Rather than Address His Conflicts of Interest, Spiller Hurls Mud and Falsehoods

Well, SPCNJ’s FACTS have apparently gotten under NJEA Vice President and Montclair mayoral candidate Sean Spiller’s skin.  We were surprised to see a Spiller campaign mailer (largely funded by the NJEA) designed as if Spiller were running against SPCNJ for mayor.  But Vice President Spiller, SPCNJ is a non-profit research organization not a candidate for mayor!

Rather than address the FACTS that SPCNJ presented about his manifest conflicts of interest, Spiller’s NJEA-funded mailer attacked SPCNJ with falsehoods:

1. SPCNJ is not “neo-conservative:” SPCNJ takes no position on America’s military interventions overseas.  Does Spiller even know what “neo-conservative” means?
2. SPCNJ came into existence after both Chris Christie and Dick Cheney were out of office.  It is simply false to say that SPCNJ “supports” them.
3. SPCNJ does not push a “pro-Common Core, pro-charter school, corporate education agenda.”  SPCNJ has never taken a position on any of these issues, and it is false to say otherwise.
4. SPCNJ is not “affiliated” with the American Enterprise Institute.  AEI has absolutely nothing to do with SPCNJ.

That’s four-for-four on falsehoods.  Easier to throw mud than address your clear conflicts of interest, Vice President Spiller?

Please see SPCNJ’s “Councilman Spiller, Mayor Spiller, Governor Spiller?” for a full discussion of Spiller’s conflicts of interest.