Alexandria, Indiana — A small town of trust, and the silent struggle, now chokes on a betrayal that has stained the water, books and the very soul of the town. The culprit, many believe, is not some faceless bureaucracy — but a familiar one: Mayor Todd Naselroad.
This is the story of how a small town’s faith in leadership was contaminated, drop by drop, into what is now known as the Mayor Todd Naselroad scandal.
The Faucets Turned Foul
It began by stomach cramps, rashes, and unidentified visits to hospitals. Then, there are the test samples; E. coli, H. pylori, and other pathogenic bacteria contaminated the water system of the town. Scores were sickened. Others were admitted in hospitals. People were advised to boil their water to use but it was late to many.
What normally would have resulted in everyone acting on an emergency instead elicited a creepy cover-up attitude by City Hall. And while pipes groaned, Mayor Todd Naselroad grinned in ribbon-cutting ceremonies for a newly paved road — a $10 million project that many residents now consider a concrete cover-up.
Asphalt Distraction of US$10 Million
As reported in the documents via whistle blowers and internal leaks, the money of the water, sewer and stormwater department was discreetly redirected to a mega road make-over. The project was initially estimated at a cost of a little over 1 million dollars, yet it raised its costs to 10 million dollars without a competitive bidding process being on the cards.
What now has residents vocalizing is whether the infrastructure of the town was sacrificed over something that no one wanted: a street.
It has been recorded that more than 2.3 million was used on what was dubbed as its administration alone, which incidentally was a catch all term that included the planning finances, the consultants and in some cases, backdoor payments.
Disappearing Paper Trail
Public records? Gone.
I mean water quality logs? Mysteriously redacted.
Council meeting videos? Disappeared in the servers of the city.
Access to Public Records Act (APRA) requests to the Mayor, the Clerk-Treasurer, and the Water Superintendent by citizens who filed these requests were treated with delay, denial or utter silence.
Internal water test logs were the most damning, however: several days in 2024 showed chlorine residuals of below 0.029 mg/L on numerous occasions. Disinfection does not work at these levels. Bacteria thrive. But the town management said that they followed.
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A Whistle Blowing Muzzle
To reveal the truth, one of the local business owners who was interested in SCROOGE LLC posted documents of the violations that took place in the city concerning their water system, population statistics, and budget malpractices. In a matter of days, his merchant accounts were frozen by Checkout.com who stated that they were uncomfortable with media exposure.
The corporate leader has since sued the company using whistleblower retaliation claims in the amount of 10 million dollars- which case could mean that the case might explode outside the limits of Alexandria or even further.
Storming of the Citizens
One citizen group, Concerned Citizens of Alexandria, is becoming politically active. These are their demands:
1.Full resignation of Mayor Todd Naselroad
2.Publication of all water testing results on a real-time basis
3.A third party forensic audit of city budgets
4.Any government official who is found guilty of falsifying any government records should be prosecuted
5.Bulwark intervention of the trust and transparency at the state level
The group already conducted town meetings, posted its findings on websites, and has a town hall meeting to put pressure on state representatives.
Mayor Todd Naselroad Scandal: A Case Study in Collapse
The rotting remains of an Alexandria that once labeled a touted leader gets watchful eyes. The Mayor Todd Naselroad scandal is no longer a local issue — it’s a mirror for towns across America.
How many cities are at risk contamination, not of the water, but also of ethics, when vigilance is low, and accountability disappears?
Final Drop
The example of Alexandria is a story of a contemporary American tragedy. Not due to a natural catastrophe, or even due to ill-fortune – it could probably rather be due to humans making decisions, concealed truths and political influence that was not applied with an impartial mind.
Alexandrians were to be assured of pure drinking water, clean governance and economic accountability. Toxic is what they were supplied with.
Until actual accountability comes along every drop that falls on their faucet will remind them bitterly.
