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...

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