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The New Rochelle Thimblerig — Part VII
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
Recommended Reading, November 17, 2024
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
The New Rochelle Thimblerig — Part VI
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
Recommended Reading, November 10, 2024
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
The New Rochelle Thimblerig — Part V
The New Rochelle Thimblerig — Part IV
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
Recommended Reading, November 3, 2024
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
The New Rochelle Thimblerig — Part III
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
The New Rochelle Thimblerig — Part II
DUBLIN, IRELAND (October 29, 2024) — A major part of the fundamental change to the City of New Rochelle government which occurred on March 25, 2024, was an assertion of illegal, strong-Mayor form of executive action. Yadira Ramos-Herbert hired a law firm on behalf of the City of New Rochelle, which
Thoughts on Aisha Cook Op-Ed on New Rochelle Charter School
DUBLIN, IRELAND (October 29, 2024) — I linked a recent article by Aisha Cook published on NewRoar News which is worth reading: Reaction to Charter school Approval for New Rochelle. Her piece is a reaction to the video I clipped and posted from the SUNY vote to approve the new charter
The New Rochelle Thimblerig — Part I
DUBLIN, IRELAND (October 28, 2024) — The City of New Rochelle government has fundamentally changed since March 25, 2024, the day Yadira Ramos-Herbert called Kathleen Gill into her office and told her to resign immediately or be fired, and to clear out her office by noon that day. New Rochelle has