Response:
1. I just
blacked out Vinny Martin’s street address on the post showing how his big house
with a lot of improvements (that he purchased for $500,000 in 2006) is only
assessed at $321,300. My question for
Thomas Brogan: what do you have to say
about Vinny Martin asking people to sign his petition to run for Lodi council
with his street address listed? Please
explain.
2. Please send
me specific blog posts dating back to 2016 that you deem “false statements” or “misrepresentations”. If you can explain with factual basis why
they are false, I will gladly remove them.
3. Vinny Martin
is listed as an owner of a business that was busted twice within a year for cocaine
and prostitution. Public notices and his
own statements on northjersey.com state that he is an owner. If he is not an owner and the public notices
and his own statements are untrue, please notify me in writing with factual
basis and I will gladly remove all posts pertaining to that subject.
4. You state: “As
you are fully aware, Mr. Martin is an upstanding citizen of the Borough of Lodi…’
I completely disagree.
And that statement shows just a little too much pride.
5. Vinny Martin
has corrupted the Lodi police department with his involvement in making Donald
Scorzetti Chief (voting with conflicts), funding Donald Scorzetti’s political
campaigns, allowing Donald Scorzetti to take Borough Vehicles to his shore
house while telling insurance providers and the Department of Community Affairs
that Borough vehicles are prohibited for personal use, etc. Vinny Martin has his daughter working under
Donald Scorzetti and working with all of Donald Scorzetti’s daughters in Police
Records while Vinny Martin is voting on 4% raises for Donald Scorzetti.
Furthermore, what Vinny Martin and his administration
did to Captain Grillo is disgusting.
That is corruption of the police department.
6. Dirty
Politician- Vinny Martin is nasty and he is a bully. He has been like that his whole life. Before I ever posted anything about him, he sent
me nasty emails, insulted me at Board of Education meeting with the most petty,
stupid things, and made many libelous statements against me. Vinny Martin is not a victim.
7. The ethics
complaint against me by Debra Kwapniewski- The NJEA spent over $100,000 filing
frivolous complaints against me. I successfully
defended myself “pro se” for three years.
I was the only board member not to use a taxpayer funded attorney to defend
myself. I saved the Lodi taxpayers at least
$15,000 by refusing to use a taxpayer funded attorney in which I was entitled. The day of the administrative hearing with Elissa
Mizzone Testa in Newark, there was snow on the ground, I was busy at work and decided
at the last minute that I had better things to do than drive to Newark to talk
about a blog post: “If you can read, thank a teacher. If you can’t, thank a teachers union.” I already successfully defended myself against
the same complaint over and over again. I
told Elissa Mizzone Testa to refer to the evidence I already submitted. She said that she would not read anything
that I submitted and then she had the NJEA Attorney, Gail Oxfeld, write her decision
for her.
Do I regret not going to the hearing in Newark? Absolutely not. The decision against me is being used at Board
training sessions throughout New Jersey because it is so absurd and laughable. Board members as far as Ocean County have reached
out to me after their attorneys discussed my decision with them to tell me that
everyone was laughing at my posts and that they enjoyed reading my blog.
Elissa Mizzone Testa humiliated herself with her decision. It was blatantly dishonest. District payroll and other public records
show that she is dishonest. Three years later, she has to be more embarrassed by
the decision than me. You and Vinny
Martin can talk about this decision all you like. It doesn’t bother me. Compare and contrast this decision with the ethics decisions against the Lodi politicians associated with Vinny Martin (Dominic Miller, Tony Luna, George Reggo, etc.) Compare blog posts about the NJEA with the misappropriation of public funds. Compare blog posts about the NJEA with the illegal awarding of contracts to family members. Compare blog posts about the NJEA with using your public position to lower your own property taxes.
