June 12,2016
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood Nj, Regarding the video on the Village website combined with this pdf posted under click here for “Special Election Information” –
It is not legal to use public funds to urge people to vote one way or the other, or to send out materials that do not present the facts evenhandedly.
When Justice Brennan was on the NJ Supreme Court, he made this point in Citizens to Protect Pub. Funds v. Bd. of Educ. of Parsippany-Troy Hills Twp., 13 N.J. 172 (1953),
Village Manager says Matt Jessup, bond attorney, gave the green light to repost.
Matt Jessup is a bond attorney who has a serious conflict of interest in weighing in here…this is a bond referendum, i.e. Matt Jessup stands to make a boatload of money depending on the outcome of this election.
And where is Matt Rogers? What does he think?