In early September, Mayor Kamal Johnson and his aide, Justin Weaver, videoed themselves chatting, in an "undisclosed location," about issues before the city and Johnson's accomplishments as mayor. Gossips reported about it at the time: "Another Conversation with the Mayor." Today, Hudson Common Sense revisits that conversation: "Lookback: Fibber on the (City Hall) Roof."
This summer, Mayor Kamal Johnson and his aide Justin Weaver filmed a Facebook Live from the roof of City Hall--during work hours, on taxpayer time, using city property. They called it "Weather with Weaver." We call it something else: a campaign ad filmed on the public's dime.
In the 25-minute video, the Mayor listed his "successes" . . . many of which turned out to be inherited projects, half-truths, or simply outside City Hall's control. Then, quietly, the entire video disappeared from Facebook. No explanation. No archive. No transparency. Did the Election Board call?
Why was it deleted? Who decided to scrub it? And why is a public servant using public property as a campaign studio?
Hudson voters deserve to know what happens when official duties, campaign tactics, and taxpayer money all mix on the same roof.
If you missed the video when it was available on Facebook, it survives in this Hudson Common Sense review of it. Click here to view it and read the critique.
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