Stuff in the ‘Network of Allies’ Category
New Coalition “For the Many” Should Be Named “For the Special Interests”
Posted On02/21/2020 byAn InsiderNJ Press Release announced the creation of a new coalition named “For the Many.” The Steering Committee includes two powerhouse public-sector unions – the NJEA and CWA – as well as New Jersey Policy Perspective (NJPP), Working Families Alliance, Citizen Action, Work Environment Council, Anti-Poverty Network, and Make the Road. Save Our Schools (SOS)…Read More
In Exchange for $3.7 Million, the ELC Does Some Legal Work for the NJEA
Posted On02/12/2020 byNJ Spotlight reported today that the New Jersey Supreme Court will hear an appeal by the Education Law Center (ELC) over its challenge to an expansion for Newark charter schools. ELC claims that the expansion would drain district funds and increase segregation, but a New Jersey appeals court upheld the expansion. So ELC appealed. Famous…Read More
SPCNJ’s Report Is All Facts, Mr. Baker. All Sourced and Footnoted.
Posted On01/06/2020 bySPCNJ published a in-depth report today that reveals the NJEA’s vast, inter-connected network of allies. As expected, NJEA spokesperson Steve Baker casually dismissed SPCNJ’s work as “anti-union propaganda.” We at SPCNJ defy Mr. Baker to identify one piece of information in the report that isn’t a fact. He won’t be able to because the report…Read More
NJ Left Behind Rightly Asks: Whose Interests Is ELC Representing?
Posted On12/12/2019 byNJ Left Behind is spot-on when it comes to calling out the Education Law Center’s most recent hypocrisy. ELC famously proclaims that it’s looking out for disadvantaged kids, but NJ Left Behind puts the lie to that. Here are some FACTS about the ELC (which will be further detailed in an upcoming report by SPCNJ):…Read More
Sue Altman Is Suing for EDA Records: Who Is Paying the Lawyers?
Posted On12/12/2019 byInsiderNJ reports that Sue Altman, the state director of Working Families Alliance who was famously removed from a recent state senate hearing, is suing the state for records of the Economic Development Agency. Remember that Altman claims that Working Families receives about $75,000 per year from public sector unions, although we apparently have to take…Read More
A “Fact-Lite” Statement from Working Families
Posted On12/06/2019 byVia InsiderNJ, Working Families spokesman Rob Duffey issued a statement yesterday challenging Senate President Sweeney’s characterization of Working Families state director Sue Altman as a “paid protester.” Calling it a “Trumpian epithet,” Duffey claimed that Working Families represented “the cries of non-partisan advocates and reformers” and accused Sweeney of “placing special interests over the public…Read More
What the Star-Ledger’s Tom Moran Didn’t Ask Working Families’ Sue Altman
Posted On12/04/2019 byThe Star-Ledger’s Tom Moran interviewed Sue Altman, state director of Working Families Alliance, who was famously removed from a state senate hearing on the corporate incentives program. In the interview, Altman claims that Working Families receives about $75,000 from public sector unions. We are left to take her word for it because Working Families is…Read More
Working Families Makes A Lot of Noise But Remember Whom They Speak For
Posted On11/20/2019 byInsiderNJ reports that Working Families Alliance head Sue Altman had to be removed from a legislative hearing on the Economic Development Authority. Altman issued a statement after her removal, calling it “the dirty underbelly of a machine that will subvert democracy in its ruthless goal to accumulate and maintain power.” But whom is Working Families…Read More
New Direction NJ Back at It with $2 Million TV Ad Campaign
Posted On10/22/2019 byAccording to InsiderNJ, formerly “dark money” group New Direction New Jersey (NDNJ) is back at it with a $2 million TV ad campaign leading up to the Assembly elections in November. It’s nice to have a lot of property tax dollars to spend. How much of the $2 million comes from the NJEA? Is this…Read More
The Star-Ledger’s Tom Moran condemns public union shout-down tactics
Posted On05/20/2019 byAt a Rutgers town hall on his “Path to Progress” pension and health benefit reform plan, senate president Sweeney got shouted down by CWA members in the audience. New Jersey has a serious pension and benefits crisis. For too long, reform efforts have been stymied by a vested interests that don’t want reform. For too…Read More