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Charity executive fired after allegedly stealing, defacing Trump campaign signs
Albany Times Union ^ | 11/19/2024 | Patrick Tine

Posted on 12/04/2024 9:11:33 PM PST by simpson96

DUANESBURG — The chief financial officer of Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Capital Region has been fired after allegedly defacing a Donald Trump campaign sign with swastikas in October and taking a different one from another location earlier this month.

Michael Coleman, 59, is accused of using black tape to mark a Trump/Vance political sign at the intersection of Main Street and Western Turnpike with four swastikas. Delanson Mayor Gayle Gifford alerted the Schenectady County Sheriff’s Office to the alleged vandalism on Oct.1 and a deputy was sent to investigate, according to documents filed in Duanesburg Town Court.

“Upon arrival I observed the sign and what appeared to be two swastikas made by black electrical tape, placed on both sides of the sign,” a deputy wrote in an incident report.

Another court document shows Coleman told state troopers he also took a Trump/Vance campaign sign from the corner of Courtney Drive and Herrick Road on Nov. 4. (snip)

“Civilian video footage was obtained which led to the identification of Michael Coleman as a suspect in the sign theft,” the sheriff’s office said in a news release Tuesday. “Subsequent investigation by the NYSP and the interview of Mr. Coleman led to information resulting in his arrest for both the theft of the campaign signs and the swastika vandalization of the Trump sign which was handled by the sheriff’s office.”

The professional fallout has been swift for Coleman, who had worked for the charity since April 2020.

“The recent actions taken by Michael Coleman do not align with the mission and values of RMHC-CR. Therefore, the RMHC-CR Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer announce that Mr. Coleman is no longer employed at Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Capital Region,” the organization said in a statement.


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KEYWORDS: 202004; charity; coleman; delanson; gaylegifford; mcdonalds; michaelcoleman; newyork; ronaldmcdonaldhouse; schenectadycounty; tds; trump
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1 posted on 12/04/2024 9:11:33 PM PST by simpson96
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To: simpson96

Huh? Not a raise?


2 posted on 12/04/2024 9:14:44 PM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within ? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: simpson96
Imagine being controlled by your TeeVee.

Your TeeVee ain't gonna pay your bills...

3 posted on 12/04/2024 9:15:21 PM PST by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: rktman

https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4282613/posts?page=3#3


4 posted on 12/04/2024 9:15:43 PM PST by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: kiryandil

I know, right?


5 posted on 12/04/2024 9:18:07 PM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within ? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: simpson96

It’s gonna be rough when he has to tell his dad he’s gay.


6 posted on 12/04/2024 9:24:47 PM PST by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI..)
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To: simpson96

Our moral superiors


7 posted on 12/04/2024 9:25:52 PM PST by ChildOfThe60s ("If you can remember the 60s....you weren't really there")
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To: simpson96

He threw away a good job because he couldn’t control his emotions. Another example of the Taliban inspired Democrat Socialist Party.


8 posted on 12/04/2024 9:26:29 PM PST by lee martell
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To: rktman
Nicolle Wallace will still get her outsized paycheck.

This Michael Coleman guy, not so much.

Maybe she'll give him a job as a poolboy, or something like that...

9 posted on 12/04/2024 9:26:36 PM PST by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: simpson96

What. McDonald’s did not promote him to CEO?


10 posted on 12/04/2024 9:27:50 PM PST by tennmountainman ( (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRob 12-2-2023 DITTO)
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To: tennmountainman
Remember this?


11 posted on 12/04/2024 9:38:48 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: rktman

I would wonder if he is an embezzler? 59 is too old to be learning the lesson that he needs to wear his ass for a collar. What a loser.


12 posted on 12/04/2024 9:48:06 PM PST by healy61 (.)
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To: simpson96

I bet he carries his wife’s purse so her boyfriend doesn’t have to.


13 posted on 12/04/2024 9:53:39 PM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: simpson96

Just another commie freak doing what they do best.


14 posted on 12/04/2024 10:08:10 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: lee martell

I’d love to start deporting these commie miscreants to any Marxist banana republic of their choice for the rest of their days.


15 posted on 12/04/2024 10:09:25 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: simpson96

They let a freakshow nutcase be the chief financial officer? HR needs their keisters fired too.


16 posted on 12/04/2024 10:10:28 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Allowing foreign criminals to invade, murder and pillage in America is a Democrat "core value.")
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To: kiryandil

LOL 😂


17 posted on 12/04/2024 10:10:40 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They id Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: DesertRhino

That’s what I was thinking too 🤔🤔🤔


18 posted on 12/04/2024 10:11:44 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They id Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: simpson96

A Nazi put black swastikas on Trump signs? That sounds like a genuine HATE CRIME to me. They need to send the boy to the Jussie Smollett School of Manners and Behavior.


19 posted on 12/04/2024 10:14:52 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Allowing foreign criminals to invade, murder and pillage in America is a Democrat "core value.")
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To: simpson96

Fired from his job at Ronald McDonald house.


20 posted on 12/04/2024 10:22:22 PM PST by HollyB
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