The problem with Tom Borkowski running for Hunterdon County Freeholder with Will Mennen is Borkowski’s public record. Big Taxes During 6 years as mayor of Clinton Township, Tom Borkowski raised the municipal tax levy 39.4%. (Did Mennen do his due diligence?) Borkowski talks about lowering the “tax rate,” but that’s political hocus pocus. The tax [...]
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Tom Borkowski: Who wants big taxes, big bonding, patronage jobs & dysfunctional leadership for Hunterdon County?
Monday, May 20th, 2013 by admin | 0 Comments
Filed under: Hunterdon County, Municipal, Schools, Taxes, Tom Borkowski's Greatest Hits, Windy Acres
Filed under: Hunterdon County, Municipal, Schools, Taxes, Tom Borkowski's Greatest Hits, Windy Acres
“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 [...]
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, [...]
CTSD Pays Another Jackpot Raise to an Administrator: 40%
How’d you like a job offer from a great employer – a huge promotion for 40% more than your current salary? In today’s economy? On June 11, 2012 the Clinton Township school board hired a new business administrator, Heather Spitzer, and gave her more than a 40% salary increase — $120,000 — to take the job. That’s [...]
Attorney reveals Dincuff went rogue, conducted illegal meeting
At last night’s Clinton Township school board meeting, board attorney Vito Gagliardi stunned the audience when he revealed that he did not advise board president Jim Dincuff to make public allegations of ethics violations against board members Michelle Sullivan and Marc Freda. Dincuff made the false accusations on his own. At the March 29, 2012 [...]
School board is more than just a little bit pregnant
Tuesday, May 8th, 2012 by admin | 0 Comments
Filed under: Hunterdon County, Municipal, Schools, State, Taxes
Filed under: Hunterdon County, Municipal, Schools, State, Taxes
The Hunterdon Review reports on “New allegations made against Clinton Township school board” relating to New Jersey’s “Sunshine Law.” More details of the formal complaint made to the Hunterdon County Prosecutor’s office by ExMayor.com and in a threatend lawsuit from open government advocate John Paff are available here. According to the Review: Legal Double-Talk 101 [...]
Where is attorney Vito Gagliardi?
Tuesday, May 8th, 2012 by admin | 0 Comments
Filed under: Hunterdon County, Municipal, Schools, Taxes | Tags: Clinton Township, minutes, open public meetings act, OPMA, sunshine law, violations, Vito Gagliardi
Filed under: Hunterdon County, Municipal, Schools, Taxes | Tags: Clinton Township, minutes, open public meetings act, OPMA, sunshine law, violations, Vito Gagliardi
At meeting after school board meeting, board president Jim Dincuff and board member Kevin Maloy again and again cite attorney Vito Gagliardi‘s “advice” to justify Dincuff’s personal attacks against other board members, accusations of ethics violations, resolutions against citizens, and threats demanding the resignations of board members Dincuff doesn’t agree with. But Gagliardi was not present at [...]