Matthew Hallock, Solar the Spokesdog and President Dave talk about student housing infestation, Mill River, Pine Creek, Ash Creek, The Pine Creek Playground, and putting a building on top of the source of a stream.
Op/Ed
New voices offer fresh air at Fairfield (CT) candidate debates
New voices (all GOP) Emily Hau (vs. Jennifer Leeper), Lisa Miro (vs. Cristin McCarthy Vahey), and Ken Astarita (vs. Sarah Keitt) won the debate as they jockey to win their CT Legislative Rep races.
Scinto’s Remorse? Developer’s property is … concerning.
Development is proosed on top of source of Pine Creek in protected open space in a flood zone atop the ashes of a lumber yard fire with forever chemicals left behind a block from the notorious 5-corners intersection.
Scinto’s Remorse? Developer buys contaminated lot in flood zone
Developer Scinto procured a lot with the toxic ashes from a lumber yard fire on protected open space in a flood zone that abuts a notorious 5-corners traffic intersection.
Watch: Thomas Paine-In-The-Rear on Speed Cameras & Surveillance
“In the Colonies, we do not tolerate remote tyrants surveilling our habits and patterns.” — Thomas Paine-In-The-Rear, Uncommon Sense. While local town debates focus on traffic tickets and speed limits, a much larger municipal crisis is unfolding in Town Hall: data sovereignty. When town officials sign off on automated traffic enforcement programs, citizen license plates, movement patterns, and location timestamps get harvested and routed directly into out-of-state, third-party corporate clouds.
Not So Fast: Speed Cameras hit a red light in Fairfield.
The surveillance cameras, facial recognition scanners in supermarkets, RR self-pay parking kiosks, virtually every homeowner’s Ring doorbell – all upload Personally Identifiable Information (PII) to the cloud. The town is pressured to abandon its prime directive of protecting its citizens’ PII.
NOW will you believe we’re in a flood zone?
A 2013 FEMA study placed nearly all seven miles of U.S. 1 in Fairfield in a flood zone—yet municipal planners continue to rely on obsolete maps to push high-density development and synthetic zoning overlays. With 13 years of rising sea levels, closed-door planning sessions, and third-party vendors redrawing traditional neighborhood lines, Fairfield must demand updated hydrology reports before finalizing its Town Plan.
Uncommon Sense: Let Distant Eyes Surveil Their Own Soil
Thomas Paine InTheRear drops a modern declaration for Fairfield’s future. Will we choose an unaccountable corporate dystopia or community sovereignty? Read the 13 foundational questions of the People’s Referendum and let your voice be heard.
Is this how we treat our heroes?
When our dedicated public servants are not treated with respect or gratitude, we are going to lose them.
Let Me Take You To Our Leaders
Fairfield (CT): The Open Table forum offered a rare look at what local leadership looks like in Fairfield County. While State Senator Tony Hwang and I are both running for First Selectman in the February 3, 2026, Special Election, this event wasn’t about the campaign trail—it was a critical “what do we do now” strategy session.
Fairfield at the Point of No Return
Matthew Hallock is officially on the ballot for Fairfield First Selectman as an Independent Reform Candidate.
Introduction. Fairfield has long enjoyed a reputation as “the town that has it all”. There was internal
agreement that we were one of the best towns in Connecticut – topped only by being on on
the cover of Money magazine as one of the top towns in America.
Deadly Sins sighting: Greed & Gluttony in the capital
Hartford pushes a “Golden Corral” of power for the construction industry at the expense of residents. Learn how this dystopian legislation, a new House of Cards, is forcing high-density housing, ignoring local zoning, and exploiting communities. We honor Bill Gerber’s fight and reveal the truth through radical transparency.