Nancy Cardone is one of nine Board Members. She clearly committed multiple ethics
violations by taking personal action without consulting with the rest of the Board.
c. I will confine my board action to
policy making, planning, and appraisal, and I will help to frame policies and
plans only after the board has consulted those who will be affected by them.
d. I will carry out my responsibility,
not to administer the schools, but, together with my fellow board members, to
see that they are well run.
e. I will recognize that authority
rests with the board of education and will make no personal promises nor take
any private action that may compromise the board.
f. I will refuse to surrender my
independent judgment to special interest or partisan political groups or to use
the schools for personal gain or for the gain of friends.
An OPRA response shows
that Nancy Cardone, Frank D’Amico, and Matthew Giacobbe were exchanging emails about the School Election move on April 25th which was only one day before
the Board of Education meeting. The Resolution
for the move never appeared on any meeting agenda. The Resolution was dropped on some Board Members
(who voted “No”) at the meeting without any prior notice.
An OPRA response
that I received for the emails was completely redacted. The written line was blacked out and the two attachments
were omitted.
All evidence shows that
Nancy Cardone was NOT working with the entire Board but was rather taking personal action. Matthew Giacobbe and Frank D’Amico
should have advised Nancy Cardone about her unethical behavior and should have
blocked her from running up legal bills on a Board matter that excluded the
consultation of the entire Board.
There was no notice
on any agenda. The OPRA response was
completely redacted. There is zero
transparency.
The Resolution was a
blatant lie.
There is evidence
that Nancy Cardone was also acting on the wishes of s political group as the
Lodi mayor and council are on audio tape stating that they wanted to move the
School Elections to April.
Nancy Cardone
committed multiple ethics violations and exhibited the worst behavior as she worked
so hard to suppress voter turnout on behalf of the most corrupt political and
special interest groups.
The five Board members
that went along with Nancy Cardone’s personal agenda are a disgrace. They are only taking up space and contributing
nothing positive. No independent
thought. No personal responsibility and
diligence.