Members of the teacher union (mostly don’t live in
Lodi) will besiege our town on the Saturday before the election. This isn’t about the children. This isn’t about education. This is about a corrupt political machine and
its “foot soldiers” trying to steal an election and then take your money.
The union leaders take their orders from Frank Quatrone. Anyone that has attended our meetings can
attest to this. Joe Capizzi is still
pulling all the strings behind the scenes.
This is an act of desperation and it has been done
before. In 1998, two candidates were
elected beating out the machine. In
1999, Joe Capizzi had the teachers besiege the town on a Saturday before the
election to maintain his control.
Capizzi got his way. Taxes
soared. Our schools declined.
In 2016, two candidates were elected beating out the
machine. As a result, the $7.5M scam was stopped and school taxes went down.
In 2017, teachers are once again being used to besiege
the town on the Saturday before the election. Capizzi wants to
get his way again. The "machine" doesn't like when scams are derailed and school taxes are lowered.
Every time the "machine" loses a seat, the teachers are used to walk on Saturday the following year.
What will be the result if the corrupt machine gets its way?
What will be the result if the corrupt machine gets its way?
· Frank
Quatrone’s salary will go from $192,000 to $226,000. It will be decided by a Board where everyone has
a conflict of interest.
· Lodi
will have a Board where 100% of its
members have of conflicts of interest when dealing with contracts. The “machine” wants members to negotiate and vote on their spouses’
contracts, their children’s contracts, and the contracts of all their other relatives. This is a deliberate, thought out
scheme. It’s an attempt to rob the taxpayers.
· The
Board won’t have one member who has children in the schools or one member
without conflicts of interest.
· A
structurally sound building will be demolished and replaced. The Lodi taxpayers will be out $8M. The money is budgeted for the project. Commitments have been made. The “machine” fought to keep the question off
the November ballot. Why? The “machine” has every intention of
returning to the project. Over the
summer, “machine” member Mike Nardino stated at a public meeting the $400,000
architect plans won’t go to waste and can be used in the future.
· Union
leaders will get whatever they want at the expense of the other teachers. They will be rewarded greatly for stealing an
election for the machine and maintaining complete control for Capizzi and
Quatrone.
· Undeserving
and unqualified relatives of Board members will continue getting the best
jobs and promotions. They will be
rewarded for maintaining complete control for Capizzi and Quatrone.
Know
what to expect on Saturday, November 4th. Inform your neighbors. Engage Quatrone’s “foot soldiers”. Question them. Challenge them. Raise these issues.
Don’t get fooled again!
