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21 June 2008 - Educating kids in cities – finally some sense
From this article in Newsday.com: As New Jersey struggles to improve its poor, urban schools, the liberal-leaning state is considering a measure generally favored by conservatives _ government-backed scholarships to help pay for children to attend private schools. Seven states and Washington, D.C. offer publicly funded school voucher programs, and New Jersey lawmakers are considering [...]

11 June 2008 - Schools don’t have to be this expensive.
This article appeared in the Jan. 23, 2008 edition of The Catholic Advocate Catholic Schools – a partner in NJ’s educational effortsBY ARCHBISHOP JOHN J. Myers, D.D., J.C.D. Archbishop of Newark This column about Catholic Schools Week is going to be a little different. As you all know, Catholic schools in New Jersey—indeed, throughout the [...]

09 June 2008 - How Screwed Up Do We Need To Be?
Read this article from the Star-Ledger. Take particular note of a few passages: New Jersey is struggling with more than $32 billion in state debt, the third-highest in the country. All but $3 billion was issued without voter backing. And then this: The state constitution already says voters must approve borrowing, but lawmakers routinely have [...]

06 June 2008 - If you really want to support inner city kids, support this!
New Jersey Catholic Conference149 North Warren Street • Trenton, New Jersey 08608 (609) 989-1120 • Fax (609) 989-1152 SUPPORT S1607The Urban Enterprise Zone Jobs Scholarship Act ISSUE: S1607 (The Urban Enterprise Zone Jobs Scholarship Act) has been sent to the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee as the next step in its legislative journey. The bill [...]

05 June 2008 - Republicans submit budget proposal-Corzine Scoffs
Why is it that when politicians like Jon Corzine talk about working in a bipartisan way, he usually means that everyone needs to capitulate to his poor tax and spending plans. NJ Republicans submitted their budget plan yesterday(from Philly.com): The Republican proposal would restore $375 million in property-tax rebates and $150 million in municipal aid, [...]

27 May 2008 - Roberts at it again! Suburbs beware!!!!!
I just read one of the best descriptions of the property tax mess summarized in one article. In the article “A Property Tax Disaster”, Michael Patrick Carroll (on Politicker.com)discussed the looming danger non-city taxpayers face: Every legislator claims to favor property tax relief, but by their actions shall you know them. The present majority gave [...]

19 May 2008 - NJ Assembly renamed the Politburo! School budget elections eliminated!!!!
Commissar John Roberts has lead the Assembly to eliminate school budget elections. From Newsday: “I know one thing for sure, and that is that our current system that elects school board members is a system that’s broken and needs to be fixed,” said Roberts, D-Camden. Well guess what Mr Roberts? What the citizens of this [...]

10 May 2008 - New requirement for spending politicians: I want YOUR permission to spend YOUR money on…
For far too long, our local state and federal politicians have gotten away with language that is really not truthful when dealing with the voters. For example, Governor Corzine last year said the following when suggesting new spending for stem cell research: “New Jersey continues to forge ahead as a pioneer in stem cell research [...]

08 May 2008 - A Water Tax? What’s next, a tax on air?
I have a picture in my head of the room where New Jersey Senators deliberate. Instead of wood paneling I see balloons and lots of sparkling streamers. Instead of suits I see red noses and floppy shoes. The senators are loaded with whoopee cushions, buzzer rings and squirting flowers. Overheard during today’s debate: We could [...]

05 April 2008 - Stop the NJ Paid Family Leave TAX! Act now and contact your legislator!
The legislature of the People’s Republic of New Jersey (the United States first Socialist/Communist State) will be bringing paid family leave back on Monday. From an article in the Daily Record: After several fits and starts, an effort to bring a paid family leave program to New Jersey may clear its final legislative hurdle Monday. [...]

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