Here is the Montclair Local article reprinted in full: WATCHDOG THINK TANK TARGETS SPILLER Candidate accuses ‘right-wing’ organization of trying to buy election May 7, 2020 BY JAIMIE JULIA WINTERS winters@montclairlocal.news A watchdog group has issued a seven-page report [“Councilman Spiller, Mayor Spiller, Governor Spiller?“] with claims that mayoral candidate Sean Spiller’s position as a…Read More

Read the NJLeftBehind post here.Read More

Thanks to the Star-Ledger for running the op-ed. Here’s the full text: Should members of N.J’s most powerful public interest group hold elected office, too? Updated Apr 29, 2020; Posted Apr 29, 2020   Montclair Councilors Sean Spiller and Renee Baskerville are running for mayor in the May 12 vote-by-mail election. Spiller’s leadership position with…Read More

Thanks to NJLeftBehind for reposting!Read More

Thanks to NJLeftBehind for its excellent piece commenting on SPCNJ’s recent report: “Councilman Spiller, Mayor Spiller, Governor Spiller?”  NJLeftBehind did some research and found that, as might be expected, the NJEA is financially backing its Vice President with thousands of dollars in donations.  This of course adds another layer of conflict of interest to Spiller’s…Read More

Once again, thanks to BuryPensions for spreading the word and shedding some light on the NJEA’s continuing domination of New Jersey politics – this time crushing the competition in lobbying spending. See the BuryPensions post here.Read More

Many thanks to NJ Left Behind for reading, understanding and summarizing the main points of SPCNJ’s long and detailed report on the NJEA’s vast network of allies. NJEA’s “Spider Web of Political Power”: A New Report Examines NJEA’s Ring Through Murphy’s Nose Last Friday Mike Lilley of the Sunlight Policy Center of New Jersey published…Read More

and for Mr. Bury’s kind words about SPCNJ’s investigative reporting. Who Is Getting the NJEA Money? Posted January 6, 2020 by burypensions in Politics. 1 Comment The Sunlight Policy Center of New Jersey released a report “naming names and providing the state with a first-of-its-kind Who’s Who of the organizations that make up the NJEA’s vast…Read More

Report claims NJEA weaves ‘spider web of political power’ By Carly Sitrin 01/06/2020 05:05 AM EST A new report (https://sunlightpolicynj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/SPCNJ-Issue-Paper-8-Network-of-Allies-FINAL-georgia-font.pdf) seeking to map the influence of the New Jersey Education Association, the state’s largest and most powerful teachers union, claims to have uncovered what its author calls “a veritable spider web of political power and influence.”…Read More