Author: Tom Faranda
-
DOJ letter to Croton village on Lenny Amicola free speech suppression
Thanks to M C for sending me the link. This is a tough letter – they take First Amendments Rights quite seriously (thank God!)! Full text below the link. https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2025/09/dept-of-justice-doj-letter-village.html
-
Trump posts about Lenny Amicola and Croton village backing down
Once this became national news, it was almost guaranteed the President would comment. Thanks to J D for sending me this since I don’t “follow” Trump – or anyone else for that matter.
-
My Uncle Bud – would be 99 today
What a great person – here he is with my Aunt Ardis, as I remember them both when I was young! Anthony Faranda – served on an aircraft carrier in WW 2 when he was a teenager.
-
Croton Village drops ridiculous charges against Viet vet Lenny Amicola
I had posted about this twice in the last two days. There are pictures of the banner ON HIS OWN PROPERTY at the links. Here – Croton Lenny Amicola; "Why I won't surrender and take down my Trump flag" And here – "NY POST—A DISABLED VIETNAM VET IS FIGHTING A NEW WAR AGAINST HIS SMALL…
-
Croton Lenny Amicola; “Why I won’t surrender and take down my Trump flag”
On his own property. This nonsense has now gone national and he was on Newsmax tonight. Pictures if you hit the link. I was sent to Texas to serve on the burial Honor Guard. It was an assignment nobody wanted. I was 19 years old and serving at the funerals of other 19 year olds.…
-
“NY POST—A DISABLED VIETNAM VET IS FIGHTING A NEW WAR AGAINST HIS SMALL TOWN GOVERNMENT”
Signs have to be "content neutral"? Go here – thanks to M. C. Leonard Amicola, who has lived in the Westchester County village of Croton-on-Hudson for 67 years, said he’ll battle local officials to keep his “Trump is my President” banner flying, claiming he has a Constitutional right to express support for the commander-in-chief, he…
-
Today – 20th anniversary of this blog – and changes are coming
Wow. 20 years. Originally started by me to document my lymphoma and the pending treatment. I wanted a place where people could see what was going on with my health and chemotherapy – facebook had just come into existence and few people used it. The changes – the whole blog has to move to wordpress,…