2 October—Several readers have inquired about the criminal complaint I’ve been trying to file with whichever Litchfield resident trooper I’m able to touch base with whenever I may be so fortunate. Well, no one should be surprised that the complaint is or will be about Litchfield’s popular man about town and favorite wannabe luxury condominium or skyscraper affordable housing developer, Michael Peloquin. Remember him?

It seems that late last year, as Doctor Judge Peloquin was harassing my son and me, I prevailed on the resident trooper to warn him off. The harassment was more a pain in the ass than anything else, truth be told: mostly idle, inconsequential, nonviolent threats if I didn’t remove everything I’d written about him from The Monitor’s website.

My son has been especially peeved because Dr. Peloquin insists on addressing all his literature to Paul Rosenberg Sr. (which I am not) or most recently to Paul Rosenbery Sr., but at my son’s PO box—even though post orifice personnel have made it clear to the old cowboy that he’s been using the wrong address. At least he’s stopped using his interpretation of my middle name, which has been, inter alia, Morreiriccaa and Morroeieices on his envelopes.

So the warning from law enforcement appeared to have worked, because my son and I hadn’t received any mail from Judge Peloquin for several months. Then, earlier this year, the threats resumed. They’re largely photocopies of previous threats. With additions, of course.

Like for instance: “I give you 5 days to remove all and every article you wrote about me – Michael J. Peloquin – in your past Litchfield Monitor.COM or . . . Five (5) days Sir!”

And: “Mr. Rosenberg: Would you like to ‘Outwrite’ my lawyer Alexander Taubes? MJP”

I had no idea what MJP meant by that. So I got in touch with Alexander Taubes, who is representing the owners of the land Peloquin wants to build condos or affordable housing skyscrapers on, but he neither confirmed nor denied being Peloquin’s lawyer. I still have no idea what MJP meant.

On the other hand, as of 13 June Alexander Taubes has a $100,000 mortgage on Peloquin’s North Street manse (the former mortuary), subordinate to the $400,000 one the owners of the litigated land filed the same day, both payable by next June.

That half-million should help Peloquin pay some of the remaining six figures of way-back income taxes he still owes the IRS, the five figures of back property taxes he owes the town, and the four figures of back property taxes he owes the borough.

All that said, don’t count Michael Peloquin out. For better or worse, like his exemplar D***** ****P, from whose biography TrumpNation he sent me a photocopy of an underlined page, Peloquin is a survivor . . .