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It has been several months since the disclosure of thousands of deleted emails by an aide to Boston Mayor Thomas Menino. There has been no mention of any prosecution for the apparent violation of the public records law. The aide who appeared to violate the law is back on the job.

Pitiful.

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  2. October 22, 2009 – For immediate release:
    Statement of Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley
    BOSTON -Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley today issued the following statement today in response to City Councilor and mayoral candidate Michael Flaherty’s demand that the Attorney General’s Office complete its investigation into the possible unlawful deletion of public records by staff at Boston City Hall:

    “It is surprising that Councilor Flaherty, himself an attorney with experience in criminal law, would expect that our office complete a thorough investigation and reach a resolution on this matter in a mere 7 days. We understand that this inquiry is of great interest to all parties involved in the mayoral race, but politics do not and should not ever dictate how or when we conduct investigations. We are committed to completing our review as efficiently and thoroughly as possible.”

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    p>The aide, who has not been charged and took a voluntary leave, has returned to work.

    • To charge him for each email would be a little excessive, but come on. It’s pretty obvious that he broke the law. His defenses are not really credible.

    • First, the Mayor’s somewhat anal-retentive approach to public information is general public knowledge. Hence it wasn’t really an issue during the election.  Most folks in the Hall were rooting for Kineavy, if for no other reason than contempt for the Globe.  Most civilians didn’t care, one way or another.

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      p>Second, playing with the Globe is a form of political recreation on both the municipal and State level. (The Herald tends to have more and better sources inside City Hall and Beacon Hill, which is why they regularly scoop the Globe in political reporting.)

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