Joseph Lagana is a State Senator. Matthew Giacobbe lives on government contracts. Let's see what they "self-certified" when they received millions in public funds that were supposed to go to small businesses hurt by the government shutdowns.
Link to June filing by Joseph Lagana:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yCDSETuDkJtx7q4mSG5_yET-dlj5ZQBc/view?usp=sharing
Almost all of Joseph Lagana’s campaign contributions come from outside of his legislative district. That says everything.
Joseph Lagana is mindless and robotic- completely controlled by special
interest groups and lobbyists who pay for his meals every night at expensive restaurants
and for his regular trips to the Borgata.
Lodi Taxpayers can't make ends meet. It's not their responsibility to pay for Marc Schrieks personal vacations to Ortley Beach.
Link to news story from today:
There were pending ELEC complaints against Donald Scorzetti, Dominic Miller, and four current members of the Lodi Mayor and council.
There was overwhelming evidence submitted that all named above committed multiple campaign finance violations.
Phil Murphy and his administration dragged out the complaints for years and then passed a new law to have them dismissed based on time limits.
Our government is corrupt at all levels. Our government doesn't serve the people. Our government serves corrupt politicians.
State aid was contingent on Lodi’s answers to an annual
“Best Practices” questionnaire administered by the New Jersey Department of
Community Affairs. Lodi was required to answer
honestly, and those answers had to be certified as true by numerous Lodi officials.
Every year from 2013 on, Lodi answered, “YES”, that it
had a policy prohibiting personal use of municipal vehicles. A few examples are shown above. The answer was always consistent and always "YES".
Those answers were certified as true and accurate by
Debra Ciliento. They were certified by
Anthony Luna. They were certified by
Charles Cuccia. They were certified by Vincent
Caruso. They were presented and
discussed at public work sessions and accepted by Marc Schrieks, Emil Carafa,
Vinny Martin, Bruce Masopust, Scott Luna, Joe Leto, Albert DiChiara, Patricia Licata, Laura Cima, and Paula Fiduccia. Lodi Police Chief Donald Scorzetti has been long aware of the certified answers and policies as he was violating them.
Those were all lies, and they are all liars. Fraud was committed because State Aid was at
stake and public officials intentionally lied on official documents that were dated, signed, and certified.
When you see Marc Schrieks parking a municipal vehicle
each year at the beach or Donald Scorzetti driving around his family and
friends at the shore or by a bar, there is no question that violations are occurring, and the Lodi taxpayers are being robbed.
There is no question that a public audit is public record. The auditor’s report begins with that clear
statement.
With the support and orders from Nancy Cardone, Matthew Giacobbe and his politician run law
firm have been illegally withholding and illegally redacting public record for
years and billing the Lodi taxpayers excessively in the process.
Matthew Giacobbe is knowingly and purposing violating
the law to remove all transparency and drive up his bills. Matthew Giacobbe is handling the letters responding
to OPRA requests. Look at the stupid
response and excuse that was provided to me below after Matthew Giacobbe had
the district illegally redact every finding and recommendation from a basic public
audit. How can any school board or mayor
and council use someone like Matthew Giacobbe and his hack attorneys?
Link to recent post on the subject:
In a clear acknowledgement of its OPRA violations, the
district turned over two unredacted public audits from 2021 and 2022 (linked below):
June 30, 2021
https://drive.google.com/file/d/17ds1b-4h1mqaen9PQEfzRBIjX5F40jM4/view?usp=sharing
June 30, 2022:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ybPD4CfU09q7yLk1y2fm2WBCQeEUB-uf/view?usp=sharing
Here are a list of some other public records illegally
withheld or illegally redacted by the Lodi Board of Education in recent years:
Employee
Separation Agreements
Matthew
Giacobbe’s Legal Invoices
Detailed
Budgets
Link to June Payroll:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WU_-HU-0jCMpZ_RSW0eYa_siWff1EfI2/view?usp=sharing
Link to June Bills:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oS-SBs5kzRmvJuMdJBE1Iz0cN5GjaMet/view?usp=sharing
The Giacobbe Political
Firm submitted two bills in June totaling $27,455.40. Lodi has never seen such high legal
bills. This dishonest firm continues to
rip off Lodi. Board members need to review
these bills thoroughly and put an end to this abuse.
Sheryl Luna is a full-time employee of Paramus and lists
additional paid political positions in Maywood, Hillsdale and Lodi. Sheryl Luna is now being paid $56,359.20 by Lodi for part-time work.
This is how Lodi’s new CFO was
initially hired by Lodi as “Treasurer”:
Link to June 15th Payroll:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1J1uUVFYPzct1m0V4Pe5o01cDNsLvwLX8/view?usp=sharing
Link to June 30th Payroll:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HwGdMTVGPPnIfJHexvlgmuuaTCsme4V2/view?usp=sharing
The vehicle is Borough property. Lodi taxpayers are paying all expenses.
A violation of Lodi's insurance policy. And a violation of public trust.
Teflon Don could care less about the poor optics because he knows the Mayor and Council will always cover for his bad behavior.
Ask Donald Scorzetti if he took the Borough vehicle to Vinny Martin's fundraisers.
Link to video:
https://twitter.com/MattRooneyNJ/status/1677826570084294666?s=20
It has recently come to light that Phil Murphy had damning reports about Lodi's Municipal Government hidden from the public. The Comptroller's Office, under a Phil Murphy appointment, asked for additional time to prepare all the records. After exhausting its deadline extensions, it listed a really bad excuse to not hand over any records.
I have emails from investigators within the Comptroller's Office stating an investigation was taking place in Lodi and many wrongdoings were discovered. They reached out to me for years with questions about information I had posted on this blog. I had refrained from sharing information they were providing me because I assumed (wrongly) that the Comptroller's Office was a legitimate agency serving the public interest.
The Comptroller's investigation into Lodi began in April 2014 and was ongoing when Murphy was Elected Governor in 2017. No reports were made public and Phil Murphy currently has his administration hiding all records from the public.
People recognize what type of person Phil Murphy is and how badly he runs this Corrupt State. That is why he gets booed and heckled wherever he goes but especially at Restaurants in his own neighborhood.
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I hear everyday from Lodi residents that they can’t
afford a vacation this year. With the
high inflation, many can’t afford to throw barbecues. These same struggling Lodi taxpayers are
paying every expense for Donald Scorzetti’s big, gas guzzling Tahoe for PERSONAL
USE. They are paying for all of Donald Scorzetti’s
gas for PERSONAL USE. They are paying
for the Tahoe and all of its gas as Donald Scorzetti spends his time in Toms
River and not in Lodi.
It was never the Lodi taxpayer’s responsibility to pay for these personal expenses. Just ask Lodi’s insurance carrier or the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs. The Lodi Police Chief has no problem violating policies and having the Lodi Mayor and Council cover for him and lie for him.
Donald Scorzetti can't respond to a Lodi emergency in his big Tahoe when he is hours away and has his family and friends riding along. What would happen if someone were involved in an accident when they don't work for the Borough and have no business being in a Borough vehicle? Who would pick up the bill if the insurance carrier is not providing that coverage?
Last year, so many people were infuriated after
reading the two posts below and seeing the photos for themselves. They should be infuriated.
The Lodi taxpayers should be ever more infuriated this
year because nothing was corrected from last year.
The Lodi Mayor and Council approve Scorzetti contracts that contradict Lodi's insurance carrier. The Lodi mayor and council approve Scorzetti contracts that contradict Lodi's CFO's written responses to the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs. The Lodi mayor and council approve Scorzetti contracts that contradict statements that Alan Spiniello has made at public meetings regarding personal use of Borough vehicles.
People like Vinny Martin will say that Scorzetti's contract allows him to travel anywhere on the globe without anyone he chooses for any purpose not business related or having anything to do with the Borough. He says that because he put that language in the contract knowing that it contradicts everything listed above.
The only thing the Lodi Mayor and Council and Scorzetti have going for them is Phil Murphy and his administration are just as corrupt as Lodi's. Murphy's State agencies are totally useless and spend more time covering up for corrupt politicians than investigating crimes.
