City Solicitor Releases TV3 Report

– Allison Goldsberry

After more than a year of research, City Solicitor Mark Rumley has released a report on TV3, the city’s public access television station.

TV3 has recently come under public scrutiny by individuals dissatisfied with the station, whose complaining eventually attracted the attention of City Hall. The station has said they are a separate corporate entity and believe they have been “bullied” by City Hall.

In the report, Solicitor Rumley suggests the Mayor hold off on making a decision on the status of TV3, which includes removing the entire board, until the audit and a performance evaluation hearing are finished. The station is currently being audited and a performance evaluation hearing, where the public will be invited to speak about the station, has yet to be scheduled.

Read the full report here

Mayor Michael McGlynn appointed Solicitor Rumley to the TV3 Board as his representative and asked for this report last year. The City Council also voted to receive the report when it was finished, and was scheduled to hear from the Solicitor at Tuesday’s meeting. However, the Council voted 6-1, with Council President Stephanie Muccini Burke dissenting, at their last meeting against having Rumley present the report at the meeting because they wanted the Mayor to meet with the TV3 Board and other interested parties first.

TV3 Board President Frank Pilleri said he would comment on the report once he has digested it over the weekend.

Check back with InsideMedford.com for more on the report, including comments from TV3.

Editor’s Note:  Goldsberry served on the TV3 Board for several months.  She left the Board in December 2006.

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