Monday, September 1, 2025

As Soon as Lodi’s State Senator Joseph Lagana Joined the Matthew Giacobbe Firm, He Was Used to Sell Access to Other State Senators….

An email chain released by “opramachine” for the period beginning 2020 shows that Joseph Lagana and the principal partners in his firm were spending their time arranging for their client, Stephen Sacco of the Monmouth JIF, to meet with State Senator Vin Gopal.  The chain begins:

The chain ends:

Link to an online OPRA response:

RE Monmouth JIF.pdf

You would hope that law firms receiving public contracts would spend their time providing legal services to benefit the taxpayers footing the bill.  Unfortunately, this firm appears to be receiving public contracts to sell access and peddle influence.  The email chain  speaks for itself.

Matthew Giacobbe spent a lot of time at a Lodi BOE meeting whining about these posts:

Lodi By The Numbers: This was terribly disappointing to read today…

Lodi By The Numbers: Once Again, Lodi was Deceived and Taken Advantage by a Politician Run Law Firm (Post Date: September 18, 2019)…

Time has shown my posts to be very accurate.