photo by Boyd Loving
Dr. Fishbein,
I was sad and disappointed to learn of your resignation. You have been an amazing leader for our district and you deserve better than the treatment you’ve received from the two new board members. While you know my wife Stacey well, and I’ve been more in the background, I’ve observed your performance with nothing but respect and appreciation. You have a gift, and your leadership skills were never more important than these last six months. I read all of your weekly Covid emails, and always enjoyed your “personal touch.” I especially liked your letter about Dodgeball and the quotes. I’m a huge movie fan as well- to quote Red in Shawshank Redemption, “Every man has his breaking point,” and your decision, in the light of the behavior of the two new board members makes complete sense.
I hope you realize that the two new board members do not represent the majority of Ridgewood. They are a small but loud group, and the vast majority of village residents support you and the teachers and administrators do as well. Your resignation letter clearly “took the high road” regarding these new board members. But, I believe with an effective, organized approach, we can force them to resign. To continue the movie theme, have you considered a Hoosiers, Jimmy Chitwood reverse moment? “If they stay, I go” “If they go, I stay.” If you were willing to be public about this situation, I think there’s a chance we can force their resignation and replace them with rationale, thoughtful board members.
I urge you to reconsider.
Thanks
Rob Loscalzo
Figures. His wife’s an obnoxious racist and he’s asshole too.
Geez grow a pair. Guy quit during the most critical period of time for Ridgewood education and our children. All because 2 new board members challenged him w a few difficult questions. And you do not speak on behalf of the residents of Ridgewood.
“But, I believe with an effective, organized approach, we can force them to resign.” Rob Loscalzo
Is he suggesting a coup d’etat of the Ridgewood BOE? In coordination with the very person that the board is elected to oversee? His wife was one of the organizers of the “protest” against the new board members by our teachers, and is one of the leaders of the “One Vote” movement. Two and two is starting to look a lot like four.
attacks on the school board members are clearly bigoted by the town bigots
these people sound like the meter thieves, what are they protecting, what are they gettin g from developers, free rent?
i hear the cuc’s are posting all over this thing
I hope someone is looking at the BOE dealings with LAN Associates. Not claiming that there is any wrong-doing, but they get an awful lot of BOE business. Who the hell are they, and why are they so qualified to get so much of our money?
Below is Fishbein’s reply to Rob Loscalzo’s email, it’s pretty telling.
Silence is complicity!
Mail #16
Page #39
Folder: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx.us_0
Subject:
Re: Please reconsider
Date:
Sun, 13 Sep 2020 16:57:10 -0400
From:
Daniel Fishbein
To:
Rob Loscalzo
Message-ID:
MD5:
58f43e04bedc52e532da95790bac6191
Rob,
Thanks for your kind note and support. Stacie is a great person and a great advocate for the district. We have great administrators, teachers, and staff and I am sure the district is in good hands.
Daniel Fishbein, Ed.D.,
Superintendent of Schools
Affirmative Action Officer
School Security Specialist
“But, I believe with an effective, organized approach, we can force them to resign.” Rob Loscalzo
Wow!
So, if I don’t like the results of a BOE election, I can conspire with the administration and the teachers to force their resignation. This is the new normal?
Social media made you all way too comfortable with disrespecting people and not getting punched in the face for it.
Dumbocrat accepting the results of an election. (sarcasm)
Hoosiers?? really??
The Loscalzos are pure poison. Remember when she teamed up with Jeanne Thiesen to filter out members of the public? Rob and Stacey are despicable and they do not represent Ridgewood
LAN Associates has made a fortune off the town–not only the BOE but also for many contracts with the village. Are contracts being written in that classic way that practically describes them as the winner? Some forensic accounting going ‘way back has long been overdue.
These assholes are the ones behind one village one vote
For the love of God. VOTE NO
The saddest piece of this is that the Loscalzos probably have two or three “friends” encouraging them and goading them to continue humiliating themselves in public. Are they so narcissistic that they don’t realize how much damage they are doing to their village and themselves?
I’m on board, if that’s what it takes. I would prefer to keep our seasoned Superintendent as we continue to deal with the pandemic. From watching the BOE webcasts, I think our 2 new BOE members are pretty green in comparison and they tend to swirl needlessly on issues.
Any time Mike…
If you have the balls.
The loscalzos really could be poster children for everything that is wrong with Ridgewood
I’m voting NO on their ill conceived One Village One Vote. I prefer being able to vote rather than having my vote taken away
“I’m on board, if that’s what it takes” you’re on board with being a racist, sanctimonious ahole?
I LOVE that Dr. Fishbein spells Stacey Loscalzo’s name wrong when responding to her dear husband. Poor Stacey thinks she’s all cozy with RPS adminstrators and they don’t even know her name. LOL, LOL, LOL. I read the entire OPRA folder and email strings and think RPS employees and BoE members did a good job responding to the Loscalzo’s hate. How humiliated they must feel And, really, how delusional and miserable must this couple be? Really feel sorry for them.
These clowns don’t represent Ridgewood. Most of RDWD residents are busy professionals who understand that employees come and go. Only demagogues with an agenda think someone is indispensable.
The lessons of 2016 have percolated all the way down the left wing ecosystem. If voters reject their candidate, they will throw a tantrum, riot, collude with unelected officials looking to protect their gravy train and fiefdom – to forcibly overturn the results of the election.
Or they will fight to change the rules of the contest they lost.
This country is so lost – we are on the express lane to civil war.
Anon – I really don’t think this has anything to do with left or right. In the famous words of their friend, Jeff Voight, these people are just “douchebags.”
Or, it’s possible this has nothing at all to do with the “2016 have percolated all the way down the left wing ecosystem”, and the Loscalzo’s are just good old fashion ass-holes, with a little racist thrown in for good measure. It’s possible for good people to do really bad things, thinking that they are doing good, up until the point that an email, such as Rob Loscalzo’s is made public, and then they are exposed bear and have to really re-think what they’re doing, and who they really are with respect to their standing in their own village. Upon reflection, you would hope that Mr. Loscalzo would apologize both publicly and privately for his stance on conspiring to do something immoral, probably illegal, and harmful to two publicly elected Board members who volunteer their time to the Ridgewood Public School System, as well as the community that he supposedly adores so much. These are the actions of a heartless and conniving person. Let’s hope that this is not true, and that Mr. Loscalzo, can see how wrong his conniving proposal to Dr. Fishbein was and he can work towards moving forward, and not further backward. The first step would be to admit he was wrong, and apologize. As far as Dr. Fishbein, his reply to Mr. Localzo’s note was in-fact telling, as stated by another reader, silence is complicity.
The arrogance of this email is mind boggling. I have no idea who this guy is but to think that him and his very small group of activists can force out duly elected officials cause they don’t like how they question administrators is incredible. To the OVOV group, your “people” are no longer on the board, instead of trying to move the goal posts under some guise of saving some money and keeping the students safe, why don’t you, as you say on your website, try and improve voter participation in this town. I don’t think anyone would disagree with a strategy where instead of spending your time and money suing the town, spend it on getting voters to turn out for local elections? As to being so fiscally responsible and seeking to save this Village money, how many of the OVOV crew wanted to spend the $11mm on the useless parking garage or want the performing arts center…..the inconsistencies in this groups mission are pretty glaring. They want one thing and one thing only…control. If they can’t gain this in getting their people elected, they will try other means and that is what we are seeing now. Having a vote on the budget allows residents a check and balance on the BOE which must stay intact if we want sensible taxes and proper allocation of said taxes throughout the system. Don’t be fooled by the fear mongering of OVOV….at the end of the day they don’t care about saving money or keeping kids safe, they care about getting back the control they have lost. As a side note, just have a look at the motley crew of supporters they have, do you really trust them?
Lot of free time folks – read a book!
Were any laws broken?
“But, I believe with an effective, organized approach, we can force them to resign. To continue the movie theme, have you considered a Hoosiers, Jimmy Chitwood reverse moment? “If they stay, I go” “If they go, I stay.” If you were willing to be public about this situation, I think there’s a chance we can force their resignation and replace them with rationale, thoughtful board members.
-Rob Loscalzo”
I’m curious what was his plan to “force their resignation”, and “replace them…”. This is really the speak of someone who is part of a secret political clique or faction, or someone who is clearly morally bankrupt and deranged. Either or, he’s pathetic, and he needs to man up and own his email.
Loscalzo likes movie quotes. How about this gem from Harvey in Beethoven “I’m so excited. That was my very first felony. I’ve committed a lot of misdemeanors but I do believe that was my very first felony!” Hope Rob has a good lawyer.
Not only was Rob going to force them to resign, he was going to replace them too! If he doesn’t get GOAT status in Ridgewood, and the neighboring towns for that matter, I’m not sure what else matters. Where can I buy my tee shirt “Rob Loscalzo the GOAT of Ridgewood, NJ!” Sorry Stacey, your star status is going dim! The local news will be at your door step, but they won’t be asking for you! LOL
The BA goes. The Super goes. How about the Assist BA of FINANCE? “House” isn’t cleaned yet. Gotta do a clean sweep…….
I hope Loscalzos realize that their email to Fishbein and to the community asking for demonstrations has put Fishbin in a bind? Now he can not rescind his resignation without inviting a legal trouble for himself because of these two individuals.
He had a perfect plan, and Loscalzo’s desire to be relevant and famous killed that plan.
ROBERT F. LOSCALZO, Life Insurance Salesman
The timing was interesting. The BOE voted to not accept his resignation, probably based on the REA mob that had gathered partially at Stacey’s behest. So far, so good. Then the OPRA request. UH OH. Email drops Friday morning, he re-resigns in the afternoon. WOW.
I know Rob. I like Rob. But seriously, “I believe with an effective, organized approach, we can force them to resign. ” WTF Rob???
Sept 26 Anon – Now that we have a financial expert on the BOE, let’s hope they are taking a deep look at their dealings with LAN Assoicates. An impartial observer would be led to believe that they are the only contractor within 100 miles of Ridgewood. Has this occurred to anyone on the BOE before?
“So, if I don’t like the results of a BOE election, I can conspire with the administration and the teachers to force their resignation. This is the new normal?”
Yes.
This is the Democrats (aka socialists) playbook.
If you don’t like the results of an election, conspire to overturn it.
Russia, Russia, Russia
Every sane person should realize that Rob & Stacey Loscalzo do not represent the majority of Ridgewood’s residents. They are clearly an abrasive and judgmental couple, without any common sense, but with an apparent sense of entitlement. Contrasting the Loscalzos, the vast majority of Village residents support Mr. Dani and Ms. Kwak. To continue along with Rob Loscalzo’s obsession with movie themes, let’s consider a couple of Dirty Harry quotes: “A good man always knows his limitations.” “You have to ask yourself one question. Do I feel lucky?” It is obvious that neither Rob nor Stacey Loscalzo remembered either of those quotes before hitting send on those now infamous e-mails. Let’s all hope we’ve heard the last from that Dynamic (not) Duo.
This is maybe the worst narrative I have heard regarding our village. The people supporting undoing a legitimate election should pack their bags and move to a lawless dictatorship.