The Board Attorneys should have advised immediately to
suspend Douglas Petty upon arrest and pending court matter. Instead, Joseph Garcia (who hops from one
political firm to the next with fellow Paramus politician Jospeh Lagana) sat on
stage with Douglas Petty on Monday night in a nonchalant manner. The Giacobbe firm failed to protect the
district. Douglas Petty can be a threat
to himself and others. The Giacobbe
politicians/lawyers created a liability for the district.
Because of conflicts of interest, Board President Nancy
Cardone (every relative on the BOE payroll), Board Vice President Sharon
Salvacion (daughter is a Lodi teacher), and Appointed Trustee Marjorie Breitweiser
(daughter-in-law is a Lodi teacher) are prohibited from all matters pertaining
to Lodi Superintendent Doug Petty. Therefore,
possibly six board members could participate in superintendent discussions and
take action.
Based upon OPRA requests and observations, most of the board members have no idea why they are there or what they are doing. A real school board attorney would have guided them. Lodi doesn’t have a real school board attorney. Due to the absence of a real school board attorney, the nonconflicted board members should have protected the district. They should have shut Nancy Cardone and the other two conflicted trustees out from any interference. They should have suspended Doug Petty immediately.
From my prior posts, you have seen emails where Nancy
Cardone is discussing LEA negotiations and other matters where she is prohibited
by conflicts. The Giacobbe attorneys have
enabled Nancy Cardone to engage in the most unethical behavior because Nancy
Cardone is lining their pockets with Lodi tax dollars.
School Boards and Municipalities throughout New Jersey
will soon learn that the Giacobbe firm is “the emperor has no clothes”. They are bad with the law, bad with ethics,
but great with politics/influence peddling.
