The Taxpayer-Funded Political Machine
Sunlight Policy Center Releases 2021 Election Spending Analysis
Posted On12/14/2021 bySunlight Policy Center Releases 2021 Election Spending Analysis New Jersey Teachers Might Not Know This, So Feel Free to Share During Parent-Teacher Conferences FACT – Leading up to and during the 2021 elections the NJEA Spent $167 for EACH AND EVERY TEACHER to Support Murphy and Democrats While most political insiders in New Jersey immediately…Read More
Shining a Light on the NJEA’s Dark Money Trails
Posted On11/10/2021 byTHE POLL$ HAVE CLO$ED…. AND WE CAN NOW PROJECT THE REAL WINNER$ OF LAST WEEK’$ ELECTION…. Congratulation$ to Brendan Gill, Steve DiMicco and Brad Lawrence! Election Day provided many surprises and while New Jersey’s political pundits are still trying to make sense of it, one result was as clear – at least $17.4 million in…Read More
NJ’s Most Powerful Special Interest, the NJEA, Spends 93% of Its PAC Money on Democrats
Posted On10/20/2021 byNJ’s Most Powerful Special Interest, the NJEA, Spends 93% of Its PAC Money on Democrats Since Sunlight Policy Center of New Jersey began shining a light on the entrenched power of the NJEA – many teachers have shared their complaints about their executive leadership – and we get a lot of them. …New Jersey teachers…Read More
NJEA Inundated Montclair with Unprecedented Political Spending to Elect NJEA President Sean Spiller Mayor
Posted On09/20/2021 byPreviously Unreported Filings Shows $56.99 was spent for each Spiller vote versus $1.97 for His Opponent, Dr. Renee Baskerville When Sunlight Policy Center first delved into the NJEA’s support for its current president, Sean Spiller’s, mayoral run, we determined that Spiller had raised $57,000, of which $36,000 came from the NJEA and its allies. WE…Read More
NJ.COM: N.J. teachers need to be told the truth: Their pensions are in jeopardy | Opinion
Posted On05/05/2021 byN.J. teachers need to be told the truth: Their pensions are in jeopardy | Opinion By Michael Lilley A new report by the Brookings Institution made some news because of its rather optimistic take on the fate of America’s public pensions. Brookings is perhaps the premier left-of-center think tank in the nation and often takes pro-labor union…Read More
DISCOURSE: Teachers Unions Are Bad for Teachers. Here’s Why
Posted On04/13/2021 byThis report was originally published by Discourse Magazine, the online magazine of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Please see the original report here. Teachers Unions Are Bad for Teachers. Here’s Why Rigid pay scales, high dues, lousy pension system: Membership has its privileges Mike Lilley The New Jersey Education Association, the state chapter…Read More
EDUCATION WEEK’S RANKINGS: NEW JERSEY IS TOPS BECAUSE OF HIGH EDUCATION SPENDING THAT BENEFITS THE NJEA MORE THAN STUDENTS
Posted On03/08/2021 byWe Are #1… Because of Spending, Not Results! Let’s Shine Some Needed Sunlight on Education Week’s Annual State Rankings Each year, Education Week provides a report card assessing the quality of public education state-by-state. Last Fall, New Jersey topped Ed Week’s rankings. Whoo-Hooo! Congrats! Kudos! Right? Unfortunately, Wrong. New Jersey took the top spot from…Read More
CONFLICT OF INTEREST: Mayor Spiller Sides With His Union On Re-opening Montclair Schools
Posted On02/02/2021 byNJEA Vice President and Montclair Mayor Sean Spiller’s massive conflict of interest has reared its ugly head at precisely the wrong time: right in the middle of a pandemic and just before Montclair public schools were scheduled to be opened for in-person instruction. The MEA Exercises Its Veto Power Despite Superintendent Jonathan Ponds’ decision…Read More
Councilman Spiller, Mayor Spiller, Governor Spiller? NJEA Members Run for Office
Posted On04/19/2020 byINTRODUCTION The Sunlight Policy Center of New Jersey (SPCNJ) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit research organization. SPCNJ does not endorse any candidate for office and does not coordinate with any campaign, including any in the Montclair mayoral race. SPCNJ’s research is based on facts that are sourced and disclosed. SPCNJ’s main focus is New Jersey’s special-interest-dominated…Read More
Unnoticed $500,000,000 Scandal Is A Warning For New Jersey
Posted On02/11/2020 byPROPUBLICA EXPOSES MASSIVE ABUSES IN NJEA-CONTROLLED SCHOOL HEALTH PROGRAM WHILE GOVERNOR MURPHY, NJEA PUSH THE “NJEA’S SOLUTION” IN THE LEGISLATURE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In late December, the investigative journalists at ProPublica did a great service to New Jersey citizens by exposing a major healthcare scandal – a classic case of hundreds of millions of dollars…Read More