Link to article that appeared yesterday on
northjersey.com:
From the article:
Two
trustees, John Mattesich and Ken Bruno, work for the borough and abstained from
the vote. Board President Jeffrey Woo and trustee Jason Kim voted no because of
potential ethics implications. Woo said he spoke to a representative from the
New Jersey School Boards Association about it, and cited a recent ruling where
a school board was penalized for hiring a council member.
Link to a previous article on the subject:
Henry Ruh is a councilman in Palisades Park. He tried to use his council seat to create a
new "coordinator" position for himself in the Palisades Park schools. On top of that, one of the officers hired to work in the schools
is Ruh’s younger brother.
Towns known for corruption and nepotism fit the following pattern:
Council members
are employed by the BOE. BOE members are employed by the town.
There are many parallels between Lodi and Palisades
Park. None of them good.
