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Jersey Jazzman: Republican Governors' Wet Dream

Jersey Jazzman: Republican Governors' Wet Dream:

Republican Governors' Wet Dream

Chris Christie, Rick Scott, Scott Walker, and all the rest must read this and get tingly all over:
The Chester Upland School District in Delaware County, Pennsylvania suffered a serious setback when Gov. Tom Corbett (R) slashed $900 million in education funds from the state budget. The cutslanded hardest on poorer districts, and Chester Upland, which predominantly serves African-American children and relies on state aid for nearly 70 percent of its funding, expects to fall short this school year by $19 million.
Faced with such a shortage of funds, the school district informed its staff that it will not be