It’s sad that James Tassillo is part
of a campaign that sent out a dishonest smear piece against me and others which
is listed at his campaign’s address of 118 Church Street. Before he was Cardone’s running mate, he was
thanking me for the job I have done.
Below is the first email he sent me before I ever met him:
On Thu, Jan
26, 2017 at 04:57 PM, James Tassillo wrote:
Good afternoon Mr. Curioni, my
name is James Tassillo. I purchased a home back in Lodi back in 2005 and have
been a very quiet resident up to this very day. But now as a had gotten older
and started a family and now have a child in the school district (Washington
Elementary), I now see things in a new perspective. I stumbled across a blog
about our town and found your email. First of all I just want to thank you for
suspending that school project. That should definitely be decided by the taxpayers of the town. But, being that it still will be a non-binding vote is concerning. After glancing that blog and another blog that
has very similar information, I can honestly say that I would never in a million years thought that
the nepotism was that rampant in Lodi let alone in any town for that matter.
I am pretty sure that Lodi is a civil servant town, how does this get bypassed?
Well we both know the answer to that. I just am writing to you to say thank you for sparing my
taxes for the time being. Since I moved here in 2005 my taxes have
increased roughly 50%. I know I am fortunate I have heard from others that they
have doubled in their time in the town. But where is it going? If my taxes are
increasing shouldn't their be more programs in the schools. I mean the increase
this year was said to be for the education budget. There are vast amounts of programs
in technology for elementary schools out there that we as a middle of the road
community when it comes to Bergen county would probably be able to be
subsidized if not given. Not just technology but also nutrition as well. As I
have said earlier I have been a quiet citizen up until today, but I have two
children and I am I take education very seriously with them. I wish I took it
seriously but that's the past and I can only guide them from the mistakes that
I made in hopes that they don't go down that path. I am glad that you are on the board and I will be
following these meetings now more closely, because to turn a blind eye and say
business as usual got us to where we are now as a town and as a state. We can't
let that continue. Thank you for your time.
James Tassillo
James Tassillo
