On Sunday, a Question Was Emailed to Vinny Martin Giving Him an Opportunity to Disclose a Possible Conflict of Interest. There Has Been No Response.

The email submitted to vmartin@lodi-nj.org is now a public record.  If a conflict of interest exists, the public record will show that Vinny Martin refused to disclose it to the public.

The Borough should remove the link vmartin@lodi-nj.org from its website if Vinny Martin does not want to hear from any residents.  The link vmartin@lodi-nj.org should be removed if Vinny Martin is incapable of answering the most simple, straightforward questions.

This blog has shown over the years that the Lodi mayor and council, its Borough Attorney Alan Spiniello, and others have been using their personal emails (not those listed on the Borough website) to conduct Borough business so their unlawful actions and bad behavior would be hidden from the public record.  Being they use their personal emails for official borough business; they should explain what their town emails are used for.

Maybe the Comptroller's Office Can Tell the Lodi Mayor and Council this Groundbreaking Information....

 A post by the Comptroller's Office Today:

The Lodi Mayor and Council on the Subject:

https://lodioverhaul.blogspot.com/2023/07/has-your-municipality-adopted-vehicle.html

Is going to the shore like a personal errand:

Is going to a bar like a personal errand:

For a Second Month in a Row, Vinny Martin Abstained on Neglia's Bills. The Lodi Mayor and Council Owe the Public an Explanation. Does Vinny Martin Have another Conflict of Interest and When Did it Begin?

July 2026 Payroll for Lodi Borough Hall...

 

Link to July 15^th Payroll:

• a381ebb2-50933_Labor_Cost_Detail_20260804121637.pdf

Link to July 30^th Payroll:

• a381ebb2-50933_Labor_Cost_Detail_20260804121720.pdf

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

 Please download these attachments from the links below:

• a381ebb2-5JULY_2026_Approved_Resolution_26_167_New_Hire_Summer_Camp__Marette__DeNobile__Maxi__20260803140146.pdf
• a381ebb2-5JULY_2026_Approved_Resolution_26_168_Terex_Aerial_Device_Purchase_20260803140148.pdf
• a381ebb2-5JULY_2026_Approved_Resolution_26_163_Refund_CCO__112_Garibaldi_Ave_20260803140148.pdf
• a381ebb2-5JULY_2026_Approved_Resolution_26_169_John_Deere_P_Tier_Loader__Jesco_Inc__20260803140148.pdf
• a381ebb2-5JULY_2026_Approved_Resolution_26_166_Purchase_Emergency_Radio_for_Police_Dept_20260803140149.pdf
• a381ebb2-5JULY_2026_Approved_Resolution_26_164_Refund_Escow__515_Westminster_Pl_20260803140149.pdf
• a381ebb2-5JULY_2026_Approved_Resolution_26_162_Shared_Services_with_Board_of_Education_SSO___SRO_20260803140149.pdf
• a381ebb2-5JULY_2026_Approved_Resolution_26_161_US_Soccer_Foundation_Mini_Grant_20260803140150.pdf
• a381ebb2-5JULY_2026_Approved_Resolution_26_165_Purchase_Side_Dump_Body_Truck_from_Cliffside_Body_Corp__20260803140150.pdf
• a381ebb2-5JULY_2026_Approved_Resolution_26_179_Application_for_Municpal_Aid_Program_NJDOT_20260803140207.pdf
• a381ebb2-5JULY_2026_Approved_Resolution_26_174_Salary_Modifications_and_Appointments_Police_Department_20260803140207.pdf
• a381ebb2-5JULY_2026_Approved_Resolution_26_178_EMK_Liquor_License_Renewal_2026_2027_20260803140208.pdf
• a381ebb2-5JULY_2026_Approved_Resolution_26_171_Naming_Municipal_Parks_and_Rec_Facilities_20260803140209.pdf
• a381ebb2-5JULY_2026_Approved_Resolution_26_170_Shared_Service_Garfield__Gun_Range_Police_Dept_20260803140209.pdf
• a381ebb2-5JULY_2026_Approved_Resolution_26_175_Removal_of_Equipment_from_Library_20260803140212.pdf
• a381ebb2-5JULY_2026_Approved_Resolution_26_173_Adendum_to_Jersey_Elevator_Agreement_20260803140212.pdf
• a381ebb2-5JULY_2026_Approved_Resolution_26_172_Cloud_Based_Govt_GovPilot_Agreement_20260803140213.pdf
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• a381ebb2-5JULY_2026_Approved_Resolution_26_176_Bills_List_July_2026_20260803140215.pdf
• a381ebb2-5JULY_2026_Approved_Resolution_26_182_Bond_Read_by_Title_Only_20260803140221.pdf
• a381ebb2-5JULY_2026_Approved_Resolution_26_180_Salary_Modification_for_Fire_Prevention__West_Martin_and_Orta__20260803140221.pdf
• a381ebb2-5JULY_2026_Approved_Resolution_26_181_Amend_2026_Capital_Budget_20260803140222.pdf

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

 

Link to July Bills:

• a381ebb2-5JULY_2026_Approved_Resolution_26_176_Bills_List_July_2026_20260803140215.pdf

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

 

Link to July Payroll:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ceaKZpclJJ---y-fpwv8qTMMLuXdcndj/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=106961318885846971690&rtpof=true&sd=true

2010 Law Prohibited Sharon Salvacion from Receiving Any Annual Cash-ins for Unused Sick Days. Limited Payment Can Only Be Given One Time at Retirement. Sharon Salvacion Voted with a Conflict of Interest for Frank Quatrone’s Illegal Sick Day Payout While She Was Receiving Unlawful Annual Payments for Herself.

For how many years did Sharon Salvacion receive a special December Christmas present from the Lodi taxpayers which was unlawful?  How many tens of thousands of dollars did it add up to?  How much was she paid after the laws went into effect but before I began posting payroll?

A very quick blog search showed the following:

December 2020

December 2019

December 2018

Anyone can research the 2007 and 2010 laws regarding sick day payments for themselves.

Sharon Salvacion should return all money she unlawfully received. It belongs to the Lodi taxpayers.

Many Lodi taxpayers saw a $1000 municipal tax increase last year.  Sharon Salvacion did not. 

 

Matthew Giacobbe Really Didn't Want His Hanover Bills Posted on this Blog Because They Could Easily Be Searched. Taxpayers of Hanover Should Carefully Review His Bills, Redactions, and Disregard for the Open Public Records Act. They Should Research Giacobbe's Role in Pushing the Same Transgender Policy that He Billed So Much to Rescind. (Repost- the Bills Link is Restored)

Matthew Giacobbe

Matthew Giacobbe (using Strauss Esmay) misled Boards of Education throughout NJ into passing radical transgender Policy 5756. Then Giacobbe got rich off of the Hanover taxpayers to repeal that very same policy. In 2023, Matthew Giacobbe billed the Hanover Board of Education $111,141. You saw an August bill spike to $28,474 when the monthly bills were around $4,000 at the start of that year. I saw first-hand how Giacobbe was playing both sides of the issue and cashing in big time so I OPRAed his 2023 bills in Hanover. The Hanover BA took 53 days to fulfill my OPRA request and the bills are badly redacted. I received the bills right after my blog of over 10 years was suddenly removed. Link to Giacobbe’s 2023 bills for the Hanover BOE (Giacobbe begins on page 4):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/17VyJMt9L3G_crPaBRjF4t4ns2cqZVFPw/view?usp=sharing

Post date: April 9, 2024

The June 8, 2007 Law is in the News A Lot Lately. This Blog Posted About it for How Many Years?

Link to search return for "sick day law 2007":

https://lodioverhaul.blogspot.com/search?q=Sick+day+law+2007&m=1

Karen Viscana Was NEVER Elected Mayor. She Was Never a High Vote Getter for Council or Even Top 2 (She Spent Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars on Campaigns to Get to 4th Place). UNEARNED Titles and Zero Accomplishments Have Left Her Insecure and Constantly Seeking Attention.

Karen's greatest contribution to Lodi was leaving the council.

https://lodioverhaul.blogspot.com/search?q=Karen+viscana&m=1

Joseph Lagana, a Managing Partner in the Mattthew Giacobbe Firm, Continues to Use His Campaign Account to Purchase Public Contracts While Skirting Individual Pay-to-Play Laws…

Link to Lagana’s most recent ELEC report:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iNS0-hmW8aYn96A2SuvXkbBf_aLZC8EU/view?usp=sharing

Lagana’s most recent ELEC report shows him making large campaign contributions to candidates throughout New Jersey outside of his legislative district.  The contributions are not campaign related. They are not paying for a service- fundraising venue, mailers, commercials, other advertisements etc. 

The campaign contributions are directly used for “Cleary Giacobbe” to purchase public contracts without adhering to reporting requirements and thresholds for individual contributors. 

Below, you can take any one of Lagana’s campaign contributions to an out of district candidate and see how “Cleary Giacobbe” receives a noncompetitive public contract in return.

Newark

Paterson

Bayonne

Bloomfield

Joseph Lagana Recently Gave $10,000 to the Losing Labrosse Team in Hackensack, Furthering to Expose His Campaign Account as a Pay-to-Play Scheme for Matthew Giacobbe’s Politician Run Law Firm (Post Date: August 24, 2025)

Hackensack is not in Lagana’s district. The team opposing Labrosse had strong ties to the County Democrats.  What could have motivated Joseph Lagana to contribute $10,000 to the Labrosse Team?

Labrosse and his team made “Cleary Giacobbe” its City Attorney and Special Litigation Counsel.

Joseph Lagana used his campaign account in Hackensack just like he used it in East Brunswick, as a pay-to-play scheme where a law firm partner is making campaign contributions in return for public contracts without using his personal information and personal money. Linked below is a past post about Joseph Lagana and East Brunswick campaign contributions:

Lodi By The Numbers: The Politician Run Law Firm “Cleary Giacobbe” Has Been Using Joseph Lagana’s Campaign Account to Funnel Money into Political Campaigns Throughout New Jersey in Return for Public Contracts. These Campaign Contributions are Not Showing on the ELEC Website When People Search by Contributors. (Post Date: September 5, 2022)

Linked below is a recent ELEC filing for Joseph Lagana.  Almost all of his campaign contributions are from outside his legislative district and from special interest groups and not individuals:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/14pF1lwgTzEsHnADZLUxVxiD5L8KhqTBD/view?usp=sharing

Joseph Lagana has used his campaign account to pay for contracts with both the Lodi Board of Education and the Lodi Mayor and Council.  

The Politician Run Law Firm “Cleary Giacobbe” Has Been Using Joseph Lagana’s Campaign Account to Funnel Money into Political Campaigns Throughout New Jersey in Return for Public Contracts. These Campaign Contributions are Not Showing on the ELEC Website When People Search by Contributors. (Post Date: September 5, 2022)

Let’s just take a look at one of many examples:  East Brunswick Council Elections.

Joseph Lagana is a State Senator representing some towns in Bergen County and Hawthorne.  Why would Joseph Lagana have so much interest in local council races in East Brunswick NJ?  Multiple campaign reports show Joseph Lagana funneling money into East Brunswick campaigns.  Joseph Lagana is not contributing as an individual.  He is using his State Senate Campaign Account so he will not show on the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission website if people were to search for contributions from Jospeh Lagana.  Joseph Lagana is making hundreds of campaign contributions that most would be unaware.

The law firm “Cleary Giacobbe” is receiving non-competitive professional contracts from the East Brunswick council in return for Joseph Lagana’s campaign contributions.

Joseph Lagana used his campaign account to funnel money into Lodi Board of Education campaigns and the political campaigns of Lodi’s current mayor and council.  “Giacobbe” received non-competitive legal contracts from both public bodies.

 

 

Lodi Politicians are Tone Deaf to Honor Themselves with a Park Tonight as Its Residents are Hurting So Badly from Their High Taxes and Failed Policies...

Lodi PRIDE is deficient in HUMILITY. 

Many residents have expressed today that parks should not be named for politicians. People want less taxes and less politicians.

"Lodi By The Numbers" Called Out Fauci as a Demonic Fraud as Soon as the Pandemic Began. It Also Warned Against the COVID "Vaccines".

Past posts on the "fauci":

https://lodioverhaul.blogspot.com/search?q=Fauci+&m=1

Past posts on "vaccines":

https://lodioverhaul.blogspot.com/search?q=Vaccines+&m=1

Lodi isn't Fighting to Get Back its Millions in Illegal Payouts Because the Lodi Mayor and Council, All of Their CFOs, and All of Their Borough Managers Orchestrated the Theft. Nancy Cardone, Sharon Salvavion, and Donald Scorzetti Voted With Conflicts of Interest to Carry it Out for Quatrone on the BOE Side.

Link to article today on nj.com about Palisades Park:

https://www.nj.com/bergen/2026/07/nj-official-paid-himself-an-extra-244k-town-says-how-it-fought-to-get-the-money-back.html

Link to past posts about blatant theft (illegal payouts) in Lodi:

https://lodioverhaul.blogspot.com/search?q=Sick+day+payouts&m=1

Lodi PRIDE is Very Confused About the Definition of "Public Service". PRIDE= Self-Enrichers. PRIDE≠ Public Servants.

 

One Reason Why “Cleary Giacobbe” is Using Lagana’s Candidate Committee Account for Its Pay-to-Play as Opposed to Its Attorneys Making Contributions as Individuals- More Money and Less Reporting. For Years, Lagana’s Name Was Not Appearing on Searches for Individual Contributors or Pay-to-Play Disclosures When His Firm Was Awarded Contracts.

 

Just one of many examples shown in past posts on the subject:

Lodi By The Numbers: Joseph Lagana, a Partner in Cleary Giacobbe, Gave a $7,000 Campaign Contribution to a Fair Lawn Councilwoman (Post Date: November 20, 2019)…

Resolutions from the Lodi Mayor and Council's July 1, 2026 Reorganization Meeting...

 Please download these attachments from the links below:

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• 4bbc4bf6-2JULY_2026_Approved_Resolution_26_117_Adopting_Accounting_Policies_and_Procedures_20260713130532.pdf
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• 4bbc4bf6-2JULY_2026_Approved_Resolution_26_116_Election_of_Deputy_Mayor_20260713130532.pdf
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• 4bbc4bf6-2JULY_2026_Approved_Resolution_26_121_Authorize_Interest_Rate__Deliquent_Taxes_20260713130548.pdf
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• 4bbc4bf6-2JULY_2026_Approved_Resolution_26_119_Authorize_Accelerated_Tax_Sale_20260713130548.pdf
• 4bbc4bf6-2JULY_2026_Approved_Resolution_26_122_Authorize_CFO_to_Disburse_Funds_in_Emergency_20260713130548.pdf
• 4bbc4bf6-2JULY_2026_Approved_Resolution_26_123_Signature_on_Borough_Drafts_or_Checks_20260713130548.pdf
• 4bbc4bf6-2JULY_2026_Approved_Resolution_26_128_Designating_a_Tax_Searcher_20260713130600.pdf
• 4bbc4bf6-2JULY_2026_Approved_Resolution_26_127_Signatures_on_Comunity_Development_Vouchers_20260713130600.pdf
• 4bbc4bf6-2JULY_2026_Approved_Resolution_26_124_Temporary_Investments_of_Excess_Funs_in_All_Accounts_20260713130600.pdf
• 4bbc4bf6-2JULY_2026_Approved_Resolution_26_125_Designating_Official_Depositories_20260713130600.pdf
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• 4bbc4bf6-2JULY_2026_Approved_Resolution_26_129_Approval_of_Certain_Purchases_Through_NJ_State_Contracts_or_Purchasing_Cooperative_20260713130601.pdf
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• 4bbc4bf6-2JULY_2026_Approved_Resolution_26_132_Representative_Bergen_County_Community_Development_Regional_Committees_2026_2027_20260713130612.pdf
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• 4bbc4bf6-2JULY_2026_Approved_Resolution_26_139_Appointing_DiMaria_Aduitor__NEEDS_SIGNATURE__20260713130624.pdf
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• 4bbc4bf6-2JULY_2026_Approved_Resolution_26_147_Appointing_Cardoso_Special_Labor_Law_Counsel_20260713130657.pdf
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• 4bbc4bf6-2JULY_2026_Approved_Resolution_26_153_Cancelling_Small_Balances_20260713130709.pdf
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• 4bbc4bf6-2JULY_2026_Approved_Resolution_26_154_Appointing_Municipal_Prosecutor__Mark_DiPisa_20260713130709.pdf
• 4bbc4bf6-2JULY_2026_Approved_Resolution_26_152_Appointing_Alan_Spiniello_Special_Tax_Counsel__Executed__20260713130709.pdf
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• 4bbc4bf6-2JULY_2026_Approved_Resolution_26_154_Appointing_Municipal_Prosecutor__Mark_DiPisa_20260713130748.pdf
• 4bbc4bf6-2JULY_2026_Approved_Resolution_26_155_Appointing_Public_Defender__Andrew_Cimiluca_20260713130748.pdf
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• 4bbc4bf6-2JULY_2026_Approved_Resolution_26_159_Agreement_with_Pheonix_Advisors_20260713130800.pdf
• 4bbc4bf6-2JULY_2026_Approved_Resolution_26_160_July_2026_Bills_List__1_of_2__20260713130800.pdf