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Jersey City Mayor Fulop: Sean Spiller Can Spend Millions to Run for Governor Because It’s “Other People’s Money” — But It’s All NJ Teachers’ Dues

Mayor Fulop makes a great point: it’s easy for Spiller to spend other people’s money. Politico New Jersey Playbook‘s, Matt Friedman continues to do an excellent job of reporting on NJEA President/former-Montclair Mayor Sean Spiller’s run…

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NJEA Continues to Pour Money into Education Law Center, NJ Policy Perspective, and NJ Working Families Alliance

The NJEA’s 2022 IRS Form 990 is finally available, so we can update the NJEA’s funding for its network of allies.  The NJEA continues to fund three key allies: the Education Law Center (ELC), New…

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Sean Spiller Is Running for Governor but Is Still Under State Criminal Investigation. Is this the Kind of Candidate NJ Teachers Would Choose to Support with $35 Million of Their Dues?

At the very least, Sunlight had good timing.  Ten days ago, we posted our blog asking where was Attorney General Platkin’s investigation of Gov. Murphy’s pals Sean Spiller and Brendan Gill for (allegedly) misusing state…

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