Is ACTING Commissioner Cerf Really Getting a Hearing This Time?
Cross-posted from Blue Jersey
The press is reporting that ACTING NJDOE Commissioner Chris Cerf is finally going to get a confirmation hearing, after nearly two years:
Cerf's nomination first hit a snag because of a practice known as senatorial courtesy.
The unwritten rule allows state senators to block gubernatorial appointees who reside in the counties they serve from ever being considered. State Sen. Ron Rice
Your Own Lyin' Eyes
Who are you gonna believe: me, or your own lyin' eyes?
Jersey City’s prospective new schools superintendent yesterday met with the public for the first time since the Board of Education voted to select her to succeed former schools chief Charles T. Epps Jr.Marcia V. Lyles gave a speech at School 7 yesterday outlining her vision for Jersey City’s public schools and addressing the controversy that has surrounded her appointment.Lyles, who declined to give her age, denied that state Acting Education