The New York Times has some news that is fit to print today. Their article, Christie Aims at Democrats Unhappy With Poor Schools, focuses on the politics of Christie nipping away at Corzine's support in urban school districts.
They haven't seen the big picture yet.
By focusing on urban education, Christie is not simply trying to suppress Corzine's margin of victory in Essex, Hudson, and Camden counties. He is addressing, in his words, "a moral failure" which has been condeming generations of children to second class citizenship. He is also addressing our state wide property tax problem.
No matter what any candidate ever tells you, New Jersey's property tax system will not be reformed until urban education is reformed.
Poll after poll for decades since the Byrne administration have shown that property taxes are New Jersey voters biggest concern. Governors race after Governors race showcase competing solutions that never work. Not this time. Christie is pulling the thread that will unravel the entire corrupt system.
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Christie is right. It is a moral failure. Unfortunatly the Government has a poor record of fixing moral failures.
Until the culture in these urban areas change and the majority of citizens and particularly parents make education of their children a top priority in their life their is little that government is going to be able to change.
Like in most things change must come from the bottom up.
A good example; The mentoring program started this year in Asbury Park. That is the type of grass roots community based solution that might have an impact.
no personal investment(i.e., actually paying some of the taxes), no personal responsibility/ respect in these areas.. Corzine will continue pouring our money down the ratholes..
Christie was excellent Friday at the NJ Assoc. of Counties breakfast, a bi-partisan crowd was very lukewarm to Corzine, who was rushed in, spewed that our NJ problems are, of course, Bush's fault, and they rushed him right out.. Chris picked up the ball, told it like it is, had some personal success stories, and pounded the public educ. failures, and got a decent response.. hope they keep that going, as they follow each other around..it gave one a shard of hope.. let's see if people get on board, or if the well-funded machine wins again..
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