Stuff in the ‘Political Spending and Influence’ Category
With Budget Shortfalls Looming, Lawmakers Reportedly Look to Raise Taxes (Again), But NJ Already Has Among the Highest Taxes in the Nation
Posted On02/21/2024 byNJ appears to be heading into budget season with lagging revenues. With state government spending up 56% under Gov. Murphy and a record $54.4 billion budget last year, lawmakers will be scrambling to make revenues match spending. Either spending will have to be cut or taxes raised, or both, and the word in the press…Read More
Gubernatorial Malpractice, Part II: Gov. Murphy Is AWOL on Learning Loss, So Sen. Ruiz Steps Up for NJ Kids
Posted On02/16/2024 byThank goodness for Sen. Teresa Ruiz. The Senate majority leader has introduced a bill to create an “Office of Learning Loss Czar” to help push Murphy’s Department of Education (DOE) to FINALLY address pandemic learning loss — in 2024! Gov. Murphy has been AWOL on learning loss, and it is his DOE that needs to…Read More
Gubernatorial Malpractice: Sweeney Center Projects Gov. Murphy Will Leave the Next Governor with Big Budget Deficits and No Rainy Day Fund
Posted On02/15/2024 byAs we head into the final two years of Gov. Murphy’s tenure as governor, we must ask: what condition will NJ be in when he leaves office? A new report by the Sweeney Center paints a bleak picture. All told, it forecasts that Murphy’s last state budget — for FY 2026 — will have a…Read More
Will AG Platkin Hold Gov. Murphy’s Pals Sean Spiller and Brendan Gill to the Same Standards as the Wildwood Three?
Posted On02/09/2024 byWill Gov. Murphy’s pals NJEA President/Montclair Mayor Sean Spiller and Essex County Commissioner Brendan Gill receive the same treatment as the three Wildwood officials who were just indicted by Attorney General Platkin? All the above availed themselves of full-time state health benefits under questionable circumstances. But the big difference is that Spiller and Gill have…Read More
The NJEA’s Active Role in the Scorched-Earth Politics Aimed at the North Hunterdon-Voorhees School Board
Posted On01/26/2024 byAs intended, Mendacious Michael “Hundreds of Millions” Gottesman and his NJEA-funded NJ Public Education Coalition (NJPEC) succeeded in turning a regular North Hunterdon-Voorhees (NHV) school board meeting into a large-scale political campaign — backed and financed by the NJEA. On the other side are NHV parents and school board members. It’s a hugely lopsided playing…Read More
Mendacious Michael Gottesman and NJPEC Want to Turn a North Hunterdon-Voorhees School Board Meeting into a Scorched-Earth Political Battleground
Posted On01/22/2024 byMendacious Michael “Hundreds of Millions” Gottesman and his NJEA-funded NJ Public Education Coalition (NJPEC) will stop at nothing to impose their progressive education agenda on NJ school districts. NJ citizens should be very concerned about the scorched-earth political campaigns Gottesman and NJPEC (with NJEA help) are bringing down on NJ school boards like North Hunterdon-Voorhees…Read More
More Bullying of School Boards by Mendacious Michael “Hundreds of Millions” Gottesman and NJPEC — with the NJEA’s Help
Posted On01/19/2024 byMendacious Michael “Hundreds of Millions” Gottesman and his NJ Public Education Coalition (NJPEC) are back, once again seeking to intimidate school boards into adopting their progressive agenda, this time at the North Hunterdon-Voorhees school district (NHV). NJPEC gets funding from the NJEA, so it is also the NJEA that is aggressively pushing progressive agendas on…Read More
NJEA Pushes for a “Progressive” State Board of Ed Against the Wishes of NJ Citizens. How Does this Benefit Teachers, President Spiller?
Posted On12/20/2023 byNJEA President Sean Spiller is using the NJEA’s well-bought influence with Gov. Murphy and the Democratic legislature to try to turn the State Board of Education (SBOE) into a thoroughly “progressive” policymaker. But how does this benefit teachers? It doesn’t, which is likely why Spiller published his op-ed on a news website but not on…Read More
Truth In Accounting: NJ Last in the Nation for Long-Term Financial Condition. Again.
Posted On12/06/2023 byAnother last-in-the-nation ranking for New Jersey under Gov. Murphy. Last week, we reported that New Jersey’s tax climate for businesses was dead last, and this week it’s New Jersey’s long-term financial condition that’s ranked dead last, according to Truth In Accounting’s “Financial State of the States 2023.” New Jersey has been dead last in the…Read More
NorthJersey.com’s Mary Ann Koruth Still Can’t Tell It Straight on the Culture Wars, Ignores NJEA’s Spending and Influence
Posted On11/17/2023 byNorthJersey.com’s Mary Ann Koruth still can’t tell it straight when it comes to the “culture wars.” She continues to steadfastly ignore massive NJEA spending — and therefore influence — on this year’s school board races. To be fair, her recent article on the school board races accurately declared that overall the results were mixed. Both…Read More