Oooooh… Tarnation! They just keep flubbing the law! Teacher’s gonna be mad… The bad boys and girls of the Clinton Township school board are at it again. A candidate in the November 6 Clinton Township school board election misused a Clinton Township recreation department Commissioner’s mailing list for his personal benefit, to tell parents of young soccer players [...]
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3 MMMbarrassment for Clinton Township
The “3 Ms” running for “re-election” on the Clinton Township school board are an embarrassment: Kevin Maloy Rachel McLaughlin Dan McTiernan Hundreds of their campaign signs are all over town. The three incumbents have ganged up as a “team” to run against just one other candidate, Jill Setaro, for the three 3-year seats. The 3 Ms have [...]
“The board of education has made some missteps”
Thursday, Aug 30th, 2012 by admin | 0 Comments
Filed under: Election 2012, Municipal, Schools, Taxes
Filed under: Election 2012, Municipal, Schools, Taxes
From the Hunterdon Democrat, August 29, 2012: CLINTON TWP. — Jim Dincuff, president of the board of education, offered an apology to the public in the wake of a recent determination by the county prosecutor that the board had violated the state Open Public Meetings Act during several of its meetings. The act is also [...]
Dincuff: “I said there’s no IRREFUTABLE evidence!”
Monday, Aug 20th, 2012 by admin | 0 Comments
Filed under: Election 2012, Hunterdon County, Municipal, Schools
Filed under: Election 2012, Hunterdon County, Municipal, Schools
At the March 29, 2012 Clinton Township school board meeting, board president Jim Dincuff accused two board members of violating New Jersey state ethics rules. According to the Hunterdon County Prosecutor, Dincuff then violated the Open Public Meetings Act, N.J.S.A. 10:4-13(a) and N.J.S.A. 10:4-13(b), and took the entire board into an illegal executive session to [...]
School board attorney spins Prosecutor’s findings
Saturday, Aug 18th, 2012 by admin | 0 Comments
Filed under: Election 2012, Municipal, Schools, Taxes
Filed under: Election 2012, Municipal, Schools, Taxes
The Clinton Township school board’s official spokesperson, attorney Vito Gagliardi, is misleading the board and the public about Hunterdon County Prosecutor Anthony Kearns, III’s findings that the board violated the Open Public Meetings Act multiple times on multiple occasions. At the July 23 school board meeting, Gagliardi spins the Prosecutor’s findings. He says that “the [...]
Scofflaw School Board Just Can’t Obey The Law: Dincuff’s crew is a mockery
Wednesday, Aug 15th, 2012 by admin | 0 Comments
Filed under: Election 2012, Hunterdon County, Municipal, Schools, Taxes
Filed under: Election 2012, Hunterdon County, Municipal, Schools, Taxes
Oh, no! They did it again! Jim Dincuff’s Clinton Township school board violated the Open Public Meetings Act (OPMA), N.J.S.A. 10:4-12. The fourth time in three months — and all after they voted never to do it again. Last night, at the August 14, 2012 board meeting, president Dincuff failed to set aside a portion [...]
Maria Grant: Who cares what the school board voted to do?
The Clinton Township school board has already been warned by County Prosecutor Kearns that it’s a no-no to vote to do one thing, then do something else. It’s never clear what the Clinton Township school board means to communicate to the public, and Maria Grant – the chair of the board’s “communications committee” — doesn’t seem to [...]
New Superintendent Drives Cover-Up
In response to criticism about paying another over-the-top salary to an administrator (CTSD Pays Another Jackpot Raise to an Administrator: 40% and a letter to the editor), the Clinton Township school board has issued a statement. But the statement is not from the the board president, Jim Dincuff, or the chair of the communications committee, Maria Grant, [...]
Deliberate, Willful & Knowing: School board keeps breaking the law after resolving to end violations
In a detailed July 11, 2012 letter, Hunterdon County Prosecutor Anthony Kearns, III found that the Clinton Township school board violated several sections of the Open Public Meetings Act (OPMA) on multiple occasions, failing to properly disclose its executive sessions, and producing inaccurate meeting minutes. Since then, the school board has made several statements through its [...]
Prosecutor slams school board with Sunshine Law violations, says minutes are wrong
Friday, Jul 13th, 2012 by admin | 0 Comments
Filed under: Hunterdon County, Municipal, Schools, State | Tags: Clinton Township Schools, Dincuff, open public meetings act, OPMA, Prosecutor, sunshine law
Filed under: Hunterdon County, Municipal, Schools, State | Tags: Clinton Township Schools, Dincuff, open public meetings act, OPMA, Prosecutor, sunshine law
Hunterdon County Prosecutor Anthony P. Kearns, III has found that the Clinton Township school board violated two sections of the Sunshine Law “on three separate occasions” in February and March of 2012. On July 11, Kearns delivered a letter detailing his findings to the board’s attorney, Vito Gagliardi. The prosecutor found that the board improperly [...]