Shattered Trust and Poisoned Promises: Inside the Mayor Todd Naselroad Scandal That Rocked Alexandria
Alexandria, Indiana — a place that was for long a meaning of small-town stability, is hit with the outrage, sickness and raging political disaster. At the center stands Mayor Todd Naselroad, whose administration is under fire for a growing list of failures—chief among them: allowing a water crisis to spiral into a full-blown public catastrophe.
What started as a child being hospitalized due to exposure to E. coli now has become one of the most troubling municipal scandals in years in Indiana- a tale of mismanagement, secrecy and human suffering. It is more than a carelessness. This is treason.
The First Warning: an ill Baby and a dangerous lie
Just two months earlier, in April, a local infant was emergency rushed to the hospital because of E. coli poisoning. The child used to drink the municipal tap water in Alexandria. The office of Mayor Naselroad instead played down the risk instead of initiating a public health response. He publicly announced that the tap water was safe even though internal reports indicated low presence of chlorine of 0.029 mg/L which was way below the legal norm of 0.2 mg/L.
People living in the community were deceived. The same bizarre sentiments of an IDEM (Indiana Department of Environmental Management) official who gushed over a reading of 0.09 mg/L being described as good, only further angered citizens and the field of public health experts, alike and this too became a viral video.
As the mayor promised sodality, the people were boiling the water and observing the relatives getting sick.
A Million Dollar Mystery: How the Budget Turned into a Pit of Black Hole:
With health issues set on fire, citizens found out about another scaring situation–the infrastructure project jumped, suddenly and without any basis, some 1.05 million to 10 million. This road was to be resurfaced and this was used in representing fiscal profligacy. Close to 2.3 million dollars as the armed forces describe it as planning and administrative charges were divided between numerous departments many of which had nothing to do with roads; including water, sewer, and stormwater accounts.
The citizens wanted to have answers. None came. This even as the cost of a road, in time when clean water is a life-and-death issue, seems to be not only an obsession of the mayor: it is also something he wants to conceal.
Wall of Silence: Documents withheld Dissenting voices which are hushed away
In an attempt to permit visibility into the problematic work of the corporation, residents of Alexandria submitted official requests to the records of the company in accordance with the Access to Public Records Act in the state of Indiana. Instead they got obstruction. The withholding of logs of chlorine took place. Emails sent internally were side-stepped. The flow of communications among city officials remained out of social contact.
Individuals who set out to talk in council sessions were silenced. Mayor Todd Naselroad, Water Superintendent Mark Caldwell, and Clerk-Treasurer Darcy VanErman were all named in formal complaints for violating public records laws. Accountability was not only a historical non-existence but on the contrary it was evaded.
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The Whistleblower Fightback: Truth and Retribution
One of the most explosive elements of the Mayor Todd Naselroad scandal involves Peters, the founder of SCROOGE LLC. Peters business was hit by revealing internal documents of the city and water test results. His merchant account with Checkout.com was closed and 25% of his payments locked by his payment processor.
The People Demand Resignation and Reform: The People s Ultimatum
Angry and well-prepared, the Concerned Citizens of Alexandria have published a list of demands, which cannot be negotiated:
- The immediate resignation of Mayor Todd Naselroad
- Complete forensic audit of city-funds
- Releasing of all water quality documentation to the public
- Governor Brauns state intervention
- Misuse of the public fund investigation Questions related to criminal and civil wrong
There has not been any resignation to-date. No apologies. Nada but silence at City Hall.
When the Leadership Fails, the people must lead.
We have seen that the power corrupts everything, and we can proudly call the crisis in Alexandria brutal truth. Water, trust, community and hope. The Mayor Todd Naselroad scandal is not just a warning for Indiana—it’s a blueprint of what happens when accountability is replaced by arrogance.
The people of Alexandria stop waiting any longer. They are exigent. No one should be told that their water is safe–when it gets their children to the hospital.
