A Few Years Ago, I Showed How Joseph Lagana Was Using His Campaign Account for “Cleary Giacbobbe” Pay-to-Play in East Brunswick. This Year, the Law Partners Tried A New Method to Hide Their Contributions but the Council Candidate Showed them Anyway.

In New Jersey, a reportable contribution is now defined as over $200. 

So look at what Matthew Giacobbe, Joseph Lagana, and other law partners of their firm are doing for the 2026 East Brunswick council election.

Joseph Lagana, Principal Partner

Matthew Giacobbe, Principal Partner

Salvatore Alfieri, Principal Partner

This fits a pattern. Just look at this Middletown news report (where the Giacobbe partners thought their names would not be disclosed).

They are all giving $200 in hopes that their names don’t appear on any searchable data base.  Some candidates report them anyway.

Lodi By The Numbers: Matthew Giaccobe Has Been Giving Money to BOE Candidates During the Term of His Contract. A "Reportable Individual Contribution" is Now Defined as Over $200 so Look at What Matthew Giaccobe and His Managing Partners Did in Middletown...

Here is a past post on Joseph Lagana and East Brunswick pay-to-play.

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)

How can any qualified, competent, honest attorney compete for public contracts if they don’t bribe local candidates with campaign cash and who knows what else? 

In Lodi, Nancy Cardone, Sharon Salvacion, Michael Apicella, and William Thomas did not report who contributed a large amount of their campaign cash.  You can bet it came from the Giacobbe law partners that have been ripping off the district for years.