2017 Medford MA candidates

Excerpts of transcribed videos from the 2017 Medford MA candidates for Mayor, City Council, and School Committee.

City Council Candidates (map)
Excerpts
 2016 Words 2017 Words
Campaign Links
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Natalie Breen
0
991
Robert Cappucci
12,473
16,253
Richard Caraviello*
42,879
129,681
Fred Dello Russo*
96,870
35,117
John Falco*
32,093
58,054
2011 Link
Adam Knight*
67,236
125,550
Breanna Lungo-Koehn*
74,550
121,615
Ann Marie Cugno
30,091
25,191
Michael Marks*
138,516
222,477
George Rick Sacco
0
2,805
Cheryl Rodriguez
16,356
19,913
Remo Scarfo
0
0
George Scarpelli*
27,165
44,091
Curtis Tuden
0
2,577

City Council Prelim Candidates (map)
Excerpts
 2016 Words 2017 Words
Campaign Links
 ORM endorsed? Medford Happenings Medford Bytes GKM
Patch
MCM
Natalie Breen
0
991
Robert Cappucci
12,473
16,253
Richard Caraviello*
42,879
129,681
Andrew Castagnetti
12,168
29,708
Fred Dello Russo*
96,870
35,117
John Falco*
32,093
58,054
2011 Link
Adam Knight*
67,236
125,550
Breanna Lungo-Koehn*
74,550
121,615
Ann Marie Cugno
30,091
25,191
Michael Marks*
138,516
222,477
George Rick Sacco
0
2,805
Cheryl Rodriguez
16,356
19,913
Remo Scarfo
0
0
George Scarpelli*
27,165
44,091
Curtis Tuden
0
2,577

School Committee Candidates (map)
Excerpts
 2016 Words 2017 Words
Campaign Links
 ORM endorsed? Medford Happenings Medford Bytes GKM
Patch
MCM
Kathleen Cullinane
0
655
Erin DiBenedetto*
38,976
26,136
Kathy Kreatz*
8,986
9,665
Angela Moore
1,935
686
Mea Quinn Mustone*
3,362
4,868
Alexis Rodriguez
0
665
Michael Ruggiero
1,663
1,285
Paul Ruseau
0
4,752
Robert Skerry*
5,583
4,583
Paulette Van der Kloot*
25,391
16,887

Mayoral Candidates (map)
Excerpts
 2016 Words 2017 Words
Campaign Links
 ORM endorsed? Medford Happenings Medford Bytes GKM
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MCM
David McKillop
0
19,930
Stephanie Muccini Burke*
39,574
47,191

*=Incumbent

These links go to a dedicated page for each candidate containing a compilation of all their excerpts extracted from the transcribed videos and include timestamped links to the original source video. Similar pages exist for candidates and a handful of important public employees here. Word counts for each candidate are also included, intended as a very rough proxy for who's active. A challenger having few appearances/words in these excerpts doesn't necessarily say much about them. Many successful candidates in the past did not appear in any videos prior to their election.

A great use of these pages is to use your browser's search function to find where candidates mention topics that are important to you, then you can watch the corresponding video in its full context.

One may also wish to upload these pages to ChatGPT then ask for help synthesizing the results more globally. However, be warned it heavily weights the beginning of the file (the most recent excerpts), and will happily fill in missing information with convincing -- but totally ficticious -- misinformation. It's significantly better when asked to compare two things ("rank the candidates on XX"), but in general, treat the results from ChatGPT as a you would something written by a mid-level high school student.

The videos are transcriptions of (nearly) all videos at the YouTube channels listed here, which are predominantly city council and school committee meetings, but also include campaign channels, news sources, and other channels dedicated to local politics, including partisans on both sides (I can only include YouTube channels, but if I'm missing any, please let me know).