Author: opencommonwealth

What’s missing? $288,713.78 or is it $109,781.22?

The Malden Community Fund has recently filed tax returns for 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 with the Massachusetts Attorney General.  BUT, did they actually file with the IRS? On or about November 12, 2024, Maria Luise, Special Assistant to Mayor Gary Christenson, signed and dated a 2019 and 2020 IRS form 990-EZ.  These forms have been uploaded […]

Hold the presses:  The City of Malden filed its 4th (FOURTH) lawsuit late last night (December 16, 2024, at 10:50PM).

Is four the magic number of lawsuits? In each suit, Malden has asked the Court to simply exempt them from the public records law, at least with respect to any request made by Mr. Friedman and Open Commonwealth. Malden seeks to have Mr. Friedman deemed a “harasser”, something the Supervisor of Public Records has consistently […]

How many lawsuits does it take to prevent the public from requesting and receiving  official and public records from their government?

The City of Malden has now filed (3) three separate and distinct lawsuits against Bruce Friedman, a/k/a OpenCommonwealth. In each suit, Malden has asked the Court to simply exempt them from the public records law, at least with respect to any request made by Mr. Friedman and Open Commonwealth. Malden seeks to have Mr. Friedman […]

Massachusetts Supervisor of Records Order:

“Consequently, the City must clarify whether additional records exist from [a named individual] who appears to have created public records on a private Gmail account.” This determination solidifies that public records created or received by a public/municipal employee on a private system must be in the custody of the agency/municipality and must be available to […]

July 31, 2024:

OpenCommonwealth brings suit against the Malden Community Fund, Inc. and all three of its Directors, individually, for failure to produce public records and failure to respond to an Order of the Supervisor of Public Records. All Case Documents as filed can be found here: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/zdsta9dm843cqzm1od8u2/AKyER1FDAkXOxsB0PFrVWyE?rlkey=umb5zk0hs0vkxqx2pp84fl61k&dl=0