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Beyond the "Facebook Few": Residents Turn Out for Community Forum on Town Spending and Transparency By Peter C. Frank Editor-in-Chief, the Bloomfield Community Dispatch AI Illustration for the Bloomfield Community Dispatch BLOOMFIELD, CT - August 7, 2026 — As Bloomfield taxpayers grapple with rising property tax bills and ongoing questions regarding municipal governance, local residents gathered at the Blue Hills Firehouse on Tuesday, July 28, 2026, for a grassroots community forum hosted by Town Councilors Suzette DeBeatham-Brown and Shamar Mahon. The meeting, organized to provide an open line of communication between elected representatives and the public, drew roughly 50 residents, according to attendees, whose estimates ranged from 45 to 60. They raised questions about recent Town Council decisions, budget allocations, and administrative procedures. This account is based on interviews with several attendees. The Dispatch reported on T...
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Archived Investigations

Part 5.3: The Final Three Reasons
Published December 31, 2025 — A forensic audit of administrative failures and staffing gaps.
BREAKING NEWS: The "Percolation" Protocol
Published December 26, 2025 — FOIA evidence of the "Zombie Contract" and political electioneering.
Part 5.2: The Digital Blackout
Published December 24, 2025 — The regression from enterprise software to manual spreadsheets.
SPECIAL REPORT: Town Manager Sued for Sexual Harassment
Published December 22, 2025 — Coverage of the Taylor vs. Schwapp litigation in Hartford Superior Court.
Part 5.1: The Offline Government (The Blind Checkbook)
Published December 18, 2025 — Documentation of the 15-month bank reconciliation failure.
Part 4.5: The Mayor’s "Fact Sheet": A Case Study in Contradictions
Published December 12, 2025 — Rebutting official narratives with internal town documents.
Part 4: The Cover-Up
Published December 4, 2025 — Exposing the suppressed "Tier I" state takeover warnings.
Part 3: The Audit Scandal & The $21 Million "Ghost"
Published December 3, 2025 — Analyzing the debt reduction "miracle" and audit delays.
Part 2.5: The Tax Reality Check
Published November 30, 2025 — A data-driven look at mill rates and reassessment hikes.
Part 2: The True Cost of Mismanagement
Published November 24, 2025 — Investigating systemic failure and legal budget overages.
Part 1: Bloomfield's Crisis of Governance
Published November 16, 2025 — The foundational analysis of structural deficits and revaluation.
Prequel: Bloomfield's Crisis of Transparency
Published November 10, 2025 — The documentation of FOIA resistance that started the series.

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