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Sherman's Fiscal Failure: Paving Roads, Padding Salaries, and Sherman’s $50 Million Illusion

Friday, March 20, 2026

A forensic audit of Sherman’s budgets from 2013 to 2026 reveals a decade-long pattern of severe fiscal mismanagement. The public ledger shows that the administration hoarded a $2.3 million surplus, increased executive compensation by 78%, and prioritized paving beach parking lots—all while overseeing the catastrophic decay of the Sherman School, resulting in a $50 million infrastructure crisis.

$50 Million Ghost Ship: A Megaproject Without a Paper Trail, and a First Selectman’s Panic

Wednesday, March 18, 2026

As the Sherman School project balloons to a staggering $50 million, FOIA requests reveal a terrifying void of daily logs and oversight. When Sherman CT News pointed a camera at the site, Town Hall responded with police intimidation and a literal corridor

A Tale of Two Snowstorms: Transparency, Steel, and Sherman’s Missing Construction Logs

Friday, March 6, 2026

First Selectman Don Lowe uses winter weather to boast of construction progress to the press while simultaneously citing it as a legal defense to withhold public records from the state.

The FOIA Files: State Police Officially Clear Drone Flights

Friday, February 20, 2026

Town Hall claimed our drone flights over the $42.8M school project were illegal harassment. No state, local, or federal laws were broken. First Selectman is using 911 as private security to silence the press.