Stuff in the ‘The Taxpayer-Funded Political Machine’ Category
NTU President Abeigon Tries to Rewrite History after Sunlight’s Billboard Calls the NTU Out
Posted On05/18/2021 byNewark Teachers’ Union head John Abeigon issued a response to Sunlight’s billboard, one of several around the state that blames the NTU and the NJEA for keeping students out of the classroom and contributing to large-scale learning loss for Newark kids. Unfortunately, Abeigon does not stick to the facts about the matter and attempts to…Read More
Montclair Parent on Mayor Spiller: “It Doesn’t Take a Rocket Scientist to See the Intense Conflict of Interest”
Posted On04/23/2021 byNorthJersey.com had an excellent news story today describing the efforts of Montclair citizens to change from a mayor-appointed school board to an elected school board. As Sunlight readers know, the catalyst for this grassroots groundswell is the massive and judicially recognized conflict of interest embodied in NJEA President-elect/Montclair Mayor Sean Spiller, whose appointees now constitute…Read More
Fired Montclair BOE Member Gonzalez: NJEA President-Elect/Mayor Spiller Privileges His Union Over the Public Interest
Posted On04/20/2021 byFired Montclair Board of Education (BOE) member Sergio Gonzalez is angry. As he says in his published letter, he is “angry at being removed from the BOE because I dared to represent the interests of our children, rather than a political machine.” Gonzalez was removed by NJEA President-elect/Montclair Mayor Sean Spiller so that Spiller could…Read More
NJEA President-Elect/Montclair Mayor Spiller’s Conflict of Interest Spreads to the School Board
Posted On04/16/2021 byThe Montclair Local reports that NJEA President-elect/Montclair Mayor Sean Spiller has appointed three new members to the Montclair school board. That now makes four-of-seven school board members appointed by Spiller, so his appointees are now a majority. Spiller’s judicially-recognized conflict of interest has now spread to the school board. First, Sunlight would like to say…Read More
New Direction Is Now Essentially an NJEA Super PAC with Gov. Murphy as Spokesman
Posted On04/08/2021 bySunlight admits that this is not new news, but because it was released on Christmas Eve-eve, we missed it. But we found the InsiderNJ press release that reveals that Super PAC New Direction New Jersey (NDNJ) is now almost entirely funded by the NJEA. That’s right, from late 2019 to late 2020, the NJEA pumped $6,000,000…Read More
Parents Are Forced to Fund Their Own Lawsuits While Their Property Tax Dollars Pay for the Unions’ Legal Fees
Posted On04/05/2021 byThe Wall Street Journal reported that parents in Scotch Plains – Fanwood had raised $40,000 for legal fees involved in their suit to reopen schools. This $40,000 comes from the parents’ own pockets. Parents in Montclair and South Orange-Maplewood also had to raise private money to pursue their own lawsuits. In each of these towns, the…Read More
A Big Conflict of Interest Gets Bigger: Montclair Mayor Spiller Will Be NJEA President
Posted On03/25/2021 byThe Montclair Local reports that Montclair Mayor Sean Spiller will be the next president of the NJEA. Sunlight has been monitoring Spiller’s manifest conflict of interest, and in our piece “Councilman Spiller, Mayor Spiller, Governor Spiller? NJEA Members Run for Office,” we noted that Spiller would likely become the next NJEA president. And so he has….Read More
Sunlight in Montclair Local on Mayor Spiller Becoming President of the NJEA
Posted On03/25/2021 byThe Montclair Local cited Sunlight’s reporting on Mayor Sean Spiller massive conflict of interest – which is now even bigger as Spiller will become the president of the NJEA.Read More
WHAT IS BRENDAN GILL DISCUSSING WITH NJEA VP/MAYOR SPILLER AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE MEA?
Posted On03/17/2021 byA concerned Montclair citizen captured quite a trio having an off-the-record discussion in the middle of Montclair’s school re-opening dispute: NJEA Vice President/Montclair Mayor Sean Spiller, Montclair Education Association (MEA) President Petal Robertson and Essex County Commissioner Brendan Gill. Sunlight has focused on the photo’s memorializing Spiller’s judicially recognized conflict of interest, but Gill’s presence…Read More
NJEA VP/Montclair Mayor Spiller’s Conflict of Interest Captured in One Photograph
Posted On03/15/2021 byA picture is indeed worth a thousand words, and this one of NJEA Vice President/Montclair Mayor Sean Spiller and Montclair Education Association (MEA) President Petal Robertson says it all. A concerned Montclair citizen sent Sunlight this picture of Spiller having a discussion with Robertson and Brendan Gill, Essex County commissioner and manager of Phil Murphy’s…Read More