Teachers of New Jersey lecturers, REVOLT! – Latest News
Public-school lecturers throughout New Jersey simply received completely robbed by their union, the New Jersey Education Association, to the tune of $40 million.
That’s how a lot the NJEA-funded tremendous PAC Garden State Forward dumped into into Working New Jersey, the unbiased expenditure group supporting Montclair Mayor Sean Spiller . . . whose different most important job is operating the NJEA.
Spiller’s own marketing campaign raised an anemic $438,000; he completed fifth within the six-person Democratic major.
By the best way, Garden State Forward additionally gave one other “independent” outfit, Protecting Our Democracy, $5 million over 2022-’23 selling Spiller upfront of his gov run.
That’s $45 million that the union boss spent on selling himself.
And Spiller nonetheless had the chutzpah to say that his loser had the backing of “working folks.”
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But it wasn’t the voluntary backing, was it Sean?
The NJEA’s own writeup of the outcomes talked of a “strong showing” from Spiller, “a nontraditional candidate” whose “people-powered” marketing campaign the pundits dismissed.
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Of course the pundits have been proper — and the lecturers have been robbed.
Whether or not NJEA lecturers oust their boss within the subsequent union vote, the new governor and Legislature ought to look to stop any repeat of this outrage.
“Everything’s legal in New Jersey,” goes the “Hamilton” joke, however Spiller’s outrageous self-dealing nonetheless units a new low in Garden State political stench.
