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Thursday, June 27, 2013

Jersey Jazzman: Chris Christie Must Go

Jersey Jazzman: Chris Christie Must Go:

Chris Christie Must Go

I don't know about the rest of you, but I am so very, very tired of this crap:
[NJ Governor Chris] Christie said parents must stand up to organizations who he said care more about pensions, wage increases, generous benefits packages and summers off than about extending quality education to all students.
And yet this pompous fool has done more to decimate New Jersey's excellent public schools than any man ever, and his carnage has hit the poor particularly hard. He has refused to follow the law and provide the proper amount of state funds to districts as determined by the School Funding Reform Act. The dramatic retreat from funding equity in New Jersey has led to an increase in the funding gap under his administration.

How has he used these funds, which should be going to schools?
New Jersey has provided more corporate tax breaks in the past three years than in the entire previous decade, yet the state's economy continues to lag