Unanimous Supreme Court Decision Against Matt Platkin. Reminder: Josh Gottheimer, Mary Amoroso, and Other Bergen Politicians Were Part of the Harassment and Targeting of Pro-Life Centers...

Link to story:

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/supreme-court-unanimously-slaps-down-blue-state-targeting-pro-life-group

This blog called out Matt Platkin's constitutional violations against Pro-Life centers years ago:

Inspectors from “Appraisal Systems” Visited Lodi Properties Around November 2024 for A Townwide Revaluation. Lodi Residents Never Received Their New Valuation Notifications in 2025. The Lodi Mayor and Council Should Address Their Secrecy and Explain Their Actions in Recent Months.

On March 17, 2026 the Lodi Mayor and Council went into closed session for this one item: "Revaluation/reassessment and tax maps (litigation and contract negotiations):

On the April 14, 2026 Executive meeting agenda:

Paparozzi was overpaid $40,000 to do something with Lodi’s tax maps that should have completed by 2023:

Currently posted: “Appraisal Systems” shows the Revaluation has been extended to the 2027 Tax Year: 

When the Lodi Housing Authority Created a New Position for Dan Cody’s Son in 2024, It Required a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration. For Scott Luna, It Required Two Years College. Tailor Made for Lodi Politicians. Requirements are Written for the One and Only Considered Candidate. If the Politician Dropped out of High School, the Job Would Require an 8th Grade's Education.

 

The Lodi Mayor and Council Placed in One of the Gary Paparozzi's "Planner" Agreements that Paparozzi Would Be Paid $75,000 to Upgrade Tax Maps. They Paid Paparozzi $40,000 Beyond. And His Invoices are Complete Joke. Lodi Clearly Doesn’t Have an Independent Auditor with Paparozzi's Extremely Close Friend, Frank DiMaria.

Gary Paparozzi is an “employee” of Lodi receiving an annual salary of $40,000.08.

Gary Paparozzi receives a noncompetitive contract each July 1^st from the Lodi Mayor and Council to be “Planner”. Since January 1, 2022, Gary Paparozzi was paid $173,080 for whatever he supposedly does with the Zoning and Planning Boards.

On July 1, 2022, the Lodi Mayor and Council added $75,000 to Gary’s agreement (beyond the $11,000 figure listed each year) to upgrade tax maps. None of Gary’s agreements before or after listed any payments for tax maps.

Gary Paparozzi was paid $40,000 beyond any agreement to update tax maps.

Paparozzi’s invoices do not list any hours.  Most list nothing at all.

The Mayor and Council are calling Paparozzi the “Planner" on the monthly bills.  They are calling Paparozzi a “Senior Planning Aid”  on payroll.  Is Paparozzi the senior aid to himself? 

They said they were paying Paparozzi $75,000 to update tax maps but then paid him $115,000. They said he would be done by 2023 but they are still paying him for 2025.

All lines are blurred and the Lodi taxpayers are being robbed.

Below are all the links I received for the most recent OPRA request into Gary Paparzzi.  No evidence was provided to show that Gary Paparozzi provided a resume showing that he was qualified to upgrade tax maps.  No evidence was provided that any emergency ordinance was adopted by the Lodi mayor and council to pay for the Tax Map Upgrades (contradicting Marc Schrieks' letter to the County).  No evidence was provided that there was ever any advertisement seeking vendors to conduct tax map upgrades.

The Lodi Mayor and Council need to come clean with Lodi residents about what went wrong with Gary Paparozzi's tax maps and what happened to the revaluation.

Please download these attachments from the links below:

• 76bed73f-f2022_INVOICE_PMT_3_20260409134834.pdf
• 76bed73f-f2022_INVOICE_PMT_6_20260409134835.pdf
• 76bed73f-f2025_INVOICE_20260409134835.pdf
• 76bed73f-f2022_INVOICE_PMT_5_20260409134835.pdf
• 76bed73f-f2022_INVOICE_PMT_4_20260409134835.pdf
• 76bed73f-f2022_INVOICE_20260409134924.pdf
• 76bed73f-fVENDOR_HISTORY_20260409135002.pdf
• 76bed73f-fREGULAR_EXT_LETTER___Curioni__2026_00178_20260413185040.docx
• 76bed73f-fOPRA_Extension_Letter_20260413185434.msg
• 76bed73f-fResolution_23_122_20260415131016.pdf
• 76bed73f-fResolution_22_123_20260415131016.pdf
• 76bed73f-fResolution_25_159_20260415131016.pdf
• 76bed73f-fResolution_24_129_20260415131016.pdf

Post Date: April 15, 2026

The Bergen County Republican Organization Has Its Local Candidates Funded by the County Democrats...

The BCRO can't compete in County wide races because it doesn't want to compete. It is the controlled opposition. It is the second string Democrat Committee.

There is nothing conservative about fraudsters like Gary Paparozzi and Sharon Salvacion who run the Lodi Republican Committee. Or Frank DiMaria who sits on the Republican Committee with them and doesn't flag the fraud taking place in Lodi Borough Hall.

Tony Luna had Gary Paparozzi take over the Lodi Republican Committee years ago so he can control both during the Christie years. Gary Paparozzi filled the committee with people like himself. People like Sharon Salvacion and Karen Viscana.

Gary Paparozzi did such a great job creating the second string Democrat Committee, he was appointed to a State Board by Phil Murphy. 

Any principled conservative would be repulsed by the Bergen County Republicans and especially the Lodi Republican Committee. They stand for nothing. They do nothing positive or productive. They help destroy BOEs and local governments by supporting the worst of the worst.

How is "Paparozzi Associates" Different from a Minneapolis Somali Day Care?

Lots of evidence exists showing that Gary Paparozzi and the Lodi Mayor Council had created some money laundering scheme where Lodi tax dollars were used to pay the bills for “Paparozzi Associates” (Gary Paparozzi's private business where he was making money during regular workdays on non-Borough related work).  Gary Paparozzi was funneling money back to the Lodi Mayor and Council through campaign contributions, dinners, limo rides, parties, and who knows what else.

Not one member of the Lodi Mayor and Council ever explained this arrangement:

Lodi By The Numbers: OPRA Response Confirms that Gary Pararozzi is Being Paid as a Full-Time Employee (“Senior Planning Aid”), While Simultaneously Being Paid by Lodi as “Borough Planner”. Nobody Can Provide any Records Showing any Accounting for His Work Schedule or What Time is Given to Each Position. Gary Paparozzi is Also Being Paid by Other Towns and Working in Other Towns During the Hours of the Lodi Zoning Office.

Or this:

Lodi By The Numbers: The Lodi Mayor and Council Knew for Over a Year About a Revaulation Order. They Hid it From the Public Because They Have No Money in Their Budget, Their Tax Maps are a Mess, and They Don’t Want Anyone to Know About Big Tax Increases Until After the May Election (Post Date: January 29, 2023)…

Being a “Gary Paparozzi” was never present in the Zoning Office during regular business hours, were the Lodi taxpayers paying one “Gary Paparozzi” or two “Gary Paparozzis” for no show Borough positions with full-time salaries?  Lodi tax dollars were supporting how many employees in Gary Paparozzi’s private business?

Lodi’s Borough Manager Marc Schrieks, CFO Sheri Luna, Auditor Frank DiMaria, the Mayor and Council must clearly explain the Gary Paparozzi arrangement and provide the residents of Lodi a clear of accounting of how the Paparozzi money was allocated and where it went. Not just for supposed "Planning" and Zoning Office employment.  But also, for that "Tax Map" windfall of tax dollars. Release attendance records, sign in sheets, etc. It’s public funds.  Not their private family business.  

Post Date: January 21, 2026

OPRA Response Confirms that Gary Pararozzi is Being Paid as a Full-Time Employee (“Senior Planning Aid”), While Simultaneously Being Paid by Lodi as “Borough Planner”. Nobody Can Provide any Records Showing any Accounting for His Work Schedule or What Time is Given to Each Position. Gary Paparozzi is Also Being Paid by Other Towns and Working in Other Towns During the Hours of the Lodi Zoning Office.

The Lodi Mayor and Council hand Gary Paparozzi a non-competitive professional service contract each July to be Borough Planner:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tR_QgcccmecEGr261Ui8KldE1wSpw4Cy/view?usp=sharing

The Lodi Mayor and Council also hired Gary Paparozzi as a full-time borough employee and are using the Civil Service Title “Senior Planning Aid”:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FNoqQiWPKlVNYoTsoHdopKfRqCtQSl-E/view?usp=sharing

So, Gary Paparozzi is the Planner.  And he is a Senior Planning Aid which you would think would be working under the Planner.  This makes a lot of sense.

Gary Paporozzi appears each month on Borough Bills as a vendor while appearing each month on Borough Payroll as a full-time employee:

Lodi By The Numbers: How Does the Lodi Mayor and Council Get Away with Paying Gary Paparozzi as a Full-Time Salaried Employee and as a Monthly Vendor? (Post Date: October 9, 2022) (lodioverhaul.blogspot.com)

Borough payroll lists Gary Paparozzi as an employee in the Zoning Office.

Fact:  Gary Paparozzi is working for other towns during the hours of the Lodi Zoning Office.

Marc Schrieks is the Borough Manager of Lodi.  He set this arrangement up for his former running mate who he spent 8 years on the council with.  Marc Schrieks took campaign contributions from Gary Paparozzi after Paparozzi was thrown out of office.  Marc Schrieks is required to review Gary Paparozzi’s attendance records, contracts, and payments.  Marc Schrieks and Gary Paparozzi appear to be engaging in theft of time and theft of public funds.  I am not making a wild accusation.  OPRA records say that. 

Post Date: February 6, 2023

"Just 13 Districts". The Four Bergen County Districts Holding April Elections are the Worst Performing (Known for Nepotism, Waste, and Unfit Members)...

 

Lodi Mayor Scott Luna Appointed the Lodi Housing Commissioners. Then Scott Luna Had His Appointees Create a New Position for Him and Start Him at $125,000.

Link to OPRA response:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1O-vwAPLeZBNDydfUtQqtAkPD4mlot1sL/view?usp=sharing 

2026 Financial Disclosure Statements for the Lodi Mayor and Council (Income Sources They Self-Disclosed)...

 Scott Luna 

Vinny Martin

Bruce Masopust 

Emil Carafa

Mark DelMonaco and Woobsie Haven't Filed Yet

Marc Schrieks Should Disclose How Much Money He Received from the South Bergen JIF and NJSEM...

 Marc Schrieks' 2026 Self-Reported Sources of Income

Both the SBJIF and NJ SEM are public entities not providing adequate transparency. Documents aren't posted.  Websites aren't updated.  They have the same contact person. 

Nancy Cardone is So Arrogant in Her Corruption, She Skipped Another Candidate Forum. So Did Her Mindless, Group Think Running Mates. They Can't Attend Anything or Say Anything Without Nancy Pelosi's Permission.

Nancy Cardone raises taxes and hires family members. That's the only thing she knows and she isn't changing.

Everytime she runs, either she or Karen Viscana makes a really stupid excuse as to why Nancy Cardone won't participate in any candidate forums. 

But Nancy Cardone had no problem making her own video three years ago where she wouldn't have to take questions.  It did her no favors and it looked like a hostage video.

Instead of answering to Lodi voters, Nancy Cardone moved our BOE Elections to April to suppress voter turnout and waste even more of your tax dollars.

Nancy Cardone wants a really low turnout so she can turn around say Lodi Taxpayers are content with high taxes and Nepotism.

Don't let Nancy Cardone mock you any longer. Throw her out on Tuesday and then demand that our new board members move our Elections back to November. And undo all the damage done by Nancy Cardone. 

Nancy Cardone Sent a Personal Invitation to Dawn Caruso Dolan in 2022 and Placed Her on a “Facilities Committee” to Recommend Demolishing and Replacing the Administration Offices on Hunter Street. That is the Same Person that Nancy Cardone Uses to Manufacture Altercations at BOE Meetings.

For years, Nancy Cardone and Karen Viscana have been using a severely mentally disturbed person to disrupt BOE meetings, threaten people, and cause chaos.  They coach her. They direct her. 

Nancy Cardone and Karen Viscana want you to believe that the unhinged person disrupting the meetings is a crazed women that just stumbled off the streets.  That is not the case.  Both Nancy Cardone and Karen Viscana placed Dawn Dolan Caruso on a Facilities Committee to recommend spending millions of Lodi tax dollars. 

Most recently, Nancy Cardone used Dawn Caruso Dolan as her basis to file the most petty and weakest ethics complaint yet against an opposing candidate. 

Nancy Cardone is vicious and always has been.  Her act is getting really old.  People are tired of your dirty tactics.

Anyone that cares about Lodi’s taxpayers and educational community would not turn over our board meetings and committees to such degeneracy.  It’s time to restore professionalism and respect to Board meetings.  Nancy Cardone belongs with Dawn Caruso Dolan- just not near our schools or tax dollars.

 

The Lodi Mayor and Council Created a New Position and Title for a Garfield Councilman: "Public Information Specialist, Trainee, Digital Content for the Administration"

Is it a "full-time" position you show up for or is a Gary Paparozzi/Sherri Luna arrangement?

The Mayor and Council should classify all of its hires as must show, low show, or no show because there is lots of confusion lately.

All these new titles are appearing as municipal taxes increased 16%.

Watch to see what Lodi Pride families get from Garfield in return.

These Flyers Were Made in Nancy Cardone's House When Paparozzi was "Mayor". Nancy Cardone and Everyone Else Whose Name is Printed at the Bottom of the Flyers and Still in Borough Hall are Just as Bad as the Person they Described Because They Set Up an Illegal Pay Arrangement for that Person in Return for Money.

Nancy Cardone's One Expenditure Report Shows that She Spent $8,881.30 (Not Including Her Last Boring and Dishonest Townwide Mailer).

Link to Nancy Cardone’s expenditure report dated April 10^th:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dKpmyoayw1Gwl1fP0DQHlN6HZQWJj1Zc/view?usp=sharing

Nancy Cardone has not shown where the rest of her money came from to cover these expenses. How much did Matthew Giacobbe funnel into her campaign? Her entire campaign is based on pay-to-play abuses with zero transparency. The more she spends on her campaigns, the more she raises your taxes.

All the money in the world can’t hide Nancy Cardone’s high taxes and horrible nepotism.

Marc Schrieks & the Mayor and Council Probably Need More Time to Fabricate Records for Paparozzi (Which They Were Never Able to Provide Before). This is About the Theft of Public Funds Which Get Kicked Backed to Pride/Cardone Political Campaigns.

Did Sharon Salvacion ask her office not to turn over any records until the day after the Lodi BOE Election in which she is a candidate (and recipient of Paparozzi cash)?

Lodi Taxpayers shouldn't accept a 15.64% municipal tax increase and a 4.5% school tax increase while their tax dollars are being robbed right in the open.

Marc Schrieks Told the Bergen County Tax Administrator in 2022 That They Expected the Tax Maps to Be Completed in the Calendar Year 2023. Lodi is Still Making Payments to “Paparozzi Associates” for Tax Maps in the Year 2026. Maybe Lodi Should Have Hired a Legitimate "Vendor".

This is the letter from Marc Schrieks dated September 20, 2022.  Marc Schrieks said they would adopt an “emergency ordinance” to pay Paparozzi which means they didn’t budget for the expense.

This is “Paparozzi Associates” on the March 2026 bills with a description “PRIOR YEAR BILLS”.

Here are some prior payments that went to Gary Paparozzi for “Tax Maps”.

Post Date: April 6, 2026

If You Ever Had Any Doubts about Nancy Cardone's Corrupting and Politicizing of Our School System, Just Look at the Few Contibutors She Actually Showed on Her ELEC Reports...

Link to Nancy’s dirty money on ELEC:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1S4m61BuwfhKFJGe7OAX5izsjQ_6DTkHK/view?usp=sharing

Nancy Cardone has not listed any of her campaign expenditures.

Nancy Cardone has not listed the donors that made up the $2,400 she placed in her name.

Nancy Cardone’s campaign expenses have already surpassed the contributions listed.

Sharon Salvacion (Who Knows that Gary Paparozzi is Paid a $40,000.08 Salary to Work in Her Department But is Not There Because He is Working Somewhere Else) Has Gary Paparozzi Funding Her Campaign...

Instead of having temper tantrums and public outbursts aimed at people that have nothing to do with this blog, Sharon Salvacion should spend her time addressing the theft of public funds from no-show jobs within her department.

Sharon Salvacion is the Secretary for the Planning and Zoning Boards (additional payments).  She is aware that Gary Paparozzi is paid on the monthly bills as a vendor for any "work" before the boards.  That has nothing to do with the salaried no-show job in her department.

March 2026 Bills for the Lodi Board of Eduction...

Link to March Bills:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qSe2XJMx4pxTEDH7i0jrNYUQ1IVfN39s/view?usp=sharing

March 2026 Payroll for the Lodi Board of Education...

Link to March Payroll:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vO_X_9Cle1_bjRDR52fZQpZ3wOg9HYyE/view?usp=sharing

Lodi BOE Elections are Supposed to Be Nonpartisan. It's Unfortunate that Michael Apicella Has the "Palisades Park Democratic Club" and "Fort Lee Action Committee" Funding a BOE Campaign in Lodi.

Taxing Together. After Raising Municipal Taxes 16%, the Lodi Mayor and Council are Funding the Cardone Team that Taxes Just as Bad as Them.

 

Nancy Cardone Accepted Money from Gary Paparozzi Knowing it is Stolen Lodi Tax Dollars...

 

Sharon Salvacion Should Explain a Regular Workday with Her Co-Worker Gary Paparozzi...

Sharon should tell us what time Gary Paparozzi shows up to the office and what type of work he would normally do on a regular workday.  What are their daily interactions?

Sharon should also explain what responsibility she would have if she knew someone in her department was being paid for a no-show job.  Would she be required or obligated to report it? 

In Addition to Gary Paparozzi's NO SHOW Job on Payroll, and Monthly Billing as "Planner", the Mayor and Council Just Gave Paparozzi $40,000 More for "Lodi Tax Map"...

Paparozzi's bill appears on page 26 of the March Bills Below:

• c61f269e-eMarch_2026_Approved_Resolution_26_54_Bills_List__1_of_2__20260330132636.pdf

If you haven’t realized yet, Paparozzi is a fraudster.  The Mayor and Council have never been able to justify his different pay arrangements or made-up titles. They can't provide any records for his salaried position.

OPRA Request Just Submitted Regarding Gary Paparozzi's Payments to Conduct "Tax Map Upgrades" that Were Supposed to Have Completed by 2023.

A copy of all invoices submitted by “Paparozzi Associates” (Gary Paparozzi) for Tax Map upgrades during the Calendar Years 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026.

A copy of the contract between the Borough of Lodi and “Paparozzi Associates” to conduct a Tax Map Upgrade.

A copy of the Resolution in which “Paparozzi Associates” was hired to conduct Tax Map Upgrades.

A copy of any advertisement or request for proposals posted by the Borough of Lodi seeking vendors to conduct a Tax Map Upgrade.

A copy of Gary Paparozzi’s resume on file at the time he was hired to conduct Tax Map upgrades showing that he was a qualified vendor and had prior experience in conducting Tax Map upgrades.

A copy of any emergency ordinances adopted by the Lodi mayor and council to pay for the Tax Map upgrades.

Gavin Newsom is Like the Lodi BOE (Nancy Cardone). They Need a PR Firm and Your Tax Dollars to Tell You Not to Believe Your Lying Eyes or Your Tax Bills.....

In both cases, it's tax dollars to promote failed politicians and failed policies for upcoming Elections. And it's a clear misuse of public funds.

A "Work Day" is Just One Big Party for James Tedesco and His Political Appointees...

There is never enough time in a work week for these politicians to celebrate themselves in the way that they most deserve. Everyone should be so grateful for the "service" that these politicians provide. You can't put a price on their "service".