Sunday, March 22, 2026

Lodi’s BOE Budget is Approaching $100,000,000. Spending Has Increased $33,047,733 Since the 2019-2020 School Year. All While the Public Has Never Been Provided a Detailed Budget and All BOE Members are Claiming to Vote on These Increases Without Seeing a Detailed Budget.

The item below appeared on this week’s BOE meeting agenda.  It’s absurd.  The new business administrator should be embarrassed to recommend it.

Lodi residents can’t afford their gas and groceries.  Homeowners can’t afford this tax increase, and neither can the tenants in which it is passed onto.

Nancy Cardone, who has hundreds of thousands of Lodi tax dollars and public pension payments flowing into her household each month (and likely has her taxes frozen), has no empathy for her Lodi neighbors.


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Are New Jersey’s Establishment, Uni-Party State Senators Frequently Getting Together at the Borgata Casino in Atlantic City While Using Their Campaign Accounts and Listing it as “Candidate Travel”?

Every Campaign Report shows “Democrat” Joseph Lagana using his special interest campaign cash at the Borgata Casino.

Campaign Reports show “Republican” John Bramnick using his special interest campaign cash at the Borgata Casino during the same filing periods. 



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How Can Nancy Cardone Push a Devastating 5.5% Tax Increase Without Providing the Public With a “Detailed Budget” for the 2026-2027 School Year (or Any of the Last Six Years)? People Don’t Hide Public Records Unless they Are Doing Really Bad Things.

The last “Detailed Budget” provided to the Lodi residents was for the 2019-2020 school year and it was posted by me.

Link to the 2019-2020 Lodi Board of Education Budget:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Oi65NCIahuVqRCqhAOAV7WZbgEcOmypZ/view?usp=sharing

Link to the 2018-2019 Lodi Board of Education Budget:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QqI1zVbhbgjeuInToUeobN2eTseCkfsS/view?usp=sharing

Link to the 2017-2018 Lodi Board of Education Budget:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5rsibgv_9q_VkI0Ykl2bHVWc1E/view?usp=sharing

Some of the LEA activists at the time accused me of posting wrong salaries for employees.  I didn’t make the budget.  Frank Quatrone and Marc Capizzi created the budgets and created the figures. I posted their budgets so the public can match their tax levy and operating expenses to something concrete.

The public had the right to see what they were supposedly paying for. The public quickly learned that Frank Quatrone were Marc Capizzi were padding the budgets really bad for the purpose of attaining millions left over each year for their $7.5M administration building, illegal payouts and other pet projects.

The Lodi BOE’s budget increases are off the charts.  They are not normal.  They were camouflaged in recent years by millions more in additional aid that poured in.  The Lodi BOE was irresponsible and reckless as it never prepared for when its aid would decrease or even remail flat.

The BOE is operating with public funds.  The public has every right to demand a detailed budget.  The public has every right to question why one hasn’t been provided during the last six years. The public should ask Nancy Cardone why she had Douglas Petty and at least two of her business administrators wrongfully deny OPRA requests for a “Detailed Budget” (a basic public record).



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Thursday, March 19, 2026

A Partner in the Matthew Giacobbe/Joseph Lagana Politician Run Firm is in the News Today...

Link to story:

https://newjerseyglobe.com/legislature/gop-lawmaker-faces-foreclosure-irs-tax-lien/

Joseph Lagana should give Sean Kean some tips on how to use his campaign account for personal expenses.

Matthew Giacobbe boasted at a Lodi BOE meeting that he had both a Democrat member of the legislature (Joseph Lagana) and a Republican (Sean Kean). I told Giacobbe that both his partners are bad for billing and selling influence.



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A Serious Competition is Taking Place on Red Stone Lane. Nancy Cardone and Scott Luna are Vying for the Worst Tax Increase. And the Worst Nepotism.

 




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Monday, March 16, 2026

Nancy Cardone Never Apologized for Voting to Hire Her Running Mate’s Girlfriend and then Lying in a Sworn Statement to the School Ethics Commission ("Under Penalty of Perjury")...

In 2017, Nancy Cardone and Donald Scorzetti were running mates for Lodi Board of Education.  During their first month on the Board in January 2018, Nancy Cardone voted to hire Donald Scorzetti’s girlfriend in the most unfair process where not one other external candidate could apply, and the internal candidates were not considered.

Nancy Cardone is on video where a discussion took place prior to the vote disclosing the relationship, the conflict of interest, and the unfair hiring process.

Yet, Nancy Cardone sent this sworn statement to the School Ethics Commission.

Nancy Cardone managed Donald Scorzetti’s failed 2016 campaign.

Nancy Cardone ran as Donald Scorzetti’s running mate in 2017.

Nancy Cardone is on video where the Scorzetti relationship was discussed.

Yet, Nancy Cardone swore that she had no knowledge of the relationship.

Someone as dishonest as Nancy Cardone should not be serving on a Lodi Board of Education.

This was the ethics complaint:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1j3yXEmrtDnZgK7MYqN3b9JI57OQrzgFu/view?usp=sharing

This contains Nancy Cardone’s dishonest answer to the ethics complaint:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/16bgTTrWuPrPwRvli6ddCdEb8BhBxDXt3/view?usp=sharing


 



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February 2026 Bills for the Lodi Mayor and Council...

Link to February Bills:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PGdlhZq8NGC09PZ-KKRqTY9dt7ilMFFy/view?usp=sharing 





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Sunday, March 15, 2026

Lodi Taxpayers Saw Headlines Like This From 2017-2019 When There Was Accountability and Transparency. Lodi Taxpayers Saw Headlines Like This When the Lodi BOE Was Receiving a Fraction of the State Aid it Is Receiving Today.

Lodi should have seen tax reductions in the last few years as millions more in State Aid poured in. It did not.
Lodi deserves better than the poor excuses and irresponsible spending that it is about to see in the upcoming weeks from the Lodi BOE.
Lying politicians get away with as much as the voters let them get away with.  
It's disingenuous for the Lodi Board of Education and its administration to make excuses when it erased(undid) all of the accountability and transparency measures put in place during the three years that Lodi saw tax reductions.  Accountability and transparency measures lead to more responsible budgeting. 
The Lodi BOE has not provided the public with one "Detailed Budget" since 2019 even when requested via OPRA. And that should tell you everything. 



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Does Michael Apicella Want to Comment on Social Media Posts Like These? How Many Apartments Has Michael Apicella Approved Since Mysteriously Appearing on the Lodi Planning Board the Minute He Moved to Town?

This isn't progress. This is the elimination of every small town New Jersey. And it's terrible for the environment, flooding , infrastructure, over crowded schools, etc.

It's wealthy developers buying off politicians.

Lodi wasn't being sued to meet affordable housing "obligations". Lodi's overdevelopment and disastrous "planning" was self-inflicted.

Vinny Martin sits on the Planning Board with Michael Apicella and put him up for Board of Education. Neither can be trusted on the Planning Board or anywhere else.

So, how many apartments has Michael Apicella and Vinny Martin approved and how many variances have they awarded to wealthy developers/campaign contributors?

Sad.






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February 2026 Payroll for Lodi Borough Hall...

 

Link to February 13th Payroll:

Link to February 27th Payroll:




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February 2026 Resolutions for the Lodi Mayor and Council...

 Please download these attachments from the links below:



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Copy of Deputy Police Chief Contract Adopted on February 17, 2026...

Link to labor agreement:



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Sunday, March 8, 2026

Nancy Cardone Never Apologized for Committing Ethics Violations to Get Her Son a $194,139.12 Salary with other Special Perks, Payments, and Benefits…

Nancy Cardone personally appointed her close personal friends and Board puppets to negotiate her son’s contract and the contracts of all her other family members employed by the Lodi Board of Education.  The School Ethics commission found probable cause that Nancy Cardone committed ethics violations in doing so.

Nancy Cardone spent thousands of Lodi tax dollars on an attorney, Rita Barone, to defend her only to admit guilt and be reprimanded by the State.

Click on the link below:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OKa4bPgsNWuv3fcFSJnT60WdkaaMav-7/view?usp=sharing

Nancy Cardone received a “reprimand” as the Cardone family laughed all the way to the bank.

The “reprimand” did not undo Nancy Cardone’s corrupt negotiations. The Lodi taxpayers continue to pay.

Nancy Cardone never apologized to the taxpayers of Lodi after she admitted guilt to the State.  Nancy Cardone doesn’t apologize because she is arrogant in her corruption.  She believes that she can receive enough votes no matter how awful she is by simply promising out jobs and contracts to family and friends in her political organization.  Nancy Cardone is mocking the voters of Lodi.


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Michael Apicella Should Introduce Himself to the Voters of Lodi with a Copy of the Subpoena He Received to Appear Before a Federal Grand Jury for His Position on the Palisades Park Board of Adjustment (Disclose the Details of the Investigation) …

The FBI delivered subpoenas to the Palisades Park municipal building in 2013 seeking documents that included building records.

Michael Apicella purchased a home in Lodi in September 2014.

In less than 4 months from the purchase, Michael Apicella was already appointed by the Lodi Mayor and Council to the Lodi Planning Board. The same week of the appointment, Michael Apicella’s name appeared in news reports for a subpoena that he received to appear before a federal grand jury.

As a Lodi Planning Board member and Candidate for the Lodi Board of Education, Michael Apicella owes the residents of Lodi an explanation of what was going on with him at the Palisades Park Board of Adjustment and what was subpoenaed.  He also owes the residents of the Lodi an explanation about how he was appointed by the Lodi Mayor and Council to the Lodi Planning Board as soon as he moved from Palisades Park to Lodi.

With all the overdevelopment and special variances being awarded by Lodi Planning Board members like Michael Apicella to wealthy developers and campaign contributors, the Lodi voters must demand answers.

Michael Apicella is the Tax Collector for Palisades Park.  He continues to make annual campaign contributions to the Palisades Park Democratic Club.  A few months ago, he had the Palisades Park Democratic Club make a campaign contribution to Mark Delmonaco for a local Lodi election.  Why did Michael Apicella decide to move from Palisades Park to Lodi and why during that specific time period in 2014?

 

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February 2026 Payroll for the Lodi Board of Education...

 


Link to February Payroll:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GdpzBmlwHou1ZbLbAHKtgXsJGHiPTvQt/view?usp=sharing



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February 2026 Bills for the Lodi Board of Education...

 


Link to February Bills:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VHId-XfCWrCIF-FEeQVC0DVvduTy-XdK/view?usp=sharing

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Wednesday, March 4, 2026

If Elected, Can Sharon Salvacion Provide Any Insider Tips on How Much She Will Be Selling Her Board Seat?

Will Sharon Salvacion be selling this seat for more or less than she sold her last seat?

Will the sale be taking place at a public auction or sold privately?


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Monday, March 2, 2026

Nancy Cardone NEVER APOLOGIZED for Lying Anout Her Degree from Montclair. She Never Apologized to the Qualifed Media Specialists that She and Her Sister Stole a Job.

This is what was listed on Nancy Cardone’s expensive flyer:


This is what the records show:


A degree verification report shows that Nancy Cardone NEVER received any degree from Montclair State University.  The report shows that Nancy Cardone only attended the school for a few months in 1991 (January to August).

At a public meeting, Nancy Cardone was forced to acknowledge that she never received a degree from Montclair or any degree for Media Specialist. She moved on to claim that she received a Master degree from Jersey City in urban supervision. Nancy Cardone never apologized.

Past posts on the subject:

http://lodioverhaul.blogspot.com/search?q=Nancy+montclair+degree






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Sunday, March 1, 2026

Lodi's Newest Planning Board Member Subpoenaed (Post Date: January 22, 2015)...

Michael Apicella was approved unanimously by the Lodi Mayor and Council on Tuesday night.  The Lodi Mayor and Council never sought any resumes for the opening.  There was no vacancy notice posted on the Borough website.  The Mayor and Council knew exactly who they wanted- somebody that just recently moved to Lodi (with lots of baggage).

Lodi definitely deserves better.
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Sharon Salvacion Used Her Board Seat ( Sold Her Board Seat) to Get Her Daughter a $40,885.20 Raise (Post Date: January 28, 2024)...

Prior to Sharon Salvacion selling her Board seat with a resignation, her daughter's base salary was: $76,918.90. 

After Sharon Salvacion sold her Board seat with a resignation, her daughter's salary jumped to $117,804.





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Top 10 Most Viewed Posts for February 2026...



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Sunday, February 15, 2026

Joseph Lagana Showed an Extremely Large Number of Campaign Contributions on His January Report from Pain Management, Spine/Orthopedic, Physicians, Imaging Centers, etc. Lagana Collected Big Money Coming from Outside of His District. Lagana Was Chairing a Committee and Sponsoring Legistation During that Time for that Special Interest Group. Lagana is Engaging in the Worst and Most Blatant Pay-to-Play in Real Time.

Link to Lagana’s January 28, 2026 ELEC Report:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qUTzg2ZfYjJZJIpE-z_uzA_KDtP3TUlD/view?usp=sharing

A few of Lagana’s campaign contributions coming from very long list of the “pain management” special interest lobby:

Joseph Lagana should attach a copy of all of the money he has taken from each special interest group to the legislation he sponsors on their behalf.

This is what Joseph Lagana was doing at the exact same time he was taking so much money from "pain management" lobby:





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