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
SPCNJ in BuryPensions Blog
Posted OnMarch 11, 2020 byOnce 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
InsiderNJ Press Release for SPCNJ Report on ProPublica Healthcare Scandal
Posted OnFebruary 13, 2020 bySee the InsiderNJ press release here.Read More
Unnoticed $500,000,000 Scandal Is A Warning For New Jersey
Posted OnFebruary 11, 2020 byOver the last two years, the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) has conducted a multi-million-dollar lobbying and media campaign promoting the “NJEA’s solution” to the exceptionally high cost of school employee health benefits for both teachers and taxpayers. Before this legislation (A-5814/S-4114) is brought to Governor Murphy, for what we know will be a rubber…Read More
NJ Left Behind Does Excellent Summary of SPCNJ’s Network of Allies Report
Posted OnJanuary 9, 2020 byMany 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
Thanks to the Bury Pensions Blog for Excerpting Today’s SPCNJ Report
Posted OnJanuary 6, 2020 byand 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
Politico on New SPCNJ Report: Report claims NJEA weaves ‘spider web of political power’
Posted OnJanuary 6, 2020 byReport 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
Who is Getting the NJEA Money?
Posted OnJanuary 6, 2020 byIT’S TIME TO NAME NAMES WHICH NEW JERSEY ORGANIZATIONS ARE BENEFITTING FROM THE NJEA’S MILLIONS IN POLITICAL SPENDING? WE HAVE THE ANSWERS! WE SHOW WHO IS GETTING THE NJEA MONEY AND WHO WORKS HAND-IN-HAND WITH THE NJEA. PLEASE READ ON The Sunlight Policy Center of New Jersey is going to make some news today, but…Read More
NJ Left Behind Calls Out Working Families, Cites SPCNJ Data on NJEA Funding
Posted OnDecember 9, 2019 byKudos to NJ Left Behind for calling out Sue Altman and Working Families and asking for whom they really speak. Altman is unable to give any credit to Camden’s charter schools despite their remarkable successes in educating Camden children. Nor can she give any credit to the corporate incentive program for bringing businesses to Camden….Read More