Monday, October 4, 2021

A Political Hit Job on Me from the Highest Levels of State Government (the Timing Says it All)…



A batch of emails I received today show that Michael Yaple asked Kathryn Whalen over and over again for a copy of a School Ethics Decision against me leading up to the November 5, 2019 Election.  Above is one of many requests from Michel Yaple.  The date of that request is November 4, 2019.  Michael Yaple wanted to get a decision against me to a “reporter” one day before the Election. In prior emails, Michael Yaple clearly stated he wanted to get a copy to a "reporter" because no decision was posted.  No decision was posted because none existed. 

 

The problem with Michael Yaple’s multiple requests is that there never was any SEC decision against  me at any time before the November 5, 2019 Election.

 

When Michael Yaple was requesting an SEC decision against me during the summer of 2019, Kathryn Whalen explained that the School Ethics Commission would be making a decision on August 27th.  On August 27th, the SEC remanded the case back to Elissa Mizzone Testa.  The SEC corrected Testa for false statements and wrote a response favorable to me.  Of course, Michael Yaple wouldn’t want to hand a copy of  that to a "reporter".  Click on the links below to see what happened on August 27, 2019:

 

Lodi By The Numbers: Free Speech Lives Another Day in Lodi! (September 3, 2019) (lodioverhaul.blogspot.com)

 

Lodi By The Numbers: The Truth Matters... (lodioverhaul.blogspot.com)

 

Michael Yaple was back asking Kathryn Whalen for an SEC decision against me one day before the Election.  Kathryn Whalen responded after Election Day that the SEC would be making a decision on December 17, 2019.  Michael Yaple was seeking an SEC decision on November 4, 2019 that didn’t exist.

 

Once again, there never was an SEC decision against me before November 5, 2019.

 

What Records Did Exist Prior to November 5, 2019 that Michael Yaple Never Sought to Get to a Reporter:

 

-     Three SEC decisions that found NO PROBABLE CAUSE that my blog posts violated any ethics codes (including Kwanpniewski’s complaint).

 

-     Multiple Administrative Judges that would NOT GRANT what Debra Kwapniewksi and others were seeking against me for blog posts.  Multiple judges had the same complaint that eventually went to Elissa Mizzone Testa.  The other ALJs wouldn’t do what Testa did because they likely didn’t want to appear dirty, corrupt, unprofessional, and overly political.  Most judges wouldn’t want to use an opinion written word for word by an NJEA lawyer.

 

What Did Michael Yaple Never Request from Kathryn Whalen?

 

-     The SEC Decision against Joseph Licata.

-     The TWO SEC Decisions against Dominic Miller.

-     The SEC Decision against Michael Nardino.

 

What Else Did Michael Yaple Never Get to Reporters?

 

- Copies of the multiple OFAC reports and corrective action plans (All of the district’s violations that required corrective action plans were initiated by me and my personal investigations which handed over so much substantial evidence to the State that it had to act).

 

The multiple emails from Michael Yaple leading up to the Election show that he had a sick obsession with me.  Some of his emails about me were redacted so I didn’t bother posting them.  What was he saying about me?  Kathryn Whalen even had to ask him in one email which board member he was referring to because obviously there were SEC decisions against other Lodi board members and not me.  Michael Yaple only responded with one name: Ryan Curioni.

 

The reporter in question likely is Katie Sobko.  She never reported on any decisions against any of the other Lodi board members that committed real ethics violations.  She never reported on any of the OFAC reports that occurred while she was covering Lodi.  She never reported on Tony Luna and Charles Cuccia being found guilty of ethics violations and being fined by the State.  Why? Because the NJEA didn’t want Katie Sobko to report on those stories.


Katie Sobko is a biased reporter.  She is a left-wing activist.  Most people are cancelling subscriptions to her paper.