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Thursday, June 7, 2012

Jersey Jazzman: Here Come the Flunkies

Jersey Jazzman: Here Come the Flunkies:


Here Come the Flunkies

Well, old Eli did it: for less than half-a-mil, he bought the New Jersey school system. Now all he has to do is fill it with his flunkies:
With little discussion in public session, the state Board of Education today accepted donations totalling more than $600,000 from two private foundations.
After the Newark-based Education Law Center wrote a letter to the board requesting that they defer accepting the funds, citing the "need for transparency, accountability and public confidence," the board asked the state Attorney General's Office if their objections had any merit, board members said.
The matter was discussed in closed session, citing the "legal letter." But board member Ron Butcher said "in their (the AG's) mind, there are no issues."