Sunday, March 15, 2020

Contrary to Giacobbe’s Illegal “Confidentially” Language, Lisa Cody's “Separation Agreement” Approved by the Lodi BOE uses PUBLIC FUNDS and is PUBLIC RECORD…




Link to special “Separation Agreement” for a former BOE member’s wife:




The Lodi Board of Education recently approved a special “Separation Agreement” where it basically agreed to pay an employee for a year not to work without giving reason.  This was done in complete secrecy.  The item was not listed on the BOE’s agenda and was voted on after a long closed session where the public would not know that it was being discussed.


The board attorney redacted the employee’s name even though other separation agreements submitted under the Open Public Records Act have provided employee names.


The Giacobbe attorneys continue to rack up months of bills pertaining to certain employees only to turn around and use public funds on SECRET “separation agreements”.  They continue to hide public information from the public. 


The Giacobbe attorneys are blatantly using illegal language in agreements to create new layers of secrecy.  If something is provided through an OPRA request, it is available all members of the public and not just the requestor.


The Giacobbe attorneys continue to act in a disgraceful manner.  Shame on the BOE for retaining them.  Did the BOE members bother to read the agreement before voting?


The Lodi BOE should be ashamed to have approved the illegal language and for hindering transparency.  If they don’t want the public to know about something, they shouldn’t be doing it.