Investigation into deleted e-mails sought
Two mayoral contenders blast Menino for alleged violations
September 14, 2009
By: Tony Lee
City councilors Sam Yoon and Michael Flaherty, challengers to Thomas Menino in the mayoral election, will formally request a criminal investigation today after the Boston Globe reported that top Menino aides deleted e-mails.
The alleged acts, most notably involving Menino’s Cabinet Chief of Policy and Planning Michael J. Kineavy, are violations of state public records law, which requires government employees save such correspondence for two years.
A search of city computers yielded just 18 e-mails sent or received by Kineavy between Oct. 1, 2008 and March 31 of this year, according to the Globe. When asked, Kineavy reportedly said he routinely deletes e-mails and that they are not backed up by city computers.
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“The lack of transparency both in the culture of City Hall as well as the practice has been par for the course….since I’ve stepped foot in the building.”
- City Councilman Sam Yoon
