Derek Williams was a reporter before he became Honesdale’s mayor. Since taking office, this outlet has tracked where money moves around him — starting with his employer sending $171,500 to his girlfriend’s arts organization, then steering another $72,500 the same way months later.
Williams has also disputed how Pennsylvania classifies Canaltown, a project he and Lisa Glover don’t call a business even though the state does — one thread in a wider pattern this outlet has posed as a direct legal question: does the network he’s built with Glover meet the federal definition of a racketeering enterprise?
This outlet sent Williams an open letter asking him to answer directly. He hasn’t. If it happens in the mayor’s office and it’s of public interest, we’ll cover it — check back here to stay current.
Williams is also on the record dating Lisa Glover — you can read her full record here.
WCCF received $72,500 to run Honesdale's Heart & Soul program with no competitive application. Mayor Derek Williams, WCCF's Community Engagement Manager, told residents to "contact me or the Foundation" — but his WCCF role appears nowhere in the press releases
Parents couldn't reach their kids during a Honesdale lockdown. Mayor Derek Williams said nothing useful. His inner circle told residents to stop asking questions.
Mayor Derek Williams, Lisa Glover, a junk science report, and the money routed through WCCF. Does the Williams-Glover network meet the federal definition of RICO?
Honesdale Borough Mayor Derek Williams posted a staged photo with Edward Bernays' Propaganda in response to our reporting. Readers noticed something on his bookshelf. Can you identify it?
Honesdale Mayor Derek Williams responded to Pocono Review's investigative reporting by posting a staged bedroom photo with Propaganda by Edward Bernays propped spine-out for the camera. Here's what that book says — and what it says about him.
Mayor Derek Williams works for the foundation that sent $171,500 to his girlfriend Lisa Glover's arts organization in Honesdale. Nobody disclosed it.
Earlier today, Pocono Review published an open letter to Honesdale Mayor Derek Williams asking him to release his Statements of Financial Interests directly, instead of forcing residents through Right-to-Know. The letter ran through the legal stakes. This piece is about the company at the center of it — and why so much of what Canaltown...
An open letter to Honesdale Mayor Derek Williams: publish your Statements of Financial Interests. The public shouldn't need a Right-to-Know to find them.
How Mayor Williams Built a Grant Pipeline With Himself at Every Stop (opinion) What would it look like if a small-town mayor designed the perfect grant money machine? It would look like this: You’d start by learning how grants work from the inside — say, by spending years as a county planning employee writing them. Then...
