Leah Hoopes | The Delco Patriot

🚨 NEW INVESTIGATION 🚨 For nearly six years, Gregory Stenstrom and I and other great Patriots have been investigating Delaware County. We testified under oath. We submitted disclosures to the DOJ. We filed Right-to-Know requests. We defended ourselves pro se and defeated two defamation lawsuits. Then Delaware County hired one of the largest law firms in the country and sued us. Most people know about the lawsuit. Very few know what came before it. Over the past several years, I've obtained more than 40,000 pages of invoices, contracts, engagement letters, procurement records, Council agendas, meeting packets, court filings, and financial records. I reconstructed the timeline from the government's own documents. The result raises serious questions about public spending, transparency, litigation strategy, media monitoring, and government accountability. This article isn't asking you to take my word for anything. I'm inviting you to follow the documents, review the timeline, and draw your own conclusions. Read the article here: 🔗 https://open.substack.com/pub/delcopatriot2020/p/how-two-citizens-became-the-target?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=24vfjx This is only the beginning. The records tell a story no press release ever will.

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To: Lee Awbrey, Solicitor Delaware County Solicitor's Office Mrs. Awbrey, Please accept this correspondence as a formal preservation demand regarding all records relating to Delaware County, et al. v. Gregory Stenstrom and Leah Hoopes, the County's handling of Pennsylvania Right-to-Know requests concerning that litigation, and the participation of Raymond McGarry in communications relating to the matter. Through records produced by Delaware County pursuant to the Pennsylvania Right-to-Know Law, I have obtained internal email communications concerning the Dragonetti litigation that are expressly designated "Attorney-Client Privilege" and "Attorney Work Product." Those records reflect that Raymond McGarry was copied on multiple communications concerning the litigation, including email chains dated April 18, 2025, and April 29, 2025. Based upon the records presently available, Mr. McGarry's legal role in the Dragonetti litigation is not apparent. Publicly available information reflects that, at the time these communications were transmitted, Mr. McGarry was a candidate for the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas and had previously served as Montgomery County Solicitor. Accordingly, I request that Delaware County immediately preserve all records sufficient to identify: Mr. McGarry's role, if any, in the Dragonetti litigation. Who authorized his inclusion on attorney-client privileged and attorney work-product communications. Any engagement letters, retention agreements, consulting agreements, common-interest agreements, joint-defense agreements, conflict waivers, or other documents authorizing his participation. Any invoices, billing records, purchase orders, Controller approvals, payment records, or procurement documents relating to Mr. McGarry or any law firm with which he was affiliated. All communications between the Solicitor's Office, Duane Morris LLP, Delaware County officials, insurers, and Mr. McGarry concerning the Dragonetti litigation. All metadata identifying when Mr. McGarry was added to litigation communications, by whom, and for what purpose. Additionally, Delaware County is on notice that multiple Right-to-Know requests and appeals concerning the Dragonetti litigation remain pending or reasonably foreseeable. The Office of the Solicitor has retained outside counsel, including Robert Scott and his law firm, in connection with Right-to-Know matters. Throughout my RTKL litigation, I have alleged that the County's responses have included inadequate searches, incomplete productions, delayed disclosures, extensive redactions, and other actions that I contend obstruct access to public records and demonstrate bad faith under the Pennsylvania Right-to-Know Law. Those allegations remain disputed and are the subject of ongoing proceedings. Accordingly, this preservation demand also extends to all records relating to: Communications with Robert Scott and his firm regarding my Right-to-Know requests and appeals. Instructions concerning record searches, custodians, search methodologies, and electronically stored information. Decisions regarding redactions, privilege assertions, withholding of records, and production decisions. Communications regarding metadata, attachments, archived emails, backup media, and preservation of electronically stored information. Litigation strategy concerning RTKL requests involving Gregory Stenstrom, Leah Hoopes, the Dragonetti litigation, or related matters. Invoices, billing narratives, payment approvals, purchase orders, engagement letters, contracts, and all financial records relating to Robert Scott's representation. Communications among the Solicitor's Office, Robert Scott, Duane Morris LLP, County Council, the Controller's Office, and any County employee concerning my Right-to-Know requests or appeals.