Top 10 Most Viewed Posts for 2025 with Lodi Police Thief Donald Scorzetti Taking the #1 Slot. Click on the Blue Blog Titles Below to Read Again.

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  OPRA Response Shows that Donald Scorzetti is Being Paid Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars for "Sick Days" and "Vacation Days" with No Attendance Records, No Defined Workday or Workweek, No Vouchers, No Signatures, No Boss, No Audit, etc. This Calls for An Immediate Investigation. Those Involved Must be Held Accountable. Public Funds Must Be Recouped. (Post Date: June 12, 2025)

  Lodi Police Thief Donald Scorzetti  Clear Takeaways from Today’s OPRA Response Donald Scorzetti is being paid hundreds of thousands of dol...
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  In the Last 5 Years, State Aid for the Lodi Schools Has Increased from 20,787,810 to $43,199,877. Lodi Taxes Should Have Significantly Been Lowered. Instead, Nancy Cardone’s BOE Members Voted to Raise Taxes.

  The numbers in my title were taken from the State Department of Education link below: User-Friendly Budgets Michael Rinderknecht and Nancy C...
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  Donald Scorzetti’s Base Salary is A Lot Worse than Reported Last Week. Scorzetti's Contract Leads to a $325,816.48 Annual Salary. Lodi Continues its Ongoing Fraud With 12% Longevity Pay for Non-union Employee, Police Chief Donald Scorzetti.

  Link to Donald Scorzetti’s new contract dated April 15, 2025: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Iu_KUcvUisrbE3SGFqSUqWgFjFb3I6Wk/view?usp=s...
• The Continued Inaction by the Lodi Mayor and Council Makes the Situation Worse. All Lodi Police Officers that Served Our Community and Contributed Greatly Should Be Honored and Shown the Respect that They Earned. Below is an Email that Was Sent to the Lodi Mayor and Council.

    April 10, 2025 The Honorable Mayor and Council Borough of Lodi 1 Memorial Drive  Lodi, N.J. 07644   Dear Mayor and Council Mem...
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  Throughout New Jersey, “Kwapniewski v Curioni” Continues to Be Used in Ethics Complaints Targeting Constitutional Rights of Board Members…

  It continues to be brought to my attention that a large number of ethics complaints throughout New Jersey are still being driven by Elissa M...
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  The Sister of Lodi Mayor Scott Luna Got a Very Significant Pay Raise for Her "Part-time" Position. The Mayor and Council's Resolution is Lacking an Explanation or Justification.

    They must have used the same criteria for the raise that Tony Luna used for the initial hiring: Lodi By The Numbers: Tony Luna was fined...
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  The Lodi Mayor and Council Gave Donald Scorzetti a 5.8% Salary Increase this Year. What Does Scorzetti Have on the Lodi Mayor and Council that Would Cause Them to Do Something So Absurd and Reckless?(Post Date: May 19, 2025)

  Beyond the salary, Scorzetti has our municipal vehicle for unlimited personal use where he drives his family and friends to his shore house ...
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  Vinny Martin Lies About Me and This Blog So He Doesn't Have to Talk About How He Is Currently Covering Up Donald Scorzetti's Theft...

  Ask Vinny Martin to release the GPS data from the big gas guzzling Tahoe that he gave Donald Scorzetti to drive to Toms River and everywhere...
• Below is an Email Exchange from 2018 About Scorzetti's Abuses, How Lodi Continually Lied to State Agencies for Him, and How Nobody in this Administration Could Honestly Defend What They Were Doing. Emphasis on IRS's Publication: "Personal use must be incident to use for law-enforcement purposes; i.e., no vacation or recreational use." Donald Scorzetti is So Sick with Greed, He Can't Use His Own Personal Vehicle to Go On Vacation While the Lodi Taxpayers are Paying Him over $300,000 a Year.

    ------ Original Message ------ From: vcaruso103@ To: rcurioni@ Sent: Wednesday, August 29th 2018, 08:28 AM Subject: Blog Entry 08-28-2...
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  The Lodi-Paramus Town Job for Town Job Tradeoff...

    The Boro of Paramus employs Lodi Mayor Scott Luna’s Sister: The Boro of Paramus employs Lodi Mayor Scott Luna’s Son: The Boro of Lodi Empl...

 

Growing List of Attorneys that Have Sent Certified Mail Attempting to Suppress Truth Posted on "Lodi By the Numbers"...

 

Debbie Klugler Irwin

Lodi By The Numbers: Vinny Martin Had Lodi's Former Public Defender, Debbie Klugler Irwin (a Vinny Martin Appointee that Was Paid With Lodi Tax Dollars), Send Me a Cease and Desist Letter Today...

Thomans Brogan

Lodi By The Numbers: "Open Response to the Threatening Letter I Just Received from Lodi Deputy Mayor Vincent Martin and His Attorney Thomas Brogan"…

Carol Smeltzer

Lodi By The Numbers: Michael Cardone Had This Ridiculous Letter Delivered to Me Today…

Reasha A. Robinson-McLymont

Lodi By The Numbers: Another day, another attorney letter. AXA can get in line.

Michael P. Demarco

(Demarco sent me a letter about a site that doesn’t belong to me)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1edrUVz-1PtAqA6BSm26NcNEUvr6lfvwE/view?usp=sharing

Paul Barbire

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MiTd1mwcsU_qf4AaG-zd80tG4b-aEfjJ/view?usp=sharing

Can the Lodi Mayor and Council Explain Why a Lodi Property Owner Would Learn Their New Assessment from a Tax Appeal Attorney and Not the Borough? They Owe the Public an Explanation About the Results of Their Reassessment and Why They Won't Report Anything in a Timely Manner.

The assessment listed on the letter above is $383,690 higher than assessed value on the Borough's recent tax card.

Recent News Stories About the Totowa Police Chief Further Reinforces Why Donald Scorzetti Should Not Be Allowed to Take Our Taxpayer Funded Chevy Tahoe to His Shore House and Everywhere Else for Personal Use...

Town owned or leased vehicles (paid by the taxpayers) should be used strictly for borough business.  Past posts on Donald Scorzetti's abuse and misuse of Borough vehicles for personal trips to his shore house and everywhere else with family and friends:

https://lodioverhaul.blogspot.com/search?q=scorzetti+borough+vehicle&max-results=20&by-date=true

Four Years Ago, the Biden White House Was Wishing a Winter of Death on the Unvaccinated. People Should Never Forget. Government is Not to Be Trusted.

Will Mark DelMonaco and Filomena DelMonaco Now Change their Party Affiliations to Democrat Since their Campaign Was Funded and Supported by the County Democrat Machine? Will they Retire their Trump Sign?

Mark Delmonaco's Fundraiser Before the Election

Mark Delmonaco's Reported Campaign Contribution that he Received from Nellie Pou and filed after the Election

One would think that the Socialists that have taken over the Democrat party would have a problem with their resources, money and endorsements going to non-Democrats that display Trump signs. You would think that they would have a problem with someone like Vinny Martin being listed as a "Democrat Municipal Chair".  People will learn that the two-party organizations in Bergen County care about one thing and one thing only- power.  They aren’t serving the people, and they have no principles.

November 2025 Payroll for Lodi Borough Hall...

Link to November 14^th Payroll:

• 4bab6dc3-50933_Labor_Cost_Detail_20251208135327.pdf

Link to November 26^th Payroll:

• 4bab6dc3-50933_Labor_Cost_Detail_20251208135414.pdf

The Non-Consent Agenda for the December 16th Regular Meeting is Noticeably Different from the Non-Consent Agenda for the December 9th Executive Meeting...

December 9th

December 16th

What happened to the items approving the Municipal Manager's new contract and a new salary and title for Vinny Martin's daughter? Was action taken behind the public's and not at a regular meeting? The Mayor and Council should explain.

Link to agenda page:

https://www.lodi-nj.org/p/agendas-minutes-notices

A Lot of Scott Luna Conflicts on the Non-Consent Agenda for this Week's Meeting (items are voted on individually due to conflicts)...

Link to December 16^th agenda:

https://www.lodi-nj.org/Home/DownloadDocument?docId=06535ecf-5fdc-43bf-b7d4-0c173d614c15

November 2025 Resolutions of the Lodi Mayor and Council...

 Please download these attachments from the links below:

• 4bab6dc3-5Approved_Resolution_No_25_258_CDBG_Submission_Improvements_to_Terrace_Ave_20251202141101.pdf
• 4bab6dc3-5Approved_Resolution_No_25_259_Refund_Cert_of_Compliance_Gardens_at_Westmont_20251202141102.pdf
• 4bab6dc3-5Approved_Resolution_No_25_254_Authorizing_the_Dedication_by_Rider_for_the_Lead_Hazard_Control_Assistance_Trust_Fund_20251202141102.pdf
• 4bab6dc3-5Approved_Resolution_No_25_257_Library_Board_Trustee_Lavelle_20251202141102.pdf
• 4bab6dc3-5Approved_Resolution_No_25_256_LHA_CDBG_2026_20251202141102.pdf
• 4bab6dc3-5Approved_Resolution_No_25_262_BGC_CDBG_2026_20251202141102.pdf
• 4bab6dc3-5Approved_Resolution_No_25_260_Solid_Waste_2026_Terhune_Condo_Association_20251202141102.pdf
• 4bab6dc3-5Approved_Resolution_No_25_261_Opposing_S_4736_20251202141102.pdf
• 4bab6dc3-5Approved_Resolution_No_25_255_DuPont_Settlement_Opposition_20251202141102.pdf
• 4bab6dc3-5Approved_Resolution_No_25_268_Place_to_Place_Ramozpo_El_Nota_045_20251202141106.pdf
• 4bab6dc3-5Approved_Resolution_No_25_271_Confirming_Election_CM_DelMonaco_20251202141106.pdf
• 4bab6dc3-5Approved_Resolution_No_25_265_Elevator_Sub_Code_Rejection_20251202141106.pdf
• 4bab6dc3-5Approved_Resolution_No_25_264_145_Union_Opposing_Study_back_to_PB_20251202141106.pdf
• 4bab6dc3-5Approved_Resolution_No_25_267_Extra_Space_Tax_Appeal_20251202141106.pdf
• 4bab6dc3-5Approved_Resolution_No_25_266_November_2025_Bills_20251202141107.pdf
• 4bab6dc3-5Approved_Resolution_No_25_263_LFD_Equipment_FEMA_Grant_20251202141313.pdf
• 4bab6dc3-5Approved_Resolution_No_25_269_Shimansky_Tax_Appeal_Settlement_20251202141430.pdf
• 4bab6dc3-5Approved_Resolution_No_25_270_Purchase_2024_Ford_F250_20251202141600.pdf

November 2025 Bills for the Lodi Mayor and Council...

Link to November Bills:

• 4bab6dc3-5Approved_Resolution_No_25_266_November_2025_Bills_20251202141107.pdf

November 2025 Payroll for the Lodi Board of Education...

Link to November Payroll:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/13QPc6lNfXWSQOWd_9SK_B82mwCouh9CJ/view?usp=sharing

November 2025 Bills for the Lodi Board of Education...

Link to November Bills:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aw-t2N9aPf0vNekOWOU7W8B9Tmv88GJL/view?usp=sharing

 

Vinny Martin, Scott Luna, and Marc DelMonaco Should Be Barred from Voting on Marc Schrieks' New Contract Because All Three Have Immediate Family Members Working Under Him. The Lodi Mayor and Council Should Have to Go Back to Court and Ask for Permission to Vote With All of Their Conflicts of Interest Just Like They Did for Donald Scorzetti...

The Lodi Mayor and Council are claiming that Marc Schrieks is the one that doesn’t require the Mayor’s sister to show up to work and is responsible for her big raises.

The Lodi Mayor and Council are claiming that Marc Schrieks is the one that chooses to hire all of Vinny Martin’s children and is responsible for their salary "modifications".

The Lodi Mayor and Council are claiming that Marc Schrieks oversees Marc DelMonaco’s step-son, negotiates his contracts, etc.

Therefore, all three have openly waved their conflicts of interest in the public’s face.  Just like they did with Donald Scorzetti.  

It Looks Like More Money for the Donald Scorzetti/Vinny Martin Nepotism Machine on Tonight's Agenda. Their Greed and Abuse is Limitless.

Link to agenda:

https://www.lodi-nj.org/Home/DownloadDocument?docId=506fba28-d1a3-40be-aa58-c7f8b902e1af

Vinny Martin Voted to Raise Your Municipal Taxes 15.64% As He Continues to Receive a Very Special Tax Break Reserved for Lodi Politicians…

Tax records show that Vinny Martin purchased his home in 2006 for $500,000 yet George Reggo gave him a very special low assessment of $321,000. The assessment never changed over the years after many improvements were done to the property.

Zillow currently estimates the value at $674,000:

When Lodi’s Revaluation numbers come out, Vinny Martin’s taxes should increase at a higher amount than other Lodi homeowners.  If not, the process was corrupted like last time when family and friends of Lodi politicians had significant tax reductions without tax appeals being filed.

Instead of Vinny Martin explaining his extremely low assessment, he had an attorney send me a letter a few years ago demanding the information come down.

Vinny Martin should not be voting for 15.64% municipal taxes and lying about it when he has been saving thousands of dollars each year at your expense. 

Post Date: October 12, 2025

Mark DelMonaco Does Not Represent Lodi's Interests. His ELEC Report Shows Horrible Pay-to-Play Abuses (Schrieks/Paparozzi/Spiniello/DiMaria, etc.). It Also Shows that Mark DelMonaco Solicited and Took Money from the Builders that are Overdeveloping the Town...

Link to the only ELEC report submitted by Mark DelMonaco/Lodi Pride:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_rSwdb622BfhnZJMF9r5DBfVo0Mnmb_v/view?usp=sharing

Post date: November 1, 2025

Vincent Martin (Lodi's Deputy Mayor and Controversial Planning Board Member Responsible for Overdevelopment Monstrosities, Developer Funded Campaigns, Excessive Variances in Return for Payment, etc) Was a "50% Owner" and "Managing Member" of "AJ's" When it Was Repeatedly Busted for Prostitution and Illegal Drugs. Vinny Martin Settled Before the Hearing to Revoke His License and Bar Him from Holding a License for Two Years.

The State's Division of Alcohol Beverage Control filed to revoke Vinny Martin's license and bar him from holding a license for two years.

Vinny Martin and his partner settled before the hearing. 

How can the State list pages of crimes committed without charging the owner? 

How can the State not allow Vinny Martin to continue running his business but still allow him to run Lodi?

Why hasn't one news reporter confronted Matthew Platkin about this blatant abuse and political favoritism?

Post Date: November 1, 2025

I Have Edited Screenshots of Public Records from the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission and the New Jersey Division of Alcohol Beverage Control So Vinny Martin and Debbie Klugler Irwin Can Move onto Something New to Whine About...

Vinny Martin Had Lodi's Former Public Defender, Debbie Klugler Irwin (a Vinny Martin Appointee that Was Paid With Lodi Tax Dollars), Send Me a Cease and Desist Letter Today...

If Vinny Martin and Debbie Klugler Irwin have an issue with any posts, I suggest they take it up with the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (that posts Vinny Martin's campaign contributions to Mark DelMonaco and others) and the State Division of Alcohol Beverage Control (that lists it's actions against Vinny Martin for prostitution and illegal drug sales that occurred at Martin's business).

I don't post people's home addresses and none are searchable on this blog. I would ask that Debra Klugler Irwin provide me evidence that she has sent cease and desist letters to ELEC, the ABC, and the town of Secaucus to show that she has a problem with them posting Vinny Martin's home address on State websites, court filings, public notices, and government OPRA responses. Otherwise, she is unfairly targeting me for the purpose to intimidate and harass.

Vinny Martin is the Deputy Mayor of Lodi. He is a public official with many high profile scandals. He lists his home address on every petition form in which he asks over 100 people to sign. 

Government watchdogs have the first amendment right to scrutinize corruption in local government. These out of context cease and desist letters are an attempt to silence speech.

Phil Murphy's Attorney General Targeted and Harassed a Pro-Life Pregnancy Center on Behalf of Planned Parenthood Without Ever Receiving One Complaint...

Listen to the questioning by Clarence Thomas:

https://x.com/Cernovich/status/1995987139188985995

Past posts on Matt Platkin and his abuses:

http://lodioverhaul.blogspot.com/search?q=Platkin

Some People are Charged for Promoting Prostitution...

 Link to story:

https://dailyvoice.com/ny/islip/ex-cop-gets-two-years-for-holbrook-brothel-scheme/

Articles like the one linked above show people engaging in similar activities of Vinny Martin yet receiving very different outcomes.

How is Vinny Martin still sitting on the Lodi council and Planning Board?

http://lodioverhaul.blogspot.com/search?q=Martin+prostitution&max-results=20&by-date=false

Elissa Mizzone Testa's Decision (Kwapniewski v Curioni, Written by the NJEA) Has Served as the Basis for All of These Complaints Targeting Free Speech and As the Basis for Phil Murphy's School Ethics Commission Abuses, Politicization, and Weaponization...

Link to story:

https://whyy.org/articles/alloway-township-school-board-member-lawsuit-facebook-post-complaint/

Karen Viscana Was NOT an "Elected Official" in 2024 (and hasn't been one since 2011). Look at the Review She Left for Route 23 Nissan. She Lies About Everything and Is Always Threatening Everyone.

 

The Two Summit Councilwomen that Voted Against Retaining Matthew Giacobbe Should Be Commended. Giacobbe is a Ripoff and Always Puts Politics Above the Law. This Op-Ed is Laughable.

Link to a really ridiculous op-ed:

https://www.tapinto.net/towns/summit/articles/michelle-kalmanson-s-vote-against-the-city-attorney-is-disappointing

Legal bills skyrocket whenever Matthew Giacobbe attains a public contract.  And the quality of services decline.  He overbills and double bills so the $180/hr number is meaningless.  He has too many attorneys billing at the same time for the same issue and producing nothing in return.  He is less transparent with his bills compared to any other firm.  I doubt any public body would retain Giacobbe if its members weren't receiving campaign contributions or other payments from his politician run firm. 

Was Karen Viscana Too Toxic for the Library Board?

Link to this week's agenda:

https://www.lodi-nj.org/Home/DownloadDocument?docId=bec98608-09fb-48f4-9d45-9e2f6320388f

Joseph Lagana Spends a Real Lot of Time at the Borgata Using Campaign Cash from Out-of-District and Out-of-State Special Interest Groups. He Doesn't Have an Election Until 2027, So He is Using His Campaign Account as a Personal Slush Fund.

Link to one of Lagana’s ELEC reports filed on October 27, 2025:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nftTq56uCkMfk4ev4Uh8bZTv5BoBUFZY/view?usp=sharing

How would Lagana explain this constant “Candidate Travel” to the casino?  How is it a campaign expense? 

“JMP” (Developer that Was Paying Tony Luna) Received Another Refund- this One for $279,501.93 (Paid by the Lodi Taxpayers) and Another Reduced Assessment After Another “Settlement” With Alan Spiniello…

 

Link to October Resolution:

• 3d21a3d3-8Resolution_No_25_246_Overpayment_of_Tax_150_160_Essex_20251103133830.pdf

Past posts on the subject:

Lodi By The Numbers: Search results for jmp

October 2025 Bills for the Lodi Mayor and Council...

Link to October Bills:

• 3d21a3d3-8Resolution_No_25_250_October_2025_Bills_20251103141517.pdf