And he wants to do the same thing for the nation! New Jersey had its credit rating cut one step by Standard & Poor’s, handing Chris Christie his eighth downgrade, the most ever for a Garden State governor. The reduction to A, the sixth-highest level, with a stable outlook follows a Sept. 5 downgrade by… Continue reading New Jersey – 8 Credit Downgrades Under Christie’s “Leadership”
Category: New Jersey
Pension Outrage
Last year, my personal investments provided over a 19% return and I paid no investment or broker fees. Under Chris Christie’s dysfunctional fiscal management, the New Jersey Public Pension fund returned 15.9% (2014) but paid $398.7 million dollars in fees (fiscal 2013). Since his term in office began in 2009, the pension fund had paid… Continue reading Pension Outrage
Tenure Scare
The recent decision in California regarding teacher tenure is causing a great deal of anxiety in public education and in those states where teacher tenure still has some meaning. The ruling that tenure is unconstitutional because it denies students the right to a decent education is an interesting take on the subject, but it obscures… Continue reading Tenure Scare
Pension Tension
OK, who didn’t see this one coming? Governor Chris Christie says he’s not going to make the full public employee’s pension payment he promised after the Democratic turncoats in the state legislature sided with him over working people in the spring of 2011. In raw numbers, that’s a $2.4 billion dollar cut. The NJEA is… Continue reading Pension Tension
New Jersey Daughter Sues Parents for Tuition and Financial Support
(CNN) – A high school senior’s lawsuit against her mother and father for financial support and college tuition hit a hurdle Tuesday when a New Jersey judge denied the teenager’s request for immediate financial assistance from the parents. Rachel Canning, 18, alleges in her lawsuit that her parents forced her out of their Lincoln Park,… Continue reading New Jersey Daughter Sues Parents for Tuition and Financial Support
The Tide’s Coming In But the Cerf’s Out
Anyone who’s been paying attention to New Jersey politics and education should have seen this one coming from a mile away: the resignation of Education Commissioner Christopher Cerf. What makes it even more predictable is that he’s taking a job with his good buddy, and former Education Chancellor of New York City, Joel Klein. Those… Continue reading The Tide’s Coming In But the Cerf’s Out
New Jersey Tax Payers to Get The Bill – $650 per Hour For Christie’s Defense
Now this one I cannot understand. If Christie has nothing to hide, if he did nothing wrong, if he is innocent on any wrong doing and really had no knowledge of Bridgegate, then why has he lawyered up at a rate of $650 per hour? You would think that the self-proclaimed “Conservative” would want to… Continue reading New Jersey Tax Payers to Get The Bill – $650 per Hour For Christie’s Defense
White Powder Scare At Hotels Near Super Bowl Stadium
Bomb squads and hazardous material teams fanned out across New Jersey on Friday after packages containing a suspicious white powder were delivered to as many as seven hotels near the site of the Super Bowl on Friday, according to multiple reports. Authorities also were testing white powder contained in a letter sent to the Manhattan… Continue reading White Powder Scare At Hotels Near Super Bowl Stadium
Super Bowl: Bracing For Subzero Weather in an Open-air Stadium
America is set for the coldest month of the century as weather forecasters predict yet another freezing blast of Arctic air – putting Super Bowl Sunday in jeopardy. Teams have been warned to stay on high alert for changes to the scheduling of the first Super Bowl to be played in an open-air stadium. Temperatures… Continue reading Super Bowl: Bracing For Subzero Weather in an Open-air Stadium
Report: Under Christie’s Leadership, New Jersey’s Poverty Rate hit 52 Year High
It seems that when Chris Christie’s mentor asked this question – “is that what you want in your president?”- he was not only talking about Christie’s possible involvement in the BridgeGate crisis. It is quite possible that he got a glimpse of this report. Poverty in New Jersey continued to grow even as the national… Continue reading Report: Under Christie’s Leadership, New Jersey’s Poverty Rate hit 52 Year High
Heavy Traffic: Christie Takes It From the Bridge
A big, messy, tragic, stupid, vengeful scandal had to come to New Jersey during the Chris Christie era, and thus, it has reached us now. Yes, it turns out that the governor’s staff knew about and directed the Port Authority of NY/NJ to gum up traffic to the George Washington Bridge on the first day… Continue reading Heavy Traffic: Christie Takes It From the Bridge
Common Core: At Least the Website Works
I am nothing if not a good sport and an optimist by temperament, so when I read this NJ Spotlight article about a website full of great information and resources for teaching the Common Core Curriculum Standards, I took a look. The site, njcore.org, is well-designed, if a bit busy, and you can sign up… Continue reading Common Core: At Least the Website Works