Stay in white-trash Kenilworth!!

Hectic tax time and with Central States taking their time applying for a bailout and New Jersey taking their time posting the GASB 75 report for the SHBP State Retired Fund, I was facing a few dark blogging days until today’s mail brought relief.

Here is what I got with my responses below.

UCE – Top Paid

Union County Employees (UCE) making over $150,000 in salary for 2022.

UCE – County Clerk

More comparisons of Union County Employees (UCE) by department with another small (but volatile) one: County Clerk.

UCCF 4/7/22: Resolutions and Refunding Ordinance

Resolutions mentioned and Ordinance:

UCE – County Counsel

More comparisons of Union County Employees (UCE) by department with another small one: County Counsel.

UCE – Commisioners; Manager

More comparisons of Union County Employees (UCE) by department with two more small ones: County Commissioners and County Manager.

UCE – Finance

Now for some comparisons of Union County Employees (UCE) by department starting with a small one: Finance.

Union County Employees

In response to an OPRA request here are the names, job titles, and salaries by department as of April, 2021 and April 2022 of employees on the Union County payroll.

Putting these PDFs into Excel spreadsheetS for April, 2022 and April, 2021 we find:

Where were the watchdogs in Clark?

It has been a while since I submitted a letter to the editor but I had an angle and the Star Ledger decided to print it yesterday (second letter here) even using my links.

Costly Clark Scandal

The Union County Commissioner Board called for resignations and today the Star Ledger basically did the same while painting Clark as a town of corrupt racists (or, at least, enablers).

I agree there should be resignations and it should include the entire governing body if my allegation is proven. My allegation has less to do with racist audio tapes than with this videotape from the February 18, 2020 Clark council meeting: