An OpEd article by a Medford resident
It's time for a change...
Given that the incumbent sent out at least three expensive mailings prior to the September 13, 2011 primary, and that the 24 year incumbent intentionally generated a "media blackout" with little or no discussion in the print media, on the internet, on public, educational or governmental access television, one would expect five thousand votes for a Mayor who has ruled in the city of Medford for over two dozen years, longer than Boston Mayor Thomas Menino.
A total of 3, 665 ballots were cast during the Sept. 13 mayoral preliminary, with 44 write-ins.
The incumbent, Mayor Mike, got 2434 while there were
Alleged total of ballots cast 3,665
2,434 for McGlynn
1,231
224 Byers
1,007
963 for D'Antonio
44 Write-ins
McGlynn 2,434
Others 1,231
So do some math. McGlynn didn't even get double! He fell short of 2 to one. Yet he said he got seven out of 10?????????
So why did the incumbent, Michael J. McGlynn, lie to the press?
McGlynn, however, said his support shows that residents are pleased with how the city is doing.
“I’m very pleased that people have made an affirmative vote,” he said. “Almost 7 out of 10 residents in the community have said we’re moving in the right direction and we want to keep moving in the right direction. We’ve had a very vibrant, healthy campaign going into the primary and we will escalate that dramatically going into general election.”
Where is michael j. mcglynn's math?
He got LESS THAN DOUBLE THE ENTIRE VOTE OF A QUIET AND SUSPICIOUS PRIMARY THAT WAS NOT EVEN PROMOTED PROPERLY... and he calls that "7 out of 10?" when he got less than double the combined vote...and he's the 24 year incumbent...and he sent out mailers and intentionally kept the turnout low by using the bully pulpit of City Hall to keep a blanket of silence over the election.
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D'Antonio - 963 votes with little promotion of the primary!
The Medford Transcript ran a preview:
If Fahey’s predictions ring true, then about 10,538 voters would cast their ballots in Medford’s preliminary election. If turnout ends up being closer to 1999 numbers with a 10 percent turnout, then the number of voters could be less than 4,000.
Cornelius Murphy an election clerk ( (the treasurer of the embattled TV 3 Medford-blog editor) at Ward 8-1, which polls at the Senior Center on Riverside Avenue, said voter turnout seemed to be slowest he’d seen in a long time.
TV 3 Medford, with accusations of attempting to spread misinformation out during the election cycle, fraudulently posted a fake number on its alleged "cable news" site stated 3,567 VOTERS cast ballots when a more credible source has it as 3,665
TV 3 Cable News site wrote this next to Al Jazeera (and doesn't that sum it up for you?)
Total ballots cast 3567.
John BYERS 224
Anthony D’Antonio 963
MICHAEL JMcGlynn 2434
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Anthony D'Antonio can win this election.
963 votes is HUGE given that McGlynn sent out 3 flyers and the general population was unaware of the September 13th primary.
Medford is suffering from McGlynn Fatigue, and the time for a change is way overdue.
I'm voting for Tony D'Antonio for Mayor on
November 8, 2011.
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