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• On the article Patch Editor Sean McCullen Says Goodbye

  

  Sean McCullen

  8:27 pm on Friday, March 1, 2013

  Thanks for the kind words, everyone. Best to you, too.

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• On the article Former Triton Principal, Teachers Collected $95K+ While Suspended

  

  

  Sean McCullen

  5:24 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2013

  Probably best to send your information here: ccpotips@ccprosecutor.org.

• On the article Former Triton Principal, Teachers Collected $95K+ While Suspended

  

  

  Sean McCullen

  5:12 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2013

  I'm confident I've done my job informing the public of the story that needed to be told as it relates to the Triton case. Again, if you have specific information that there were other educators involved in the shameful teacher-student sex scandal at Triton, you would be doing society a favor to pass that information along, as opposed to merely going on a news site to claim, as you seem to be doing, that you possess such information. Share that information! Here's my email address: sean.mccullen@patch.com

• On the article Former Triton Principal, Teachers Collected $95K+ While Suspended

  

  

  Sean McCullen

  3:23 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2013

  Stanley: Thanks for your suggestions. Perhaps you want to go to another media outlet that has been more thorough in its coverage of the Triton sex scandal than Patch.

  FACT: Catherine DePaul pleaded guilty. These are no longer accusations against her. As far as the criminal justice system is concerned, it is a fact she did not do as she was required by law.

  If you have more than speculation that others knew about the teacher-student relationship-- some form of hard evidence-- and failed to pass it along as Ms. DePaul has confessed, pass it along to me. Or better yet, pass it on to the authorities.

  Until then, I'll continue to go by the words of the man whose office investigated this matter for months and months and months over speculation by an anonymous commenter who goes by "Stanley Holmes:"

  "We are satisfied that this is the totality, the universe of the offenses at Triton High School." - Camden County Prosecutor Warren Faulk

• On the article Winters Sworn in as Newest Council Member

  

  

  Sean McCullen

  12:59 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2013

  40A:16-13. Failure of governing body to fill vacancy in membership of governing body. If a governing body shall fail or decline to fill a vacancy in the membership of the governing body by appointment as provided in N.J.S.40A:16-4 or 40A:16-5 within the time prescribed by N.J.S.40A:16-12, the office shall remain vacant for the remainder of the term or until the election and qualification of a successor, as the case may be.

• On the article Winters Sworn in as Newest Council Member

  

  

  Sean McCullen

  12:48 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2013

  That's the statute Mr. Crone pointed to the night Council approved Mrs. Winters as Michelle Gentek's replacement. Sorry it had to be chopped up. Even I'm bound by character limits when leaving a comment on Patch. Good day.

• On the article Winters Sworn in as Newest Council Member

  

  

  Sean McCullen

  12:47 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2013

  If, on the effective date of this act, the governing body had previously received from the municipal committee the names of three nominees to fill any such vacancy and had not filled the vacancy, the governing body, within 30 days after the effective date of this act, shall appoint one of the nominees as the successor to fill the vacancy.

• On the article Winters Sworn in as Newest Council Member

  

  

  Sean McCullen

  12:47 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2013

  40A:16-11. Appointment to fill vacancy where incumbent was nominee of a political party; time to fill vacancy. If the incumbent whose office has become vacant was elected to office as the nominee of a political party, the municipal committee of the political party of which the incumbent was the nominee shall, no later than 15 days after the occurrence of the vacancy, present to the governing body the names of three nominees for the selection of a successor to fill the vacancy. The governing body shall, within 30 days after the occurrence of the vacancy, appoint one of the nominees as the successor to fill the vacancy. If the governing body fails to appoint one of the nominees within the time prescribed herein, the municipal committee that named the three nominees shall, within the next 15 days, appoint one of the nominees as the successor to fill the vacancy, and such person shall be sworn in immediately. If the municipal committee which nominated the incumbent fails to submit the names of the nominees within the time prescribed herein, the governing body may, within the next 15 days, fill the vacancy by the appointment of a successor from the same political party which had nominated the incumbent whose office has become vacant.

• On the article Winters Sworn in as Newest Council Member

  

  

  Sean McCullen

  12:45 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2013

  Tom Crone is a CCGOP spokesman, and, in fact, their political director.

  Mr. Crone has provided a copy of an email he obtained, from GT Democrat Committee chairman Kevin Piccolo to Council President Bianchini, dated Feb. 8 that has the list of four recommendations.

  As for your final question: That's up to you and others to decide. I'm just reporting that the GOP thinks rules weren't followed in Michelle Winters' appointment. If you disagree, well, you're going to have to take that up with them.

  I'm not sure what you meant by "documentation proving the names were not turned over prior to the disclosure at the next public meeting." I don't think Mr. Crone has contended the names weren't disclosed in a timely manner. I think the contention is the four names weren't provided by Mr. Piccolo to Council in a timely fashion.

• On the article Former Triton Principal, Teachers Collected $95K+ While Suspended

  

  

  Sean McCullen

  8:31 pm on Wednesday, February 27, 2013

  That's true. Our $95K+ figure only represents the total payout during suspensions to the three former Triton educators—no longer district employees and, thus, no longer being paid as a result of their having entered guilty pleas Feb. 11. It is safe to assume the two educators with cases still pending have pulled in a total of about $50,000 to $60,000 since they were suspended.