With all the
school districts in New Jersey, only Lodi appeared on the May 22, 2018 meeting
minutes of the School Ethics commission for its use (abuse) of “doctrine of necessity”. Lodi submitted a whopping 3 doctrines of
necessity for May alone when no other district submitted one. Minutes show that
Lodi is in a league of its own with conflicts of interest.
What is the Capizzi machine’s response to Lodi’s
conflict problem? They went out and
recruited someone with the worst conflicts of interest for the vacant Board
seat. The person they recruited is
married to a BOE employee in a six figure position whose office is just feet
away from Quatrone and Capizzi. The
person they recruited never ran for the BOE or ever showed in interest in any matter before
the BOE.
Where
most see conflicts of interest as a bad thing, Quatrone and Capizzi are using
it as a litmus test for selecting the next Board member. They want complete control over all Board
members when Board members are supposed to be their bosses. There is no better control than to have
someone with a spouse employed by the BOE in a six figure position.
