S/o to Dr. Aradhana Mudambi! (Director of Multilingual Education) How Inclusive Is It to Refer to This Weekend as Turkey Day? As we come to our final few days of school before our long, Thanksgiving Day weekend, we may be tempted to wish our students a Happy Turkey
Month: November 2021
FOIA DUMP: Water & Sewer Rates over 20 Years
Request Details Request Submitted 11/5/2021 11:41:51 AM Requester Name Geoffrey Epstein Requested Department CFO’s Office Request Content I would like to know the average annual water & sewer bill for a single family residential property in each of the last 20 years. Request Document Attachment No request document found for this request. RESPONSE: DPW –
CPC Agenda Files – The Future of Framingham’s Parkland (and new low income housing on the south side???)
If you are free at 7pm tonight. We highly encourage our readers to tune into the CPC (Community Preservation Act Commission) Meeting. ZOOM LINK – 7PM 11/22/2021 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84284063138?pwd=dmx1d3k1UGJGZGxldzJVakRLcnIyZz09 CLICK TO ENLARGE
Trouble in Paradise: Lawsuit Filed Today
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Acceptance of Natick’s State Ethics Commission Complaint RE: Selectboard’s Active and Willful Conspiracy to Violate Mass General Laws, G. L. c. 66, § 10A, Deceitful Statements to Mass Secretary of State’s Division of Public Records (Being Investigated: Susan Salamoff, Richard Jennett, Michael Hickey, Karen Adelman-Foster, Paul Joseph, James Hicks, Kathleen Lentini)
For background information: Maria J. Krokidas Chair David Wilson Executive Director November 22, 2021 Frank Wood framinghamforward@gmail.com Dear Mr. Wood: This will acknowledge receipt of your emailed submission received here on November 20, 2021. The information you furnished is being reviewed by our enforcement division staff. Unless the matter is resolved publicly, you should be aware that we will not be able to inform you of what action we take regarding your complaint. This is because our enacting statute, G.L. c. 268B, and our procedures impose strict confidentiality requirements on all aspects of our review of complaints. We trust you can understand that protecting the confidentiality of our investigations and our sources is essential to our effectiveness and to complainants’ and subjects’ legitimate privacy concerns. You will receive a letter from us when we have completed reviewing this matter. If the matter is closed without an investigation or with a confidential letter to the subject, your letter will simply state that the staff has concluded that there was no violation or that this matter does not warrant further action by the Commission at this time. The letter will not inform you of the details of our review or of the particulars of the confidential resolution. If the matter is resolved publicly, we will send you a copy of the public resolution. We appreciate your forwarding this information to us. We are very much aware of the importance of individual complainants to the Commission’s enforcement of the conflict of interest law, G.L. c. 268A. We are currently
Unpermitted trail work lands Boy Scouts of America in some hot…. errr…. muddy water with Framingham environmentalists.
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With Spicer’s Fund Mismanagement… Can We Afford it? Finally doing right by our heroes, The FFD has a contract in the final stages of approval.
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Shattered Promises & Broken Dreams: A look back at the Spicer Platform
In fewer than 9 months after assuming office on Jan 1 2018, Mayor Spicer recognized that few if any of her campaigned upon platform promises would be met. To ensure nobody would be able to track her promises she deleted both her 3 page summary of promises and her 36 page full campaign platform. It’s
What really happened at Harmony Grove was a final attack on brave whistleblowers by outgoing disgraced principal Purnima DeMorais
On October 15th, we learned that principal Purnima DeMorais of the Harmony Grove (formerly Woodrow Wilson) Elementary School had tendered her resignation. We did some digging and some brave Harmony Grove employees came forward to us as whistleblowers. While in some cases we knew their identities, in other cases, they spoke to us anonymously. In
The city is now concerned with peeling paint on eves and a deck that could use a power wash? Is Beth Greeley now running the Inspection Department? What will she do as a ‘have not’ with Sisitsky in power?
Adam Steiner in a note to his supporters, without a doubt has linked himself to the Mayor’s slate, directly contradicting his earlier post supporting Sisitsky. Steiner is a Spicerette after all.
After yesterday’s recount Adam Steiner took to Facebook to post this message. In this message he thanks numerous people who we can link directly to the “Framingham Democratic Town Committee” whose executive membership listed below are hardcore Spicer supporters. We boldened the names you should ne made aware of. Hi folks, You’ve probably heard, but
DPW Dimwit of the Day
Today’s image comes from an anonymous contributor who was following behind a DPW vehicle today, and noticed a very risky act by the DPW. The DPW has some leadership issues right now, a transitional manager. Three weeks ago Blake Luke’s departed just months after being promoted…. He has been replaced by the Traffic Commussion chair
FOIA DUMP: Veterans Park Ceremony
FOIA DUMP: Curb Cut Update
From: Thatcher W. KezerSent: Monday, November 1, 2021 5:04 PMTo: Andrew Cummings <andrew.cummings@timrenzi.net>; Meghan Todd <meghanltodd@gmail.com>; sgoldsteinma <sgoldsteinma@gmail.com>; Tyler Terrasi <t_terrasi@yahoo.com>; Rose Quinn <rquinn@mwcil.org>; Ricky Finley <raf7162@verizon.net>; fdcsusie (null) <fdcsusie@aol.com>Cc: Mark E. Dempsey; Kelly L. McFalls; William R. SedewitzSubject: School Street Sidewalk Project Update Commission Members, At last Wednesday’s Disability Commission meeting I was asked
Attention to all non-diverse or white-male applicants to jobs in the City of Framingham, Policy #44 & hiring manager trainings, almost guarantee that you will not get the job.
Starting September 1, 2020, a policy put in place has changed how the city of Framingham hires all employees. Policy #44 was introduced with no fanfare, and aimed to increase the likelihood of hiring diverse candidates. The text of the policy is pretty standard. It’s what you would expect to see in such a policy