District 7 City Councilor Margareth Shepard endorsed Leora Mallach & used taxpayer funded resources to publicly disparage Mallach’s opponent… Aware of impending attack was Mallach, State Reps Jack Patrick Lewis, Maria Robinson, City Councilors Robert Case and Cesar Stewart-Morales, the Framingham Democratic Committee’s leadership, and others.

IF YOU HAVEN’T READ THE ORIGINAL POST FROM OCTOBER 8 2021 PLEASE READ THE INFO IN THE PINK BOX BELOW. WE ARE POSTING THE NEW INFORMATION BELOW THE PINK BOX. ORIGINAL POST FROM 10/8/2021 Framingham Unfiltered supports Magda Janus for District 7 City Council. Janus is the underdog, yet she is supported. She has the endorsement

In Spicer’s most recent email, she attacks Republicans for having an opinion, and Sisitsky’s Response

These last minute attempts by the Spicer camp to fear-monger in the final days leading up to this election is reprehensible. This is a clear attempt to suggest to any democrat or unenrolled person, that they should consider Sisitsky a Republican. Republicans have the right to have an opinion, and the majority of Democrats, Republicans

FOIA DUMP: ESSER Spending requested by WBZ-TV

THE REQUESTER: Elsie Nolan, Producer, WBZ-TV THE REQUEST: All records of ESSER spending within the district. Please provide the amount, vendor/employee and purpose for the expenditure. Please include unspent balances and any future ESSER spending that has been approved. Please provide in a spreadsheet when available. If spreadsheets are not available, please provide all invoices

An Mayoral Apology: “they were assholes before I ever was”

Just about two years ago, members of the city council were critical of the customer service they received when trying to obtain information information from the city’s administration. They complained that they would often get push back from different departments, or were told to file a Freedom of Information Act request (FOIA). Often times the

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FOIA DUMP: City Coughed Up $500,000 to Settle with Loring Arena Contractor

LORING ARENA LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT REACHED: LUPACHINO & SALVATORE, INC., Plaintiff V. TOWN OF FRAMINGHAM, Defendant and CITY OF FRAMINGHAM, Plaintiff-in-Counterclaim V. LUPACHINO & SALVATORE, INC., Defendant-in-Counterclaim relating to the Loring Arena construction project in settlement of the lawsuit filed in Suffolk Superior Court, Docket Number 1984CV00785. Click to enlarge pages of settlement.

All The Queen’s Texts: “I Have My Sticky Notes Ready To Cover (Mike) Cannon’s Face”

The following texts were sent and recived on the Mayor’s phone, both city paid and private cell, during city council meetings, the time frames listed below. Assume the BLUE areas are the Mayor. Tuesday, October 6 between 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. Tuesday, September 29, between 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. Tuesday, September 15 between

South Side gets told that they should learn to live with crime, In Nobscot, petty theft is treated as a capital crime.

Early Saturday morning, the Queen Karen of the Nobscot Neighbors Facebook group, Audrey Hall, reported on what is a nightly occurrence south of Route 9. Southsiders have stopped even calling the police because they take hours, if they show up at all, offer zero investigation and they finish with a victim blaming “lock your doors”

Alta Union House secretly sold? TIF’s maintained illegally?

Months ago, we exclusively obtained a letter penned by Kevin Shea, former planning and community development director for Framingham. In that letter dated 2/23/2021 he wrote: I am in receipt of the request from Attorney Papavasiliou for an Estoppel Letter from the City for the Alta Union House. I have had a chance to review

FU Looks Back: Despite no reduction in pay from the city, Chris Petrini’s Firm took a $100,000 PPP Bailout (Originally Posted 12/11/2020)

While this COVID program closed in August, we just learned that the City Solicitor’s firm received a $100,000 forgivable loan. The Paycheck Protection Program was a loan designed to provide a direct incentive for small businesses to keep their workers on the payroll during the COVID crisis. If all employee retention criteria are met, and

FOIA DUMP: Are legal feels the cause of our Water & Sewer Enterprise Fund mismanagement?

THE REQUEST: We are requesting documentation on all expenditures for legal services for 1/1/2019-12/16/2020 broken down by provider including anything paid out by the water and sewer enterprise fund, by school department, or paid for by bonding or any other means. THE RESPONSE: Attached are excel spreadsheets listing the payments for legal services from 1/1/2019-12/16/2020. 

Are personal pronouns, a personal choice? Or is it Spicer appointee Pronoun Police Councilor Stewart-Morales with the final say?

I am free to be whatever the fuck I want to be. Nobody, included my elected leadership has any right to tell me what I am. And if what I choose to be… is offensive to you, Cesar Stewart Morales, you can shut your big flapping lips up. Note: The author if this post is

FU Looks Back: Who knew what in regards to the Water & Sewer Enterprise Fund deficit

ORIGINALLY POSTED JANUARY 2021 MAY 2020 Using Health Insurance Trust… JUNE 2020 CARES Act Funding 311 IT Grant JULY 2020 On EOY Transfers AUGUST 2020 Just a few small fixes… Are we a city yet? SEPTEMBER 2020 NG Questions LA4 Questions NOVEMBER 2020 Assessment Certification Houston we have a problem. DECEMBER 2020 Mary Ellen Kelley

FU Looks Back: Super Records Access Officer Wants Out (originally posted March 2021)

Is Todd Palmer unhappy working for the city. His LinkedIn seems to indicate he’s actively applying, and that he is open to work in manager roles. This former cop, left that career for unknown reasons. He went on to work as a Senior Project Manager & Systems Analyst at Fidelity for 16 years, likely making