Link to article:
https://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2018/08/jersey_city_man_rejoins_school_board.html#incart_river_index
From the article:
The public's turn to speak is over. Board member Mussab Ali makes a motion to appoint Lyons to the seat. Marilyn Roman seconds. Voting begins.
Then Matt Schapiro — who won his seat in November during the same election Lyons lost — opens his mouth.
Lyons once insulted a rival during a candidate debate, Schapiro says. Lyons used "horribly vulgar language" about district officials, Schapiro says. Voters had the chance to re-elect Lyons in November and rejected him, Schapiro says.
"When watching the board I saw Mr. Lyons disrespecting district staff over and over," Schapiro says. "It was shocking and offensive. Worse, I saw Mr. Lyons often making decisions not in the best interest of our students, but operating as a rubber stamp for the richest, most powerful political interest group in the state."
He means the statewide teachers union. Schapiro ran in November without the local teachers union's nod. Lyons had it. Schapiro is also a strong supporter of Schools Superintendent Marcia V. Lyles, while Lyons has been a sharp critic.
As Schapiro speaks, Lyons, sitting in the second row of the Snyder auditorium, at first has no expression on his face, then starts to nod his head slightly. Some in the audience listen with their eyes widened. Lorenzo Richardson, the school board vice president and a Lyons ally, eats from a plate of fruit.
Schapiro wraps up.
"It's not pleasant to raise these issues about a former board member and potential colleague but it is critical that there is a record that there was at least one voice who spoke out against the abuses of Mr. Lyons and the rich and powerful interests which he represents," he says.
