“New Jersey Teachers’ Dues: Why Are They The Highest In The Nation And What Are They Paying For?”
Posted OnJune 23, 2020 byWE HAVE HEARD FROM NEW JERSEY TEACHERS – THEY WANT TO KNOW… WHERE DO THEIR UNION DUES GO? WELL, FINALLY, THEY HAVE ANSWERS – AND ALL THE DATA IS SOURCED AND FOOTNOTED. SUNLIGHT POLICY CENTER OF NEW JERSEY RELEASES A NEW REPORT…. “NEW JERSEY TEACHERS’ DUES: WHY ARE THEY THE HIGHEST IN THE…Read More
NJLeftBehind Cites SPCNJ’s Piece Showing Shoddy “Research” by Mark Weber, PhD.
Posted OnMay 14, 2020 byNJLeftBehind once again does fine work challenging Mark Weber, PhD.’s research, this time on why today’s young adults are not choosing to enter teaching. Weber refers back to his own shoddy research on a supposed teacher pay-gap where he cherry-picks facts, cites irrelevant data and makes insupportable assumptions. As SPCNJ said at the time, there…Read More
SPCNJ Op-Ed on NJEA VP Spiller’s Run for Montclair Mayor in Today’s InsiderNJ
Posted OnMay 8, 2020 byThanks to InsiderNJ for publishing SPCNJ’s op-ed: Op-ED: Setting the Facts Straight on NJEA VP Spiller’s Run for Montclair Mayor By Guest Contributor | May 7, 2020, 1:17 pm | in Columnist By Mike Lilley Mike Lilley is the founder and president of the Sunlight Policy Center of New Jersey, a nonprofit advocacy organization focused…Read More
Montclair Local Covers SPCNJ Report’s Uncomfortable Facts for Candidate Spiller
Posted OnMay 7, 2020 byHere 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
NJLeftBehind Posts SPCNJ’s Star-Ledger Op-Ed on NJEA Members Running for Public Office
Posted OnMay 5, 2020 byRead the NJLeftBehind post here.Read More
SPCNJ Op-Ed in Star-Ledger on Montclair Mayoral Race, NJEA VP Spiller’s Conflicts of Interest
Posted OnApril 30, 2020 byThanks 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
NJLeftBehind Reposts SPCNJ’s Blog on Spiller’s NJEA Funding
Posted OnApril 22, 2020 byThanks to NJLeftBehind for reposting!Read More
Insider NJ Press Release for “Councilman Spiller, Mayor Spiller, Governor Spiller?”
Posted OnApril 22, 2020 byFrom today’s InsiderNJ: Sunlight Policy Center: The second-highest elected officer in the NJEA is running for the Mayor of Montclair. April 21, 2020, 9:58 pm | in From the Sunlight Policy Center: SEAN SPILLER, THE SECOND-HIGHEST ELECTED OFFICER IN THE NJEA, IS RUNNING FOR MAYOR OF MONTCLAIR? CAN YOU SAY “CONFLICT OF INTEREST”? WE SURE…Read More
NJLeftBehind: NJEA, Gov. Murphy Are the Money behind Spiller’s Mayoral Run
Posted OnApril 20, 2020 byThanks 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
Sean Spiller, the second-highest elected officer in the NJEA, is running for mayor of Montclair?
Posted OnApril 20, 2020 byWAIT…. LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT…. SEAN SPILLER, THE SECOND-HIGHEST ELECTED OFFICER IN THE NJEA, IS RUNNING FOR MAYOR OF MONTCLAIR? CAN YOU SAY “CONFLICT OF INTEREST”? WE SURE CAN. The taxpayer-funded NJEA, the most powerful special interest in New Jersey’s special-interest-dominated political system, has run over 1,300 NJEA members for public office in…Read More