With all of the additional State Aid in the last three
years, it's unfathomable that Lodi School taxes have not been reduced. Lodi school taxes should have been reduced significantly. When I was on the Board, school taxes were
lowered when Lodi was only receiving a fraction of the Aid that it is now
receiving.
As Lodi receives millions more in State Aid each year,
what do the taxpayers see? They saw
Nancy Cardone give her son a $17,236 raise.
They saw the Cardone group give Doug Petty a $27,000 raise just months
before his arrest. They saw Dennis Frohnapfel
hide budgets and then abruptly leave- taking extra money that nobody can account
for. They saw a committee assembled to knock down the Lincoln School Administration building that included lunatics like Dawn Caruso Dolan (she received a special invitation). They see the Cardone group still
paying Doug Petty over $17,000/month to sit home and not work. They see the politician run “Giacobbe” firm
go over budget as the Cardone members never once reviewed its bills.
What does this mean?
The more State Aid Lodi receives, the more corrupt and reckless the
Cardone group acts.
The most dishonest politicians always say that their big
spending increases are for the children just as people see the money flowing
into those politicians' pockets.