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Is the City of Methuen playing games with public records requests?

Published: Feb. 11, 2021, 9:01 p.m.

Today Tom shares his views on the public records system,

Is the City of Methuen playing games with public records requests?

If city employees’ names and salaries are not part of public records than how did retired police chief Joe Solomon’s salary become public knowledge?

How did Tom Dugan change the public records law and how does the change help anyone making public record requests?

Should the Governor’s office, Mayor’s office, or State Representatives be exempt from public records requests?

Is there overtime abuse happening in the DPW?

What will the next round of public records from Tom Dugan entail?

He is also joined by his new intern Eric Spagnoil, together they chat a little about Erics back story, what he can expect from the journalism world, Erics latest story making the front page of the current issue of the Valley Patriot and is ethical journalism on life support or is there some new blood coming up through the ranks to save it? The Valley Patriot is undergoing a restructuring and will have a big announcement in the next coming weeks.