Caught Lying, Local Democrat Hides Behind Charlie Kirk’s Death

Woodbury Village Trustee James Freiband is a cheap suit stuffed with bullshit.

In February 2026, The Monroe Gazette will turn 2 years old.

One of our first stories, published in February 2024—a month after he was sworn into office as a Village of Woodbury trustee—involved local Democrat James Freiband. He, and fellow newly elected Village of Woodbury trustee, Matthew Fabbro, wanted to end the Village’s building moratorium.

Despite claims to the contrary made on the official Woodbury Democratic Committee Facebook page in November 2023—pictured above—Jim Freiband was immediately rude to Woodbury residents, dismissive of experts and public officials, often grandstanding during his board comments, and otherwise working to disrupt what was, until his arrival, a relatively smoothly functioning Woodbury Village Board.

Does that mean the previous village board was perfect? I can’t say. I certainly have some thoughts about CJ Graziano, who, as of this writing, has not yet apologized publicly to The Monroe Gazette.

But.

I can’t tell you much about the previous Village Board i…