NJ Globe Details Sean Spiller’s Political Career but Curiously Omits Facts About His Serious Legal Troubles
Posted On01/30/2025 byNew Jersey Globe reporter Joey Fox published a long and detailed summary of NJEA President/former-Montclair Mayor Sean Spiller’s political career as part of a series on the 2025 gubernatorial candidates, but Fox left several important facts out of the story — including facts about Spiller’s serious legal troubles that surely would be of interest to…Read More
NJ Is Losing Residents to Other States but Overall Population Has Grown Due to International Immigration
Posted On01/24/2025 byNew research shows New Jersey is losing people to other states but its overall population has increased due to international immigration, a substantial portion of which appears to have been undocumented/illegal immigration. In order to pre-empt some potential confusion about New Jersey’s population and migration patterns, Sunlight wants to put some new information into context….Read More
NJEA President Sean Spiller’s Personal Vanity Project Funded by $35 Million of Teachers’ Regular Dues
Posted On01/22/2025 byWith very little support from voters, NJEA President Sean Spiller’s run for governor is looking more and more like a personal vanity project. And a very expensive one at that — funded by $35 million of teachers’ regular dues without their knowledge or consent. That’s what we deduce from the New Jersey Monitor‘s report…Read More
NJEA’s Late and Inadequate Response to Increased School Violence Shows Its Priorities Are Elsewhere
Posted On01/16/2025 byNamely, aiding Sean Spiller political ambitions, not teachers’ well-being. In the January 2025 NJEA Review (the monthly magazine for teachers), there are no fewer than three, separate pieces advocating for Spiller for governor — all with handy QR codes linking to Spiller’s campaign website. Back on p. 40, there’s a piece about the post-pandemic increase…Read More
Memo to NJEA President Spiller: NJ Is Not #1 When it Comes to Student Success, Especially for Disadvantaged Kids
Posted On01/14/2025 byNJEA President Sean Spiller has often claimed that New Jersey’s public schools are the best in the nation, and now as a candidate for governor, he’s touting this claim as part of his qualifications for the office. In a recent interview with InsiderNJ, Spiller once again stated: “We have the number one schools in the…Read More
Florida Public Schools Get Better Results — Especially for Disadvantaged Kids — for Less than Half the Price
Posted On01/07/2025 byA wake-up call for New Jersey: New Jersey public schools are not nearly as good as the NJEA and Gov. Murphy claim. Florida 4th graders have better academic achievement in both math and reading than New Jersey — especially for disadvantaged children — while spending less than half the money. The NJEA frequently claims that…Read More
Voting With Their Feet: A Million People and $91 Billion of Income Have Fled NJ For Other States
Posted On01/03/2025 byWe’ll start the new year with a look back at just how serious New Jersey’s outmigration problem has been, which portends a bleak future for our state. Thanks to Edward Pinto’s research* in Newsweek, we learned that over the span of three decades (1990-2021) New Jersey has experienced the 4th-worst domestic outmigration of people and…Read More
As Predicted, NJ’s Fiscal Cliff Arrives. Will Gov. Murphy Do the Bidding of His Government Union Pals and Raise Taxes Again?
Posted On12/06/2024 byAs many, including Sunlight, have long warned, New Jersey is approaching a fiscal cliff. Gov. Murphy is now ordering departments freeze salaries and hiring and reduce budgets by 5%. Murphy claims that he has been a good fiscal steward, but remember that he has increased state spending by over 60% and the current state budget…Read More
Attorney General Platkin: We Must Care About the Rule of Law and Political Corruption ALL THE TIME. But What About Gov. Murphy’s Pals Sean Spiller and Brendan Gill?
Posted On12/03/2024 byMore strong, unequivocal words about the rule of law and political corruption from New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin. According to the New Jersey Globe, Platkin had this to say about President Biden’s pardon of his son, Hunter: We can’t care about the rule of law some of the time. We can’t care about corruption…Read More
Strong Words About Politicians and Corruption from AG Platkin and Rep. Sherrill. Will They Apply to Spiller and Gill?
Posted On11/20/2024 byTwo of New Jersey’s leading public officials, Attorney General Matt Platkin and Rep./Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mikie Sherrill, had some strong words about New Jersey politicians and corruption. At a press conference, Platkin stated (as quoted by Politico): It’s time for people in positions of authority in this state to spend a little more time questioning…Read More