DUBLIN, IRELAND (December 20, 2024) — A few people complained that I am now giving the people coming after me with taxpayer-funded lawfare new nicknames like Dum Dum (Dawn Warren), Yip Yap (Yadira Ramos-Herbert), Loverboy (Adam Salgado) and Yadira’s Valet (Will Melendez). Seriously? Boo-frickin-hoo. Having moved forward with entirely frivolous
DUBLIN, IRELAND (December 19, 2024) — I am very happy to announce that Ghost.org has upgraded my comments section. I can now offer subscribers threaded replies and sorting options. This is a terrific improvement that will enhance the subscriber experience in a meaningful way. I realize this may sound like
DUBLIN, IRELAND (December 19, 2024) — Today’s topic is not really about corruption per se, but just something I came across while reporting on the highly questionable $7,500 a month Employee Recognition Luncheons. I will also get into a sidebar on the stonewalling of my Employee Recognition Luncheons FOIL.
DUBLIN, IRELAND (December 18, 2024) — It did not take long for Dum Dum Dawn to respond to my most recent article. Two hours after posting this on Part XII of my Thimblerig series: …my only effective means of asking questions is by making FOIL requests and, as readers have seen,
DUBLIN, IRELAND (December 17, 2024) — As I am making increasingly clear in this series, the more questions I ask of City Hall, the fewer answers I get. It has become a theme. As they are typically either combative or non-responsive (and now funding an open-ended, personal investigation of me with
DUBLIN, IRELAND (December 16, 2024) — For a person with such a short tenure — 16 days since he officially got rid of the “Acting” in his job title on December 1 — Will Melendez is well on his way to becoming the most corrupt City Manager in the history of New Rochelle.
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DUBLIN, IRELAND (December 15, 2024) — On October 4, the City of New Rochelle put on the Taste of Leroy, an event ostensibly to promote local restaurants in the area. On October 19, I made a FOIL request for all public records pertaining to Taste of Leroy event. On October 22,
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Resolution further authorizes unlimited funding to investigate Robert Cox NEW ROCHELLE, NY (December 11, 2024) — In an unprecedented decision, the New Rochelle City Council last night adopted, by a 5-2 vote, a resolution authorizing the unlimited funding of an investigation of Robert Cox and a private lawsuit by Corporation Counsel
NEW ROCHELLE, NY (December 10, 2024) — As noted last week, sometimes the stories write themselves. The agenda for tonight’s New Rochelle City Council meeting includes a resolution authorizing Corporation Counsel Dawn Warren and Development Commissioner Adam Salgado to retain legal counsel at taxpayer expense to pursue potential defamation claims
DUBLIN, IRELAND (December 3, 2024) — Sometimes, the articles write themselves. New Rochelle Corporation Counsel Dawn Warren and Development Commissioner Adam Salgado have hired a lawyer to suppress my entirely accurate reporting and are now threatening a lawsuit if I do not “cease and desist” with my reporting on their corruption
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DUBLIN, IRELAND (November 27, 2024) — Facebook is run by countless idiots. Let me provide Example #192.
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DUBLIN, IRELAND (November 19, 2024) — Development Commissioner Adam Salgado wants more cowbell. Talk about tone-deaf. He was well aware I had a story coming about his wasting $125,000 of taxpayer money on jazz concerts few attended with no accounting for where the money went. Despite this, he announced Thursday
THE CLOCK IS TICKING: Free Accounts End 12/31/2024 so only 7 more newsletters to go if you do not upgrade to a paid account. ACT NOW!. DUBLIN, IRELAND (November 17, 2024) — After a week in Germany and Austria, I am back in Ireland. It can always change but
DUBLIN, IRELAND (November 18, 2024) — After detailed reports on two highly suspect summer events (WE Rock Lincoln Park, Unity in the Community), I now turn to a third event, Jazz Under the Stars, also referred to as Taste of Anderson Plaza. There is less detail because records, it seems, are
SALZBURG, AUSTRIA (November 10, 2024) — I spent the weekend in Munich with Loli, where we went to the Giants play the Panthers at Allianz Arena in an NFL Deutschland match up. Munich was wonderful. We went to the Munich Opera to see Wagner’s Das Rheingold, the Glockenspiel Clock at
DUBLIN, IRELAND (November 5, 2024) — As noted previously, New Rochelle Development Commissioner Adam Salgado unilaterally authorized close to $200,000 for three events this summer involving third-party partners: WE Rock Lincoln Park (Lachonne Williams), Unity in the Community (Vivian Spady) and Jazz Under the Stars (Rocky Middleton). Among the many
DUBLIN, IRELAND (November 3, 2024) — After mulling it over for quite a while, and finally sorting it in my mind, I got underway with what I am calling my Thimblerig series. This is another of what I call my “road map” articles, stories designed to make it easier for investigators
DUBLIN, IRELAND (November 1, 2024) — New Rochelle Development Commissioner Adam Salgado unilaterally authorized close to $200,000 for three events this summer involving third-party partners: WE Rock Lincoln Park (Lachonne Williams), Unity in the Community (Vivian Spady) and Jazz Under the Stars (Rocky Middleton). Salgado did not seek City Council