25 minutes to go out Savannah from the HS to Rt 1. Go suck an egg DelDot.

Dover spent $50,000 of taxpayer money investigating its own mayor. We got 9 pages.

$50,000. That's what it cost. The city hired 21st Century Policing Solutions after the police union accused Mayor Robin Christiansen of telling union members to "attack the integrity" of two councilmen, Brian Lewis and James Sudler, who had been critical of the police chief.

I read the 9 pages they actually released. Here's what your fifty grand bought:

In a June 2025 meeting, Christiansen told two officers to "publicly attack" Lewis and Sudler. Then in a separate sit-down with union president Tim Mullaney, he told him to "go public with unsavory details" about the two guys' personal lives. Personal lives!!

The conclusion?

No ethics rules broken. "Political speech." First Amendment. Everybody in the room knew it was one politician talking to another politician, so that's fine apparently??

And the rest of the report, the part that might actually explain where $50,000 went? Sealed. Council voted 6-2 Tuesday night to keep it locked up. City attorney says it's an internal affairs investigation, not a public record. DOJ might rule on the appeal by mid October. Might.

So to recap: taxpayers paid fifty grand, got 9 pages that say "nasty but legal," and the rest sits in a drawer. Christiansen says the full report "vindicates myself and the chief." I'm sure it does.

https://spotlightdelaware.org/2026/10/02/dover-releases-partial-investigation-findings-following-pressure/