“But that horrible Orange Man deported my usual crew that uses tweezers and whisk brooms, and I just HAD to have the lawns ready for this weekend’s garden party!” (Updated)

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Oops, The Queen Of Quiet Yards Did It Again!

Greenwich Patriots

Jun 23, 2025

You just can't make this stuff up.

The landscapers working at the home of Elizabeth Dempsey, the founder of the group responsible for pushing the seasonal ban on gas powered leaf blowers -- Quiet Yards -- just violated the seasonal ban on gas-powered leaf blowers.

They did it right in front of one of those obnoxious yellow "gas powered leaf blowers prohibited" signs that are littering the roadsides and rotaries all around town, no less!

Plus, neither the landscapers nor the truck they drove had any sort of information indicating the name of the landscaping company or the license number -- why do you think that is?

It's not the first time this has happened.

Her landscapers were caught breaking the rules last summer, too—the very first season the ordinance, which was passed by the admittedly "left of center" RTM, went into effect.

Rules for thee, but not for me!

I asked ChatBot to research a bit about Ms. Dempsey, and it came up with this:

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A new group of fed-up locals organized Quiet Yards Greenwich in 2021. Co-founder Elizabeth Dempsey said the insulated walls and windows of her home on a 3.79-acre lot are no match for the gas-powered leaf blowers in her neighborhood during busy blowing months.Nov 23, 2023

Leaf Blower Fight Roils Greenwich, Conn., Home to ... - WSJ

Quiet Yards Greenwich calls on town to address 'loud ... Greenwich Time

Feb 27, 2022 — Quiet Yards Greenwich was formed by town residents Elizabeth Dempsey Jane Brash. Last Thursday, they took their case directly to the Board ...

Pressure Mounts on Board of Health at Hearing ... Greenwich Free Press

https://greenwichfreepress.com › news › government

May 23, 2023 — Elizabeth Dempsey of QYG said, “We are not outsiders. Every single one of us are Greenwich residents – either born in Greenwich or here for ...

Greenwich bans leaf blowers for part of year, sets new ...

Greenwich Time

Jan 17, 2024 — Elizabeth Dempsey, one of the organizers at Quiet Yards Greenwich, said residents can breathe a sigh of relief. “The 30-year effort for a ...

UPDATE: I believe that the Yard Queen has responded in the comments:

Yard Queen

No one is above the law! Not even for this Queen. No garden parties here but was out of town when it happened and appreciate knowing that there was a mistake made. This has been addressed.

The question is, was Bill Clinton aboard?

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I posted an item yesterday about a yacht skipper’s attempt at cutting corners coming to grief in the murky waters off Greenwich Harbor: A fowl tide brings the chickens home to roost:

Today Reader Desidog has identified the yacht in question and even provided a helpful link to a British publication’s story on the owner, replete with a photo of what appears to be the very yacht in question:

Jes Staley, the yacht and a visit to Epstein’s island

Contact between the men continued after financier was convicted of trafficking in 2008

The world of high finance is not mine, so I had no idea who Jes Staley is (and have no idea, naturally, whether he still owns the Good Ship Lollypop). I looked him up, though, and he does have an interesting resume. Staley had, and continues to have difficulties arising from his close association with the late Mr. Epstein; perhaps that distracted him from his piloting duties?

March 14, 2025:

Why Jes Staley is spilling secrets about Jeffrey Epstein ties — complicating his ‘return’ to banking

Former star banker Jes Staley is 68 years old, but instead of retiring he wants back into the investment business – even as he seeks to repair a reputation ravaged by his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, On The Money has learned. 

That’s why the former Barclays CEO is putting himself through the wringer in UK court, testifying in a civil appeal of a ruling by the UK Financial Conduct Authority that he knew nothing about the scale of his old pal Epstein’s dark side – namely charges that he had sex with minors.

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His gut must have been turning more on Wednesday. Taking the stand at a British court known as London’s Upper Tribunal, Staley admitted under oath that he once had sex with one of Epstein’s assistants. 

The age of the assistant was not revealed, but consensus among bankers who know Staley is that the disclosure only makes his longshot bid all the more difficult.

“I’m not sure what he’s trying to accomplish,” one former colleague told On The Money. “Who’s going to hire him?”

Staley’s fall is in many ways Shakespearean. He was once one of those “masters of the universe” with a charmed career on Wall Street. He worked at JP Morgan for nearly three decades in a variety of senior roles and was considered a possible successor to CEO Jamie Dimon. With Dimon signaling he has no intention of leaving anytime soon (which is still pretty much the case), he left to join the big UK-based bank, Barclays. 

But Staley’s JPM career also had some dark corners. He ran the asset management division and private client group when the bank also counted Epstein, then a high-end wealth manager, as one of its biggest clients for about 15 years. The business relationship then turned into what Staley has called a “profound” friendship that included career advice, frequent visits to Epstein’s home and trips to his private island estate in the Caribbean. 

Staley also championed Epstein inside the firm when some risk managers warned that Epstein’s 2008 conviction of having sex with a minor was enough to cut him off.

Staley left JPM and in 2015 ended up as CEO of Barclays, even as the relationship drew more attention. Private lawsuits filed by Epstein’s accusers mounted. Epstein was arrested in 2019 and accused of a massive child sex-trafficking scheme. Facing a life sentence, he was found dead in his jail cell in an apparent suicide.

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But the real fireworks in the case went down on Wednesday, when Staley was asked about his deposition in that JPM lawsuit, and his admission he had sex with one of Epstein’s staff. As Staley put it before UK court: “Oftentimes I would go to Epstein’s apartment and he would be late and she and I got the chance to know each other.” They then had sex, “much to my embarrassment today.” He also stated that Epstein had no knowledge of the affair.

A lawyer for Staley didn’t return a call for comment; a JPM rep had no comment, though On The Money has learned that the bank is so worried about what might come out in the trial that it has a legal officer in the courtroom throughout the proceedings.

There and back again

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Two properties that had previously been reported as under contract have now been returned to the market and are again “fully available”

31 Meadow Lane, $13.9 million. Contracts signed March 7, prospective buyers’ variance application to operate a drive-thru medical center was denied and it’s been returned to sender

We're so wary, wary sowwy

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LA Sheriff’s department deletes posts calling US airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear sites ‘tragic’ following backlash

Because there have no reports of anyone being killed in Saturday’s attacks on Iran’s nuke factories — the few rocket scientists still living were evacuated beforehand — we’ll assume that the sheriff was weeping over the earlier erasure of Iran’s entire military leadership. So sad.

Ah, Los Angeles! There’s a different level of compassion offered to actual residents of the city, especially if asked of a fat, lesbian diversity hire of a fire chief:

Flocking to the summons of the Idiot Parade

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new day, same old dupes

The Current Thing: Programmed Protesters Are Unfurling Yet Another Country’s Flag on America's Streets

Another protest, another flag. You’re not the only one who’s noticed that the Democrat Party's protesters are waving a different country’s flag at each new protest. Even Iranian flags are starting to show up.

Not that we needed confirmation, but maybe this will convince morons like Jim Himes to shut up

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Democrats Call For Congressional Vote On Trump's 'Illegal' War Against Iran

Rep. Jim Himes warns Iran strike could lead to ‘dead soldiers and sailors’

John Hinderaker, PowerLine:

Russia Confesses

Iran has always claimed that its nuclear program is aimed at civilian uses, not production of nuclear weapons. This is an absurd pretense: Iran has abundant oil resources, and no reason to build nuclear power plants. Do other oil-producing countries, like Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, invest countless billions in atomic energy? Of course not. Nevertheless, the mullahs have stuck doggedly to this excuse.

Earlier today, Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of Russia’s Security Council and Vladimir Putin’s right-hand man, let the cat out of the bag:

“What have the Americans accomplished with their nighttime strikes on three nuclear sites in Iran?” Medvedev questioned in a post on social media. “The enrichment of nuclear material — and, now we can say it outright, the future production of nuclear weapons — will continue. A number of countries are ready to directly supply Iran with their own nuclear warheads.”

Well, there you have it. The issue is not electricity, it is the “future production of nuclear weapons,” which “now we can say…outright.” So our military strike was fully justified.

What about Medvedev’s claim that multiple countries are lining up to hand nukes over to the mullahs? I don’t believe it; if that were true, they could have done it a long time ago and saved Ayatollah Khamenei and his cohorts a lot of trouble.

I’ll part company with Hinderker on his concluding argument calling for regime change, for now, but events may prove him right.

But Medvedev’s claim confirms the necessity of regime change. If we can now stipulate that the mullahs want nuclear weapons for the purpose of attacking their enemies, including the U.S., and we believe there is a serious risk that they will acquire such weapons either through their own efforts or because they are supplied by other enemies of the U.S. who may be deterred by rational calculation from attacking us themselves, there is no solution but to overthrow the regime and install a sane government.

A fowl tide brings the chickens home to roost

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Oooh, I hate when this happens!

[90 feet 7 inches, but who’s counting? Ed]

Greenwich Police Marine Section responded to an incident Saturday morning around 10:00am when they received a call on the VHF emergency channel regarding a situation involving a 70-foot sailboat that had run aground on the rocks known as “Hens and Chickens,” located directly east of Island Beach.

Upon arrival, Marine Section Officers made contact with the vessel and confirmed that all three individuals onboard were unharmed, but the sailboat could not be freed from the rocks.

… Police said SEATOW then engaged in salvage operations to remove the vessel, which they said was expected to continue into late evening and asked boaters to avoid creating large wakes, to help facilitate removal efforts.

It’s always tempting, when leaving Greenwich Harbor, to cut inside Island Beach and save a few minutes getting to the open waters of Long Island Sound. Tempting, and it works if (a) the tide’s right; (b) you don’t cut too close; and (c) you’re not trying the trick on a 70’ yacht with an 8’ draft. I guess the skipper knows that now.

As of this evening Police report that the crew is still aboard but in fine mettle and entertaining themselves witn entertainment supplies provided by our Greenwich Marine Patrol.

“Makes thinking fun” — gotta love it