The following persons have applied for the vacant Coucil seat held by Bruce Masopust, who is now the Lodi Borough Manager.
Mr. Walter Curioni, Jr.
Not part of the "Family & Friends Group". Mr. Curioni was a Lodi Councilman and has the experience needed. The Curioni family has been in Lodi for close to 100 years, and have had a continuously run Lodi business for many of those years.Mr. Ryan Curioni
Not part of the "Family & Friends Group". Ryan is the son of Walter Curioni Jr. who now helps run the family business. Ryan is an experienced teacher. Ryan also attends many Council meetings, Board of Ed meetings, Housing Authority meetings in an effort to inform the taxpaying residents of Lodi just exactly what the Administrators of Lodi are doing, what they are not doing and highlights issues that are constantly hidden from us.Patrizia L. Pagano
Part of the "Family & Friends Group". Pat is a immigration paralegal with a Law firm. Related to the Focarino, Knebl family. Has she ever been to or spoken at any meeting in the Boro?https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrizia-pagano-14a46525
Louis Tuccillo
Louis is a retired State Police officer who now has a Private Detective Agency license. Louis ran for the Lodi Board of Ed in 2013, here is a quote from Louis during that race."In our town, we've had nepotism and political patronage. I'd say it's gone over the top. My main goal is to try to stop the trend and limit it in any way and make it a level playing field as far as that's concerned," said Tuccillo."
http://www.northjersey.com/news/two-seats-open-on-the-lodi-board-of-education-1.587288?page=all
Albert J. DiChiara
Definitely part of the "Family & Friends Group". Albert is a Lodi Housing Authority Commissioner, and holds a Funeral Director License (of course) with Santangelo's Lodi. So his family ties are to the DiChiara's, Nunno's, D'Amico's, Inserras', Lavalle & Dowson and those extra connections come in handy.Joseph P. Leto the 4th
Definitely a part of the "Family & Friends Group". A youngster, just out of High School with 1 year experience as a Front end clerk at a local supermarket. Related to the Belli, Mella, Cardinalle, 😉https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-p-leto-iv-b9b4259b
😉 September 24, 2017 Correction: According to Joe the 4th, he is not related to the Manzella family.