When Accountability Turns Into Obsession By Aaron Knapp Investigative Journalist and Public Records LitigatorPublisher, Lorain Politics Unplugged There are moments...
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A document driven Unplugged analysis of Lorain’s personnel spending from pre COVID through 2025, and what the numbers say when...
How an Unproven Narrative Moved Through Lorain Government and Reemerged in Plain Sight Aaron KnappInvestigative Journalist and Public Records AdvocatePublisher,...
How a Lorain Councilwoman Turned Rumor Into Weaponized Defamation By Aaron Knapp Introduction I am writing this because documents do...
Introduction: This Is Not About One Candidate or One Contract This story is not about a single campaign contribution, a...
On January 2, 2026, Cleveland Communications Inc. filed a twenty eight page opposition brief in federal court in its case...
How lawyers, legal contracts, and controlled prosecutions replaced public governance and turned accountability into a revenue stream By Aaron Christopher...
A decades-old case still haunts Lorain County, but it’s not over. The man who once prosecuted Nancy Smith now reaps...
How the Chronicle-Telegram “Found” the Petticord “Buried Salary” Email After I Put It in Their Inbox
By Aaron Christopher Knapp Introduction On December 9, 2025, The Chronicle-Telegram published an article by Dave O’Brien titled “Questions raised...
Panic, Power, Suppression, the Rivera Tapes, and the Fight Over the Price of Exoneration By Aaron Knapp | Lorain Politics...
