Christie = the un-Crist.
“Yeah, don’t let the children get hurt.”
A common complaint of the democrats.
How about the senior citizens that get hurt when taxes are raised that they can no longer afford to pay?
Two school budgets were rejected in my township, I am proud to say. And I voted no on both of them. This is the first time I have voted in the school board elections.
It’s about time people woke up in this state.
I hate to say this but the whole idea of voting on school budgets is a joke here in NJ. I have seen my own township somehow ‘manage’ to go against the wishes of the voters and give the school what it asked for.
Hey junior, how much in taxes do you pay?
Maybe we have been approaching school vouchers from the wrong front. Perhaps we should present it as a cost cutting measure. Parent of home schoolers and private schools get 60% of the average per student spent by the state. District gets 5% for testing and record keeping and the state reduces operations costs by 35%
[or some such percentages]
They are worried about programs being cut. Which ones? Like maybe breakfast, lunch and dinner at school?
Keep reading, writing, math, science, history and geography. The krap such as environmental protection and politcal indoctrination can go. I’d even say physical fitness can be cut; if you don’t want your kid to grow up fat, take the Nintendo and Wii from him, make him get up off the couch and go out for a walk. And if the parents want organized sports, they can put together the teams. Why should taxpayer funds for education be used to pay for a new field or arena for the high schoolers to play sports in.
Could someone explain what in the world this article is talking about? Is this an advisory vote? Those of us not in NJ could stand for a bit of edification.
Simple. Only those who voted ‘YES’ have their property taxes raised. Care to vote again?
“Parents who spoke to CBS 2 say they believe some of their neighbors entered the voting booth without the information needed to cast an informed vote.”
I strongly disagree. With all the focus on the school budget, people are probably more informed than they’ve ever been. Which is why they voted them down.
Liberals are invested in making sure people don’t understand the real issues. Which is why controlling the MSM is SO important to them. When people really listen, understand, and take their time, they usually side with the right.
It is admirable to see such concern for the children’s education from the Democrats but it is a shame we no longer have the tax-base,due to some of their other policies,to pay for it.
It looks to me that the majority of the teachers would fail economics 101. Unfortunately you can see the outcome by the remarks of the kids.
“I wanted to make sure that everyone sees that we’re serious about this,” Teaneck junior Gerard Rice said. “I mean, we’re not going to let this happen.”
What are you gonna do, boycott schools? Pay for it yourself?
Tenured teachers got to keep tenure, but new teachers hired after 2013, I think, HAD NO TENURE...they had to show progress to get a raise.
Teachers could double their pay within four years, but there was no tenure.
Teacher unions went crazy, kids were lied to, and BOOM. Crist the girlieman vetoed the bill after saying he was supporting the bill.
...but you think the do nothings in our school system are worth the billions we’re dumping in?
Here in Passaic County most of them were defeated....
Yes. And only a week ago the Gannet newspapers reported that a majority of New Jerseyans disapproved of Christie’s efforts to reign in the teacher’s union. I guess they were polling any New Jerseyan and not voting New Jerseyans.
Who the heck cares what people think who do not vote?
...until they are adults and have to pay for all of this.
What you going to do about it.
How about Vote !!!
Oh' you're not old enough to even vote so STFU
Little Marxist in the making
Teachers refuse to freeze their salaries instead of taking a 4 1/2 % raise, while I consider myself extremely fortunate to have received a 2.1% raise last year.
Half of my raise was taken away by an increase in my Medical contribution-the other half by an increase in my property taxes. Meanwhile, the Union balks at the request of Christie that teachers contribute a measly 1.5% towards their medical.
I had all the knowledge I need to make an educated decision.
This was by the way the first time since 1976 that more than 1/2 of the budgets were voted down. The public is in an ornery mood- so in your own words Mr Obama, if you want a VAT tax- “go for it”, it will be the fight of your life, and the fight of mine. Liberty is both political and economic, and you have taken enough of both-enough is enough!
Fine then, if you feel that way you scumbag "Carlstadt resident", get out your own checkbook and write a big check to the teachers union.