[ayWCZ7VT]

Hope he doesn't pull hoses off of fire trucks or tires off of police cars next.

NJ.com: http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/201...cuts_left.html

Gov. Chris Christie's deep cuts to state school aid last year left New Jersey's schools unable to provide a "thorough and efficient" education to the state's nearly 1.4 million school children, a Superior Court judge found today.

Judge Peter Doyne, who was appointed as special master in the long-running Abbott vs. Burke school funding case, today issued an opinion that also found the reductions "fell more heavily upon our high risk districts and the children educated within those districts."

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Christie slashed state aid by $820 million last year, and Doyne found that altogether, the state would have needed twice that much — $1.6 billion — to fully fund the School Funding Reform Act formula.

Following arguments before the Supreme Court earlier this year, Doyne was appointed to hold a hearing on the case, and issue recommendations.

The state Attorney General's Office argued that the cuts were necessary because of New Jersey's dire financial situation. Doyne acknowledged that, but still found against the state.

"The difficulty in addressing New Jersey's fiscal crisis and its constitutionally mandated obligation to educate our children requires an exquisite balance not easily attained," Doyne wrote. "Something need be done to equitably address these competing imperatives. That answer, though, is beyond the purview of this report. For the limited question posed to the Master, it is clear the State has failed to carry its burden."

[virtuah]

Fittingly happening in the state of Snooki...

[newshep]

Nope, Dave. She grew up in New York. YOUR state, not mine.

As for the original post, all I can say is thank you to that judge. Christie is determined to fix NJ's budget woes on the backs of students, teachers, and many other public employees, while refusing to consider any tax increases on the state's millionaires.

[Niiinioa]

Nope, Dave. She grew up in New York. YOUR state, not mine.

As for the original post, all I can say is thank you to that judge. Christie is determined to fix NJ's budget woes on the backs of students, teachers, and many other public employees, while refusing to consider any tax increases on the state's millionaires.

Gee sounds familiar, is that the new GOP M.O.?

[citicroego]

Apparently, yes. Bad news for me is that, while Wisconsin's governor is viewed poorly by many, mine is being urged to run for president.

[Mjypksun]

But he has repeatedly said, No, No No I will not run. So I bet he runs.