What’s Important to Know About Our Local & State Government This Week….
Our newsletter opens with a major development: the recent OAL ruling against a former Board of Education majority that controversially used district funds to pursue an ethics complaint against a fellow BOE member and provides a brief summary of this ongoing, two-year-long case.
Next, we delve into local election intrigue, examining the involvement of outside interests, funding, and controversy surrounding a local for-profit, politically funded “news” blog.
We have snapshots of the 2024 election showing a significant vote count by Dr. Foregger, for BOE, while Foster and Capone take the Council race.
Sai responds to a former BOE member’s accusations on Facebook while Behne and Samson publish their concession statement. We wind down with our notes and images of the week and close by highlighting our top three articles from October.