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The Anatomy of an Abdication: Will Sherman Republicans Surrender 2027?

Thursday, June 25, 2026

As Sherman navigates historic infrastructure debt, the local Republican Town Committee has completely withdrawn its players from the field, showing zero signs of challenging the incumbent First Selectman and essentially surrendering the 2027 municipal election. V is for victory of the admin class and V is for voter disenfranchisement.

Legal Clash Exposes Administrative Incompetence at Sherman School: Municipal Leaders Weaponize Public Fear to Hide Construction Failures

Monday, June 22, 2026

A visceral outrage over a drone surveying the Sherman School construction site exposes a deeper structural crisis at Town Hall: an administration weaponizing public panic to hide construction defects and override federal law.

The Compensation Chasm: Danbury's Modest Hike vs. Sherman's 90% Salary Grab

Saturday, June 13, 2026

While Danbury debates a 20 percent mayoral raise for a complex city of 87,000, Sherman's First Selectman has quietly orchestrated a staggering 90 percent explosion in his own compensation for a historically part-time role.

Silence on the Servers: Sherman Dropped Its Cyber Insurance. Now, Officials Are Refusing to Acknowledge Repeated Inquiries Into a Past Ransomware Attack.

Friday, June 12, 2026

The administration is actively shielding the details of a past network breach, utilizing statutory silence to deny repeated requests for public records.

Video Transcripts Expose Haphazard Procurements Masking a Complete Lack of Financial Oversight

Friday, June 5, 2026

Surfaced video evidence reveals something significantly more disturbing regarding the $300 local school project budget short fall. It is not a calculated strategy; it's administrative laziness.

The Dog Without Discipline: Inside Sherman's Uniparty

Sunday, May 10, 2026

While the First Selectman uses the local paper to lecture residents about park leash laws and undisciplined dogs, his own administration runs completely off-leash, ignoring state transparency statutes to hide a $50 million debt. Faced with this untamed political faction, independent journalism remains the only check on municipal power.

The Architecture of Oversight: When the Auditor Works for the Architect

Thursday, May 7, 2026

A forensic review of Sherman’s public records reveals a closed-loop financial ecosystem where the Board of Education Chairman is privately employing the Selectman tasked with auditing his $50 million school project.

Sherman's Phantom Opposition: How Sherman’s Republican Party Surrendered the Town

Friday, April 24, 2026

Faced with a looming $50 million debt and blatant FOIA violations by the town administration, Sherman’s local GOP has quietly laid down its arms and merged with the establishment.

2015 Question: The Leadership Failure Behind the $42.8M School Bond

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

A $42.8 million crisis is not an act of God; it is cultivated over time. As the town debates the staggering cost of the Sherman School, an uncomfortable question must be asked of the First Selectman's office.

The Art of Demolition by Neglect: A $5.6M Surplus and a $42.8M Crisis

Thursday, February 19, 2026

How does a town sitting on a $5.6 million surplus suddenly need a $42.8 million blank check? We expose the decade-long strategy of "demolition by neglect" that starved the Sherman School to build a political rainy-day fund—and the fiscal hostage situation that forced taxpayers to foot the bill.

Don Lowe vs. The Constitution: Weaponizing the State Police

Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Dispatching State Troopers to silence a lawful drone flight reveals a dangerous misunderstanding of our constitutional rights. We examine how First Selectman Don Lowe treats the town of Sherman like a private corporation—and treats taxpayers asking questions about a $42.8 million project like unruly employees who need to be disciplined.