Stuff in the ‘Network of Allies’ Category
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