As Lodi Drug
Alliance funds were being funneled to Joe Licata, this administration not only
violated State statutes for Municipal Alliance funding, they also violated the
Open Public Meetings Act.
They violated the law for years. I brought this to their attention three years
ago. They lied time and time again when
questioned at public meetings.
Just this past October, Mike Nardino said he won’t use
public notices for meetings and he won’t keep minutes. He didn’t even know who was on the committee
responsible for spending the thousands each year. He felt that all the money should
automatically go to him and Licata at the Boys and Girls Club and they should
spend it however they like. They
liked spending it on “consulting fees” for Joe Licata.
Alan Spiniello said he was delivering a report on
whether the Drug Alliance was in compliance at the April 14th
Executive Meeting which was held upstairs in Tony Luna’s office. He refused to discuss his report at any
regular meetings. The Borough withheld
the minutes from that meeting on its website.
They hid the controversy well before the election.
I had to OPRA the minutes. The minutes for that meeting are provided
below. It would be interesting to know
what was discussed in “Closed session” right before item #14.
Mike Nardino and Joe Licata violated the public's trust. Neither should have any part on the new Lodi Drug
Alliance. It is very disappointing that
this Mayor and Council named the Nardino as the chairperson.
The Mayor and Council have to pass a resolution
appointing Nardino and the other 12 members. They can't just casually name some people upstairs in Luna's office.
The
Alliance should not include anyone hooked up with Nardino and Licata at the
BOE, the Lodi Boys and Girls Club, or Lodi Cares. Laws are broken and funds are misspent
because too many people are on the take.
They cannot be objective.
