Don’t Fill Out the BHPSNJ Budget Survey Just Yet
The timing of the BHPSNJ Budget Survey raises concerns. It was released in the middle of a holiday break and...
Analysis: How Are New Jersey Urban Districts Really Holding Up?
I wrote an article comparing seven urban districts for NJ Education Report: Analysis: How Are New Jersey Urban Districts Really...
A Tale of Two BOE Meetings: Policy, Hypocrisy and Professionalism
Notes on the 12/12/2024 BOE Meeting Let’s take a trip down BOE memory lane to gain some much-needed perspective on...
Political Machines Strike Again: New Bill Protects Party Control Over Fair Elections
The New Jersey Working Families Party has raised alarms over a new bill aimed at addressing the state’s long-standing ballot...
Insights Into Contributions Made by Individuals to Political Action and County Committees in NJ (2019-2023)
81% of contributors to County Level PAC’s and Political Committees disclosed their employer, with 5% identifying as self-employed. Contributions from...
NJ Business Contributions to County Political Action and Party Committees: 2019 through 2023
Between 2019 and 2023, businesses donated nearly $1 million to County PACs and Political Committees. The data below and prior...
Continuing the Gray Money Chase
A Look at Top Non-Individual Contributors and Recipients – NJ County PACs and Committees (2019–2023) Our first article on campaign...
Tracing Gray Money in NJ Politics: County-by-County Insights
Wikipedia offers a concise definition of a Political Action Committee (PAC): “In the United States, a political action committee (PAC)...
Concerns About the 11/18/2024 Town Council Meeting and the “New Civility”
A resolution authorizing the township to seek bids for improvements to Deerpath, previously pulled from the last Town Council meeting,...
Follow Up to Controversial Berkeley Heights $450,000 Old Farm/Orchard/Mercier Resolution
The township has uploaded the video of the November 12, 2024, meeting to its website. The video provides further discussion...