Stuff in the ‘Network of Allies’ Category
Record’s Stile Rightly Eyes New Direction but Misses Murphy’s Active Role, Conflict of Interest
Posted On08/19/2020 byThe Record’s Charles Stile wrote and op-ed entitled “How Murphy’s ‘dark money’ allies allow governor to play good cop/bad cop with Trump,” which rightly focused on the cozy relationship between the dark money Super PAC New Direction New Jersey (NDNJ) and Governor Murphy. Stile deserves credit for previously scrutinizing NDNJ and recognizing that 70% of…Read More
New Jersey Policy Perspective’s Shoddy Research Misses The Mark On Extra COVID Funding For Schools
Posted On08/18/2020 byNew Jersey Policy Perspective (NJPP) has published a report, “School Funding in New Jersey: Preparing Now for the 2020-21 School Year,” co-authored by Bruce Baker and, once again, Mark Weber, Ph.D., (a.k.a Jersey Jazzman). SPCNJ embarked on writing this blog with the aim of finding some grounds for agreement with NJPP because the need for…Read More
Three Indisputable Facts about NJ21United
Posted On08/10/2020 bySunlight Policy Center of New Jersey (SPCNJ) recently published a report “Who and What Is NJ21United?” asking who was behind NJ21United, the dark-money, political-action group that is organizing the #OnlyWhenItsSafe campaign. #OnlyWhenItsSafe calls for delaying the reopening of NJ public schools until certain conditions are met. Here are three indisputable facts about NJ21United: NJ21United is…Read More
NJLeftBehind Digs into NJ21United and Finds a Lot More than COVID-related Issues
Posted On08/06/2020 byNJLeftBehind dug into NJ21United’s policy positions and figured out that they extend well beyond COVID-related, school-reopening issues. SPCNJ also dug into NJ21United and concluded the same thing in its just released “Who and What Is NJ21United?” report. SPCNJ’s report also uncovered NJ21United’s deep ties to the NJEA and asks whether NJ21United is another NJEA “dark…Read More
NJLeftBehind on SPCNJ’s Response to Jersey Jazzman’s Flawed Defense of His Flawed Research
Posted On07/23/2020 byThanks to NJLeftBehind for blogging and Tweeting SPCNJ’s response to Jersey Jazzman’s flawed defense of his flawed research. As usual, NJLeftBehind adds its own take and helpfully includes @stateaidguy in the thread. To reiterate: Jersey Jazzman’s two research reports for New Jersey Policy Perspective are deeply flawed. Despite Jazzman’s Ph.D., he seems not to understand…Read More
Jersey Jazzman’s Defense of His Shoddy Research Is Just as Shoddy
Posted On07/21/2020 bySunlight (not “Sunshine,” Jazzman) Policy Center of New Jersey (SPCNJ) will give credit where credit is due: at least The Jazzman (a.k.a., Mark Weber, Ph.D.) took the time to defend his research. Presumably, no self-respecting Ph.D. would allow SPCNJ’s critique “More Shoddy Research from Jersey Jazzman and New Jersey Policy Perspective” to go unchallenged. However,…Read More
NJLeftBehind Digs into Jazzman/NJ Policy Perspective’s Flawed Research
Posted On07/14/2020 byKudos and thanks to NJLeftBehind for a masterful critique of Mark Weber, Ph.D. (a.k.a., Jersey Jazzman) and New Jersey Policy Perspective’s (NJPP) latest piece of shoddy research. NJLeftBehind calls it like it sees it, and it sees Weber and NJPP as essentially paid lobbyists for the NJEA. After the two shoddy pieces of research Weber…Read More
NJ Education Aid Finds Gaps in Weber/NJPP Report on a Teacher Shortage
Posted On07/13/2020 byThe excellent New Jersey Education Aid provides facts and data (here)that expose gaps in Mark Weber, Ph.D.’s (a.k.a., Jersey Jazzman) latest report for New Jersey Policy Perspective (NJPP) (here) on a shortage of teacher candidates in NJ. In other words, NJ Education Aid does what Weber does not do: provides sound, evidence-based research that supports…Read More
NJEA FUNDS SPILLER’S MAYORAL RUN, DEEPENING HIS CONFLICT OF INTEREST
Posted On04/22/2020 byThis post is an addendum to the Sunlight Policy Center of New Jersey’s (SPCNJ) recent report “Councilman Spiller, Mayor Spiller, Governor Spiller?” Thanks to NJLeftBehind for highlighting this aspect of Spiller’s run for mayor of Montclair. The NJEA and Its Allies Are the Main Funders of Spiller’s Mayoral Campaign As detailed in SPCNJ’s previous report, New…Read More
NJEA-backed Coalition Calls for $3.1bn in Tax Hikes While Residents Flee NJ
Posted On02/21/2020 byThe timing is perfect. A new NJEA-backed coalition, “For the Many,” calls for $3.1 billion in tax hikes the same day that a new study determined that New Jersey lost the second-most residents of any state. A Zippia study of US Census Bureau data entitled “Here Are the States Americans Don’t Want to Live In…Read More