Really Mr. Mayor....Moral had nothing to do with it...we will never know ..will we.

The innocent are the children, teenagers and the seniors in our city..Where the Mayor and the city council sit on there hands for months on any issue. Priority,majority..it doesn't matter...Big or small...a pothole or a million dollar project...it does not matter. Only now there is hope with Loungo,Penta and Marks to meet our needs.
Citizens in Medford have heard it all, seen it all, Like my mother reminds me..The Mayor thinks we are all stupid. Mayor there will be no school named after you while your alive or when you pass. You have not done your best to provide a safe environment to the children up to the oldest resident alive today. West Nile..did we hear from you Mayor Mcglynn or from Director of Public Safety Karen Rose= NO..why should they we only are almost surrounded by water..breading grounds for insects. Do you think you will get your garage, so we can gridlock the high street area ( delivery trucks cant manage.blocking gov. ave parking lot..imagine car entering and leaving at rush hour in the am and again in the pm. While ambulances wait to get through. keep up the laid back persona...You are a Mayor of Bells and Whistles and you like to blow your own horn. Wait till the shock wears off, see what the residents think when they could be victims of your careless delayed decisions. God help us all, we will need it to get through life's daily challenges living..trying to live in medford..

Way to go way off topic.someone died and we need to hear you fools regurgitate nonsense

Don't blame the victim. In a perfect world people can exercise their First Amendment right to discuss a bad situation without having a shadow following their every post.

If every fireman in Massachusetts showed up it wouldn't have mattered.Your need to see a professional and talk about your issues.

my condolences goes out to the family that lost their loved one that day. I don't recall the original story. Good for city hall for hiring consultants to find out what went wrong so they can learn from this and strengthen their communications and hope this wont happen again. Sounds like a lack to attention with key individuals on this day. Let's not use this tragedy for political rhetoric.

Letters of reprimanded, 96 hour suspension...for God sake somebody lost a life and they were slapped on the hand like a child who stole a candy bar . If it were the Mayors family that lost a loved one, you could bet those firefighters or at the very least the dispatcher would have lost his job. He lied on top of it all saying they were at the scene. Why didn't the dispatcher use the Zetron communication system? Didn't want to disturb their sleep? How can these men sleep knowing they were the cause of a negligent death?
Time for a new mayor who doesn't wear rose colored glasses and isn't afraid of standing up for the community he is supposed to be serving and protecting.
"Something obviously went wrong," McGlynn said. "It is my goal to insure that the facts determined through this review and the corrective action taken will make sure that this never happens again."
It should NEVER have happened to begin with. I hope the family sues the city and the fire department union or not!!

Switching to my full name, people. The Firefighters in our community deserve our respect. It is a difficult job. It is a dangerous job. As noted in my first post (Public Access Producer), the Mayor needs to focus on public safety and infrastructure. Could any firefighter have saved the victim of the fatality? No one can say, but with a Mayor focused on infrastructure and public safety, not putting his energies into a Governors Ave garage, it is safe to say that people would feel a lot better.

It's a shame that someone lost their life. I don't know all the facts. I believe that good work ethics start at the top which is from the "Mayor". Workers will rise to the level of expectation. I do think that Mayor McGlynn is obsessed with building a garage on Governors Ave. He should wake up and see that his popularity is declining. New people are moving into Medford who read the Patch.

Ella, the public access producer and others keep up the good work. It's to your credit that you care enough about this city to expose what's really going on.

TYPICAL OVER PAID MORONS ON THE FIRE DEPARTMEN. GET PAID FOR DOING NOTHING....EVEN THE CHIEF

Slick one. I know your upset but most firefighters are dedicated and do take their jobs seriously. I will never understand how someone can put their life on the line for another but these people do it along with the police. Yes, they do get paid well. Again, the problem comes from the top (the mayor and the Chief) and trickles down.

I know there was talk about Medford running it's own ambulance service. NOT A GOOD IDEA IF IT'S THROUGH THE CITY!

Joe who cares about this nonsense you are blabbing about. Why r u making this about

you? We were discussing about the poor person who lost their life. What the firemen did was wrong, but I know a lot of medford fire men who are dedicated.

I hink that this is all nonsense and If the victims name was published this board would be overrun, a great man lost a life who did alot ,for alot of people, it did not matter what time of day,, or night it was, he was there, just like the firemen should have been awake and aware with their radios turned on. OUR SYSTEM FAILED HIM! and someone should be held accountable for this, who writes on a log that firemen were there , and they were not, Mr Mayor or Chief GILIBERTI I doubt if it was one of your family members you would have been so laxed, suspension! PLEASE tHAT DISPATCHER SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIRED.

I'm so sorry that all you morons THINK you know the whole story! No one - not even the family knows if this person could have been helped by the fire department. THEY are the first responders in a 911 call, its called CPR ....defibrillator... so even when the ambulance showed up Samantha ?????how do you know if they couldn"t have done more? Are you God? The point is that they didn't show up....and God forbid it should happen to someone else in any emergency. Sick of this nonsense!!!!

Mr.Dellucca, Here is your question to me: "Mind explaining to all here how a vehicle exiting from a parking garage on Governor's Ave would cause any more of a traffic blockage than the same vehicle exiting from the presently existing parking lot which sits on the site of the proposed parking garage?
My Answer to you is: The parking garage will hold many more cars than are at the parking lot right now ..Other wise why would you want to build a garage that will hold the same quanity of cars that you have now....But if the garage is going to have the same amount of spaces.... why in GOds name would we need one. The second Circle in the Square Event used the Credit Union parking lot for event preformers ..again parking was plentiful ..everyone smiling and enjoying themselves. I will no-longer answer your BLEEP comments. YOU don't have a clue what people are telling you to say..or your keeping crappy notes when attending Mayor Mnoccio 101 meetings.
Look up the words " PUBLIC SAFETY "

You people have no idea what your talking about. No matter who was the victim in this situation,whether it was a child, adult or senior citizen, it is the firefighters JOB to show up no matter the situation. You people don't know if they could've saved his life or not . Where u there? No you weren't. It would be a different circumstance if it happen to be one of your family members. A life was lost and no one knows if they could've saved him. But all you people who decide to put their two sense in where there that might right? I didn't think so. Think before you simpletons decide to write the friggan nonsense you do.

Jay F, I appreciate that. What I've noticed is that when more people show up at the City Council to discuss these issues, we seem to get results. For example, a fellow demanded the City Council vet the people going on to boards and commissions - at the Council chambers, publicly. It is now happening. There's no doubt this issue about the firefighters and public safety will be brought up on September 18, the next council meeting, exactly one month away.

its the tip of the iceburg.the salaries will have to come from the people.

Just another resident. I dont know who you are but cleary you know a lot more information than the rest of us. You must be a firefighter to know so much information. My family has a lot of respect for firefighters but how dare someone put down that they showed up when they didn't.. You clearly said they didn't know the system . The sad thing is the victim in all this deserved the dignity and respect of the firefighters to show up. My family is going through a hard enough time with this without all of you ignorant people just speaking nonsense. Obviously you have no life if you feel the need to correct me on my spelling on this board. This has effected my life terribly. You are beyond ignorant and obviously are perfect.

Kaitlyn, I believe the City Council is going to take up this issue on September 18, 2012 at Alden Chambers, 7 PM. This will give the community a chance to speak up in person.

to everyone commenting on the 911 call on 7/13 that did not work,were you there,do you know how long it took for the emt's and police department to show up,do you know what was done to try to save this person,i doubt it,Over 12 minutes was the response time,if the person was choking they they would have died,if it was a person that did not cpr,death, a house fire with someone trapped not good,this isn't about mayor mcglynn or the firemen at the station.it is about a 911 system in medford that failed to work to help a wonderful person,husband,father,grandfather,someone who will be missed more than any of you will ever know by his family and friends,fix the system so another persons family will not have to live with the question "what If"thats the hardest part,the dispatcher should have done his job and not lied about the firemen, i have called 911 many times in my job,the firemen are always the first to arrive,they are so professional and caring and always know what to do and they would have that night if the dispatcher did his job.the ones who are saying he could not have been saved must be god,everyone deserves a chance

tony L and Samantha how do you know no one could have saved him You must have been there maybe the family could talk to you,you really shouldn't say anything unless you know,do you even realize how hurtful it is to the family what all you dopes are saying, believe me i know

i love the firemen , but someonr made a terrible mistake and chief G you admitted it, my heart aches for the wife in all this and his sons, I hope you can sleep at night! The dispatcher clearly knew someone, to only get suspended, the hard working victim will never get that chance, and lets state for the record he was a young guy with alot of life

Hey jb..get yur facts straight..entail and police were there under 3 minutes..12 minutes..u are obviously clueless..its public info...3 minutes you clown

Oh yeah and the cop never got out of his car....public knowledge I think not! It's been a huge cover up from the beginning...why all of a sudden the city wants to disclose 5 weeks later? Because they know the screwed up big time!

Sounds like people looking to sue. What a surprise from that family

Rhonda why shouldn' t they sue? This is total gross negligence on the part of poeple who are hired to protect and serve our community. I have had first hand experience w/911 response. They may have arrived quickly but the firemen take their sweet ass time getting out of the truck, retrieving their equipment and then move at a snails pace in entering like they are out for a leisurely evening stroll. Every second is crucial for the victim!!

what kind of dark place do you live a great man lost his life, Rhonda you are just proof ,what ignorance is. I want to know who writes what a surprise from that family. You obv did not no him, How dare you slander a family that is going through all that, Why dont you just say the name (BIG MOUTH) since you know so much, It is people like you that make this city bad, You obv have some vengence towards the victim who died, because I would love to know are you related to one of the firefighters,dispatcher,chief,FYI the victim loved abd respeced all firefighers, People like you make it easy to put a lawsuit but remember Bozo all he money in he world will not bring him back, Rhonda I hope YOU have a NICE Life

Rhonda who are you referring too when you say you arent surprised coming from this family? In pretty sure I've never sued anyone and I'm in that family. You have A LOT of nerve to say anything on this. I am the victims niece and I'm sure we know a lot more than you do. Unless u are also a person who was involved that night? a great man lost his life and you have the nerve to write something so obserd. Your an absolute disgrace of a human. I hope you never have to endure the pain that we have been going through questioning All the what ifs? That victim was someone's husband , father , uncle, brother , etc. You must be a real sick individual to feel the need to write the garbage you did. Like others have said all the money in the world can't fill the void we all have and it wont bring him back. People like you make it hard. I hope you sleep well at night knowing that you've upset a family more than they already were. You don't have the guts to put your real name because your a coward and wouldn't have th nerve to say this in person. Your and absolute DISGRACE as a human.