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
All the City vehicles taken home by employees, and why they ‘need’ them.
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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
Tonight some new faces (and old faces) try to make Framingham a Sanctuary City. A look ahead and a look back.
DID YOU KNOW: THE FRAMINGHAM WELCOMING ORDINANCE – WAS PROPOSED BY MARGARETH SHEPARD – WHO NOW IS RUNNING FOR A STATE REP SEAT. The Framingham Welcoming Committee was created to interact and support the City’s large immigrant population. Framingham has a very diverse population including a large percentage of immigrants categorized as foreign-born including both
FU LOOKS BACK: City withholds documents which paints Spicer administration in a bad light (Originally Posted 3/28/2021)
THIS POST HAS BEEN SENT TO THE FULL CITY COUNCIL. IT HAS BEEN TIMED TO ARRIVE IN ADVANCE OF THE 3/30/2021 CITY COUNCIL MEETING WHEN WE EXPECT FOIA LAW TO BE DISCUSSED. BY SUBMITTING THIS TO THE FULL COUNCIL, THIS EMAIL BECOMES PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD AND CAN BE BROUGHT UP AND DISCUSSED. To
FU LOOKS BACK: Flyer Perpetrator Identified? His Connections to Spicer, Schulman, Ritchie? (First Posted 1/5/2020)
Info leading to this post was submitted to us by a third party twice removed. We do not know the source of the info. This information was received in the same manner and we believe the same source as the information leading to our Anti-American Gloria Pascual article, which she eventually admitted to. Background info:
Multiple Major Downtown Properties at Risk? A $1,861,313.43 lawsuit is filed against resident
We have been searching court records for something in particular. We haven’t found what we have been seeking, but have found other interesting recent and active cases.
All the transparency issues in the City are Frank Wood’s Fault, says Mayor Spicer
On April 27th the Mayor, her COO, and their lawyers were hauled before City Council to answer questions on public record law. They blamed Framingham Unfiltered, and to a lesser extent Susan Petroni for all of their woes. This was the mayor’s presentation… This was FU’s response to the mayor: