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DUBLIN, IRELAND (November 12, 2025) — As the New Rochelle City Council prepares to be put on full-blast at tonight’s Citizens to be Heard, I wanted to throw together a few disparate tidbits to round out my gaslighting series, content I gathered later or new issues and questions that
DUBLIN, IRELAND (November 9, 2025) — In a welcome, long-sought result (by me and many of my readers anyway!), Westchester Power is ceasing operations this month and all customers will be returned to Con Edison or NYSEG, signaling the death rattle of Sustainable Westchester and it’s Green Tyranny. This
DUBLIN, IRELAND (November 7, 2025) — Sustainable Westchester has announced it will end its Westchester Power community energy program on Nov. 30, returning tens of thousands of customers across 26 municipalities to default Con Edison or NYSEG service. The nonprofit cited new state regulations that made continuing the program unfeasible. In
DUBLIN, IRELAND (November 6, 2025) — In my Words in Edgewise “gaslighting” series last week I tucked a section entitled “Shane Osinloye Rant” into Yadira & Co. Gaslighting on New Rochelle’s Flowers Park - Part II. Of course, you should read that article in full - and the entire series! But the
DUBLIN, IRELAND (November 4, 2025) — Part VIII of this series accuses New Rochelle City Manager Will Melendez of misusing a New York Times headline to alarm the city council into approving an unnecessary, costly public-private partnership for Flowers Park. Melendez misled the city council by displaying a misleading headline
DUBLIN, IRELAND (November 2, 2025) — The deadline for the Flowers Park RFP, October 29, has come and gone. I immediately made a FOIL request to the Clerk for all the bid documents. I also asked Bob Young, and I asked Will Melendez. Dear City Manager, The deadline for submitting bids
NEW ROCHELLE, NY (October 31, 2025) — I haven’t poked around the Westchester media landscape in a while, so I figured it was time to fire some questions at Grok AI and see what bubbled up. I’m especially curious about social media numbers after my own Talk of the
DUBLIN, IRELAND (October 29, 2025) — Part VII of this series of this series documents how New Rochelle City Manager Will Melendez misled the city council claiming he has plans to put in place costly 50- to 100-year flood protections for Flowers Park when no such plan exists (or is
DUBLIN, IRELAND (October 29, 2025) — Part VI of this series scrutinizes a presentation slide used by New Rochelle City Manager Will Melendez to justify expensive 50- to 100-year flood protection for Flowers Park. The slide features four flooding videos, of which only one actually depicts the park—near Gate
DUBLIN, IRELAND (October 28, 2025) — Part V of this series dismantles New Rochelle City Manager Will Melendez’ slide on storm-related costs at Flowers Park. Melendez highlights three storms—2007 Nor’easter, 2021 Hurricane Ida remnants, and 2023 Tropical Storm Ophelia—to argue for 50- to 100-year flood protection
DUBLIN, IRELAND (October 28, 2025) — Part IV of this series addressed Melendez’ slide on weather-related damages to Flowers Park in New Rochelle, citing three events over 18 years— a 2007 Nor’easter, Hurricane Ida in 2021, and Tropical Storm Ophelia in 2023—that collectively caused about 170 days of
DUBLIN, IRELAND (October 28, 2025) — Part III of this series targets City Manager Will Melendez’ claims Flowers Park is chronically flooded (it’s not). To demonstrate this he points to three storms—the 2007 Nor’easter that caused $1.6 million in damage, Ida in 2021 with over $700,000,