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for Mayor Gary Christenson, Council President Ryan O’Malley, and the Malden City Council to explain to the public what is happening with multiple lawsuits the City is now engaged in?

In its 4th consecutive lawsuit against OpenCommonwealth and Bruce Friedman, Malden was found today to be in default for failing to answer. Bruce Friedman/OpenCommonwealth have filed their notice and motion for default judgment.

On April 4, 2025 counsel for Malden publicly admits their “Actual intent” is to “END” Bruce Friedman’s constitutionally protected exercise of petitioning the government. SEE FOOTNOTE #4 Here is the entire filing and letter from Malden’s counsel: Bruce Friedman and OpenCommonwealth respond:

Nope, you can’t just claim attorney-client privilege to hide public records… “They eschewed those procedures and chose instead to exchange e-mails that are not subject to the attorney-client privilege. The public has a right to know the content of those e-mails. ” – Justice Christopher P. Hodgens

Bruce Friedman, A.K.A. OpenCommonwealth.org, Plaintiff, v. The Malden Community Fund Committee , Inc., and Maria Luise, Ronald Hogan, Deborah Burke as individuals,  Defendants,

Why Is the Malden School Committee continuing to fail to release their executive session meeting minutes after the Massachusetts Division of Open Government has repeatedly found that they must do so and that failing to do so is a violation of the Open Meeting Law? In three separate determinations, on June 7, 2023, on June […]