NJLeftBehind Rightfully Highlights Montclair Mayor Spiller’s Major Conflict of Interest
Posted OnJanuary 28, 2021 byAnd mentions previous research by Sunlight Policy Center on Mayor/NJEA VP Spiller’s removal from the Montclair Board of School Estimates for his manifest conflict of interest. Predictably, Spiller has publicly sided with his union in its dispute with Montclair Superintendent Jonathan Ponds over the re-opening of Montclair’s schools. Just when Montclair needs an un-conflicted mayor it…Read More
Sunlight’s Pension Report Gets (Brief) Coverage from NJ Spotlight News On-Line Program
Posted OnDecember 16, 2020 byHere’s the NJTV piece (go to minute 19:00).Read More
NJ Left Behind Re-Posts Sunlight’s Blog on 2020 Back-Scratching between Gov. Murphy and the NJEA
Posted OnDecember 15, 2020 byAs always, thanks to NJ Left Behind for re-posting Sunlight’s blog on all the policy gains Gov. Murphy gave to the NJEA in 2020. Murphy is taking care of NJ’s most powerful special interest because he benefits from their political support. Quid pro quo.Read More
NJ Left Behind Highlights Key Points in New Sunlight Policy Center Report on Teachers’ Pensions
Posted OnDecember 14, 2020 byThanks to NJ Left Behind for summarizing Sunlight’s most recent report on teachers’ pensions and highlighting the key points.Read More
POLITICO’s Carly Sitrin Reports on Sunlight’s Latest Research on Teachers’ Pensions
Posted OnDecember 9, 2020 byReport: Pension plan for NJEA leadership ‘vastly superior’ to members’ benefits By Carly Sitrin 12/09/2020 05:00 AM EST Leadership of New Jersey’s largest teachers union has a stronger, better-funded pension plan than the one in which their members are enrolled, even as New Jersey’s teacher pension crisis continues to worsen, according to a new report….Read More
It’s Time New Jersey Teachers Are Provided The Facts Behind The Teacher Pension Crisis
Posted OnDecember 9, 2020 byIT’S TIME NEW JERSEY TEACHERS ARE PROVIDED THE FACTS BEHIND THE TEACHER PENSION CRISIS DID YOU KNOW…The NJEA Executive Leadership quietly created their own gold-plated pension plan which is over-funded…. all paid for by teachers’ highest-in-the-nation dues … MEANWHILE…New Jersey’s actual teachers are forced to join a vastly inferior pension plan that is severely under-funded…Read More
NJLeftBehind Re-posts Sunlight’s Blog on NJEA’s Ever Closer Relationship with NJ Spotlight
Posted OnNovember 24, 2020 byThanks to NJLeftBehind!Read More
NJLeftBehind Cites Sunlight’s Report on NJEA VP Spiller Eying the Governor’s Office
Posted OnNovember 23, 2020 byNJLeftBehind cites Sunlight’s report “Councilman Spiller, Mayor Spiller, Governor Spiller” in today’s blog. Thanks for highlighting our work!Read More
NJLeftBehind Reposts Sunlight’s Blog on NJ Policy Perspective’s Shoddy Research with a Boost from NJ Spotlight
Posted OnNovember 19, 2020 byThanks to NJLeftBehind for spreading the word!Read More
NJLeftBehind Reposts Sunlight’s Blog on NJ Spotlight’s Double-Standards
Posted OnNovember 16, 2020 byThanks to NJLeftBehind for re-posting Sunlight’s blog describing how on-line news site NJ Spotlight seems to favor NJEA-friendly op-eds while disfavoring pieces like Sunlight’s that are critical of the NJEA. Sunlight did some research and found that NJEA is a long-time funder of NJ Spotlight and its parent WNET, and has many other ties as well….Read More