Posted on 04/23/2010 3:25:29 AM PDT by Scanian
THE Garden State tax revolt is starting to bear fruit -- and it's about time, too.
On Tuesday, voters nixed 315 of 537 school-district budgets, including many that sought tax hikes. That's a whopping 59 percent; usually, less than 30 percent fail. The state hasn't seen anything close to even 50 percent rejected since 1976.
It all started with anti-tax GOP crusader Chris Christie's defeat last fall of then-Gov. Jon Corzine in this Democratic-leaning state. Faced with an $11 billion cash shortfall, Christie quickly sliced state aid to schools by $820 million -- and followed up with warnings that school boards should clamp down on costs, not just force hikes in property taxes and spend as usual.
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...Wow, they elect Christie and now vote down the majority of school budgets...There must be a common sense virus outbreak in NJ not seen for many decades...God I pray that virus spreads to NY where I live.....
Chris Christy bump for true reform.
My uncle who was working the polls on tuesday in his small town said some of the poll watchers, mostly older retired people, cheered when they saw the results print up.
Gag me. $80 million of our supposedly-federal tax dollars poured into that bottomless pit?!
As my favorite blogger said: "We are now a government FOR the well-connected, paid for BY the non-connected".
Ooops...wrong thread.
Who am I? And how did I get here?!
We know he’s the real deal that’s why we voted for him!
Though not as conservative as I would like, he says what he means and means what he says. He is going after the scum and taking down the teachers unions, peg by peg.
Thank goodness for Chris Christie!
Still some warts to work on though; he opposes oil & gas drilling off our coast, and is not second amendment friendly. But compared to the alternatives...
“Thank goodness for Chris Christie!”
Alice I second that emotion!
And this vote is probably the most important vote since Scott Brown’s election. It shows that people are paying attention and want real fiscal reform. It shows they are not falling for the rhetoric of the NJEA.
Christie took a risk, asking people to show support by voting down the budgets and lo and behold we went to the polls in droves (where I voted it was like a November election) and voted the budgets down.
In my town all three incumbents were voted off the Board, including a woman who had served since 1996 and was not aligned with the “slate”.
Christie is not backing down, he is everywhere making his case directly to the people and he doing what he was elected to do - straighten out the mess this state has become.
ping
Leonard Lance, you are next!
Almost enough to restore one’s faith in the American voter, isn’t it?
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