I'm very impressed that we cracked 100 comments on Potluck #9. And only about 7 of them were Bible verses! Thanks for stopping by and sharing your thoughts and information.
What else is on your mind?
31 comments:
Anonymous
said...
Okay Parents get ready for the cuts, some are taking place right under your noses right now and you don't even know it. Come Sept you will have many surprises depending on what grade your child is going into. Are they going to share it with you now or will they slam you come Sept. Better not close your eyes for too long before everything is gone. you are smarter than that, now show them
Maybe it's because they have way too much to do. Maybe they don't care. Maybe it's any one or more of a hundred reasons. The truth is that the parents of this community do not come out and challenge the taxpayer's board's rulings. So the default setting is that the grinchly taxpayers rule the budget and education processes.
If American Idol, DWTS, and WWF are more important then your children, then you're doing it right. If your children are more important, let the board and administration know you're not happy. The board will not change anything until they have a packed meeting room with hundreds of parents challenging their idiocy.
MORRISVILLE Charges filed for drug ring in Morrisville, Trenton
Posted: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 6:07 am | Updated: 6:25 am, Tue Jun 14, 2011. By BEN FINLEY and DANNY ADLER Staff writers | 1 comment In his song “Days Like This,” Morrisville-based rapper “Supa Sport” rhymes about the life of a drug dealer, driving around with truckloads of narcotics while the feds tap his phone. “Men on a mission learn to stretch it all in the kitchen ... The feds taking bricks, trying to stop the game ... I see them watching me no stopping me ... I’m rolling strong investigating me like they don’t see what’s going on.”
Life imitated art on Monday when the feds busted up the drug ring that “Supa Sport,” whose real name is Carl Barnett, allegedly operated in Morrisville and Trenton, court documents stated. The ring members called themselves the “Detroit Boyz” and worked out of the auto body shop Motor City Car Club on Bridge Street, authorities said. The “Detroit Boyz” allegedly sold heroin, cocaine and marijuana in the areas in and around Morrisville and Trenton. Barnett often would drive down to Georgia to get the drugs from his suppliers, the feds said. The feds, with the help of local police in Bucks County and New Jersey, took down the ring using confidential informants, wiretaps and other investigative techniques, court records stated. “Supa Sport’s” lyrics were even quoted in the federal indictment. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in New Jersey handed down the indictment. Charged were Barnett, 29, of Morrisville; his half-brother Darwin Reaves, 39, of Levittown; Terrence Smith, 31, of Trenton; Carlsen Barnett, 27, of Trenton; Chartoine Oglesby, 32, of Morrisville; Calvin Murrell, 31, of Morrisville; Thaddeus Rayshawn McNair, 34, of Trenton; Trachele Johnson, 20, of Trenton; Kasheef McCalla, 26, of Trenton; Maurice Johnson, 25, of Trenton; Todd Little, 32, of Philadelphia; Edward Burch, 31, of Trenton; Frankie Taylor, 23, of Morrisville; Jahmari Ricky Alvaranga, 26, of Trenton; and two unnamed people. Ten of the defendants were arrested. The other four, including Reaves and Taylor, both of Bucks County, remain at large, the feds said. Each person faces a count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and faces up to 40 years in prison if found guilty. The investigation involved several law enforcement agencies including the federal Drug Enforcement Agency and several law enforcement organizations in New Jersey. In Bucks County, the agencies that were involved included the district attorney’s office and police in Morrisville, Lower Southampton, Warminster, Bensalem, Plumstead, Lower Makefield and Falls.
THANK YOU to all who worked on the above drug bust and kicked this crap out of our town. Great job Morrisville Police for your part in this bust...awesome news
It's bad enough that the cuts are happening, and they are, and more will be revealed soon, but to have board members and admin tell you they haven't cut anything is insulting the intelligence of anyone who's paying attention. Stop peeing on our legs and telling us it's raining. That's lying, that's dishonest, and it's not befitting of an elected official or a school administrator.
Anyone ever wonder where we might be right now if we had a nice new school in which we could all be proud? I guess supporting such an idea is a heresy in Morrisville. So, instead we reap what we sow.
the nice new school would mean a lot of people loosing their houses from the high taxes. thank GOD for the smart finance decisions of the peoples school board
It's not worth wondering about. It's dead. It's not happening. I don't thank GOD for this school board, though. It counts way too much on keeping people in the dark and spewing out lies and bad information.
Maybe its a good idea to debate the dead new school. It's a moot issue, but this board and these candidates should answer to all of the people of Morrisville for all of their decisions. This election is as much a ratification of their past acts as well as the empty campaign promises of tomorrow.
Why did you and your allies recruit, support, and help elect prior board candidates that supplied key votes for the new school (and, in at least one case, get up on their own furniture at the victory party and declare themselves "King of Morrisville")? What does that say about your judgment?
Why over the course of the 712 collective years (or whatever the figure is) that you've lived here and been active here were you never able to accomplish anything notable in the way of repairs or renovations to the decaying existing school buildings?
Why do you have major tendencies to push blame onto everybody but yourselves?
Thanks for the eloquent responses to my questions - ha!
Anyway, quick, somebody list the top 3 amazing things Mike Fitzpatrick did when he was MSD Solicitor. Apparently people (currently on the MSD payroll, so maybe you need to take it with a big grain of salt) are going around saying he was fantastic. For the life of me, I couldn't tell you why.
He failed to make any headway with an MSD merger with a "below Rt. 1 district", as directed by the board. He misinterpreted the Manor Park lease. He promised written responses to public comments from the Jan. 2009 M.R. Reiter closure hearing within a reasonable time, and then delivered garbage 1 year later. He stopped going to MSD board business meetings after a while, started going to Lower Southampton Twp's meetings instead, then decided to run for US Congress, and we pretty much didn't see him again except for maybe a token appearance. He urged "disinfecting sunshine" but didn't speak out against the darkness the board specializes in.
I'm serious - please name some great things he accomplished. I'm stumped. I guess he charged less money and that's what made him great?
On a different topic, I noticed today that the furniture store on Bridge Street closed, which is a shame. He made some nice stuff. I hope (for him) that the business didn't go under. The good news is there is some prime square footage available for another smoke shop.
I think the new lighting on Bridge Street is fantastic. I've heard Burger's buddy, Eileen D. & the newest puppet Debbie Smith complaining about them even though they are now the same as other towns. I would think that when Bridge Street has been dark for any number of years and then there is a lighting project and not on your watch, it would make sense for you to complain about it through your cronies, geez.
The banners on Bridge Street is a perfect example of working with an organization to get a positive result. In Dec council suggested a 3 way partnership with the Morrisville Business Association & the Morrisville Economic Development Corp to cover the last of the money ($10,000) due to Landmark towns and that it looks like that is going to happen. This is a great example of how the current council is fiscally responsible & thinking outside the box compared to the many years of Jane Burger, which got us in debt with Lankmark towns to begin with. (It always should have been a partnership).
I like what Jags has done in front of their shop. I'm glad they moved to Bridge Street. They bothered to put out a bench in front & I think the outdoor barber lighting is clever. They didn't have to make the extra effort and I'm very glad they did.
The bait shop owners are also making quite an effort to fix things up. I liked the old bait shop & was wishing for a fixer upper of the old look. They went a different way & I'm very glad to see that so much extra effort has been taken on the owner's part.
The furniture store on Bridge Street has been in the process of moving for about 2 years. It is a loss for Bridge Street. The owner has had quite a long time to fill the space with another quality business, but we'll just have to wait and see. (crossing fingers) Although it would be filling the space, it would be a shame to cast a negative cloud on the recent Bridge Street improvements with another smoke shop.
Please remember friends, if we want businesses to stay in Morrisville, we have to use them.
Thank you for the bridge street info above. I noticed the landmark signs and they look wonderful as well as the improved lighting and the bait shop does look great! Congrats to Jagz and those that are sticking it out! You are right, everyone in town needs to use our borough businesses so they can stay and thrive and that will bring other businesses in as well. We need more to attract visitors for an afternoon of shopping and dining but if we don't set the example and invite others to visit us, it will not work. Now, if our district can just increase in rankings and reputation we might have a full list of reasons to live in Morrisville and raise your family. Can't wait to be a part of that. Keep up the good work council!
Good luck to the Bucks County Technical High Schools Class of 2011---Have a fabulous graduation ceremony, you have made your parents proud! Now go and conquer the world!
"Maybe its a good idea to debate the dead new school. It's a moot issue, but this board and these candidates should answer to all of the people of Morrisville for all of their decisions. This election is as much a ratification of their past acts as well as the empty campaign promises of tomorrow."
The key word in what the pundit wrote is tomorrow. Yes, the new school is dead, and the taxes are being held to current levels, but in that same time what has happened to move the district and the town forward? IMHO, the answer to that is less than nothing. In true Morrisville tradition, rather than look to a more positive future, we've stagnated and in some areas stepped backwards. We still have crumbling facilities, now even less conducive to a good education as they are forced to accommodate more students across a greater range of grades and needs. We have declining home values and more vacancies. We have no business growth and no great plans for addressing any of these issues. Yet, we have people in charge who look at any change as evil. If we continue in this fashion, the ville will sink further and further into the morass, and any hopes of a renaissance will never be realized. I thought the new school, however painful, might have provided the spark that started such a renaissance. Yes, maybe it is a moot issue, but the next time someone comes along with the vision to see a possible path to breaking out of the stagnation that grips Morrisville, what will you do? Will the leader be villified like Dr. Gibson? Will you retreat into the dreams of glory past? Or will you show the courage and fortitude to fight for a brighter future? Will you take the chance? "But for to assaye," he seyde, "it nought ne greveth; For he that nought nassayeth, nought nacheveth." ["But to attempt it," he said, "should not grieve: for he that attempts nothing will nothing achieve." i.e., Nothing ventured, nothing gained.]
The rules of conduct, the maxims of action, and the tactical instincts that serve to gain small victories may always be expanded into the winning of great ones with suitable opportunity; because in human affairs the sources of success are ever to be found in the fountains of quick resolve and swift stroke; and it seems to be a law inflexible and inexorable that he who will not risk cannot win.
And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.
All your average 'Stay on Courser' hears from this great post is "Blah Blah Blah NEW SCHOOL Blah Blah Blah". I guess I don't have much respect for prideful ignorance, so that's why I think they stink.
Speakers must register 24 hours in advance. But don't send out the agenda until there's less than 24 hours before the meeting Multiple Sunshine Law violations Don't throw out the rowdies; just build a wall.
Ralph Izzo, chair, Rutgers Board of Governors, who's mentioned in the article, is also President & CEO of PSEG, the parent company of PSE&G. Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Steve Worob work for PSE&G?
Thanks for the tips! Its about time you sandpounding whiners had some good ideas!! Now if we can just rustle up some volunteers to donate the materials and labor to build the wall.
All alone, or in two's, The ones who really love you Walk up and down outside the wall. Some hand in hand And some gathered together in bands. The bleeding hearts and artists Make their stand.
And when they've given you their all Some stagger and fall, after all it's not easy Banging your heart against some mad bugger's wall.
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding!
Walls don't hurt heads, the people who bang their heads against them do.
You can learn in a field, but building a wall to stifle dissent is pretty cool too.
The Great Wall of China did wonders for China's centuries long decline into backwardness and humiliation, followed by the millions-killing Mao and iron fisted one party Communist rule.
School funding Poor get poorer Governor's education funding cuts would penalize the neediest school districts.
Posted: Thursday, June 16, 2011 6:00 am | Updated: 12:50 am, Thu Jun 16, 2011.
Poor get poorer
We understand why Gov. Tom Corbett has proposed slashing more than a billion dollars from state aid to public education. The state is running a $4 billion budget deficit that must be brought down; every area of government funding will be affected as a result. Making the education cuts all the more painful is the fact that former Gov. Ed Rendell grew education funding by allocating federal stimulus money to the schools. This temporary income, which was supposed to pay for “shovel-ready,” job-producing infrastructure projects, now is gone. And so Corbett’s cuts will have a dramatic impact on every public school district in the commonwealth.
What we don’t undersand, perhaps due to some convoluted thinking, is that a disproportionate amount of aid is being taken away from school districts that need it most. These poorer districts, some but not all located in urban areas such as Harrisburg, Allentown and Erie, have higher rates of poverty and cannot raise as much from local taxes. They depend on financial help from the state to keep going.
So why is the governor suggesting that those districts take the biggest hit?
Corbett’s education secretary, Ron Tomalis, said the poorer districts stand to lose the most because they receive the most aid by design under the education funding formula. But those districts genuinely need the most aid and will endure greater suffering if they don’t get it. Doesn’t the governor see the folly in his plan?
Granted, the state’s school funding formula might rival the IRS tax code for complexity. And lawmakers who represent wealthier, suburban districts are perennial critics when it comes to state aid, which they say shrinks for their districts every year even as the total amount for education grows. So the discussion on who gets what isn’t merely mathematical; it’s also political.
Last month, the House passed a budget bill that would send about $240 million more to the schools than Corbett’s budget. But some of that extra money would go to better-off districts instead of the poorer ones. That doesn’t seem to make any sense, either. The Senate is reviewing the House plan, and some money could be redirected to where it’s needed most.
Let’s be clear: There is need in every school district. We don’t know of one that isn’t having serious financial issues.
But there’s need and then there’s NEED, and any budget that takes more from those districts that are barely making ends meet should be dismissed out of hand. If reductions in aid must be disproportionate, shouldn’t the heavier burden be placed on those districts that have more to give?
In case anyone hasn’t noticed, the old ways of running the business of education don’t work anymore. Wealthier school districts are struggling; poorer districts are on life-support. Nothing that’s going on in Harrisburg gives reason to hope that the crisis will end anytime soon.
Singling out poorer school districts for the most sacrifice seems only destined to hasten their collapse. What do the governor and the Legislature have in mind when that happens?
Dear Stay on Course: Why did you and your allies recruit, support, and help elect prior board candidates that supplied key votes for the new school (and, in at least one case, get up on their own furniture at the victory party and declare themselves "King of Morrisville")? What does that say about your judgment? Why over the course of the 712 collective years (or whatever the figure is) that you've lived here and been active here were you never able to accomplish anything notable in the way of repairs or renovations to the decaying existing school buildings? Why do you have major tendencies to push blame onto everybody but yourselves?
31 comments:
Okay Parents get ready for the cuts, some are taking place right under your noses right now and you don't even know it. Come Sept you will have many surprises depending on what grade your child is going into. Are they going to share it with you now or will they slam you come Sept. Better not close your eyes for too long before everything is gone. you are smarter than that, now show them
Good Luck to the Tech kids starting Exams today! You are top notch now go show em'
God luck to the MHS kids too. They have exams most of the week as well.
Maybe it's because they have way too much to do. Maybe they don't care. Maybe it's any one or more of a hundred reasons. The truth is that the parents of this community do not come out and challenge the taxpayer's board's rulings. So the default setting is that the grinchly taxpayers rule the budget and education processes.
If American Idol, DWTS, and WWF are more important then your children, then you're doing it right. If your children are more important, let the board and administration know you're not happy. The board will not change anything until they have a packed meeting room with hundreds of parents challenging their idiocy.
MORRISVILLE
Charges filed for drug ring in Morrisville, Trenton
Posted: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 6:07 am | Updated: 6:25 am, Tue Jun 14, 2011.
By BEN FINLEY and DANNY ADLER
Staff writers
| 1 comment
In his song “Days Like This,” Morrisville-based rapper “Supa Sport” rhymes about the life of a drug dealer, driving around with truckloads of narcotics while the feds tap his phone.
“Men on a mission learn to stretch it all in the kitchen ... The feds taking bricks, trying to stop the game ... I see them watching me no stopping me ... I’m rolling strong investigating me like they don’t see what’s going on.”
Life imitated art on Monday when the feds busted up the drug ring that “Supa Sport,” whose real name is Carl Barnett, allegedly operated in Morrisville and Trenton, court documents stated.
The ring members called themselves the “Detroit Boyz” and worked out of the auto body shop Motor City Car Club on Bridge Street, authorities said.
The “Detroit Boyz” allegedly sold heroin, cocaine and marijuana in the areas in and around Morrisville and Trenton. Barnett often would drive down to Georgia to get the drugs from his suppliers, the feds said.
The feds, with the help of local police in Bucks County and New Jersey, took down the ring using confidential informants, wiretaps and other investigative techniques, court records stated. “Supa Sport’s” lyrics were even quoted in the federal indictment.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in New Jersey handed down the indictment. Charged were Barnett, 29, of Morrisville; his half-brother Darwin Reaves, 39, of Levittown; Terrence Smith, 31, of Trenton; Carlsen Barnett, 27, of Trenton; Chartoine Oglesby, 32, of Morrisville; Calvin Murrell, 31, of Morrisville; Thaddeus Rayshawn McNair, 34, of Trenton; Trachele Johnson, 20, of Trenton; Kasheef McCalla, 26, of Trenton; Maurice Johnson, 25, of Trenton; Todd Little, 32, of Philadelphia; Edward Burch, 31, of Trenton; Frankie Taylor, 23, of Morrisville; Jahmari Ricky Alvaranga, 26, of Trenton; and two unnamed people.
Ten of the defendants were arrested. The other four, including Reaves and Taylor, both of Bucks County, remain at large, the feds said.
Each person faces a count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and faces up to 40 years in prison if found guilty.
The investigation involved several law enforcement agencies including the federal Drug Enforcement Agency and several law enforcement organizations in New Jersey. In Bucks County, the agencies that were involved included the district attorney’s office and police in Morrisville, Lower Southampton, Warminster, Bensalem, Plumstead, Lower Makefield and Falls.
THANK YOU to all who worked on the above drug bust and kicked this crap out of our town. Great job Morrisville Police for your part in this bust...awesome news
Happy Flag Day! Display your flags proudly and remember those who fought and continue to fight for the Flag and all it stands for.
"Be the change you want to see in the world.” (or Morrisville)
Mahatma Gandhi
Make a Change, Change the Vote in November
It's bad enough that the cuts are happening, and they are, and more will be revealed soon, but to have board members and admin tell you they haven't cut anything is insulting the intelligence of anyone who's paying attention. Stop peeing on our legs and telling us it's raining. That's lying, that's dishonest, and it's not befitting of an elected official or a school administrator.
Happy Flag Day!!!
Anyone ever wonder where we might be right now if we had a nice new school in which we could all be proud? I guess supporting such an idea is a heresy in Morrisville. So, instead we reap what we sow.
the nice new school would mean a lot of people loosing their houses from the high taxes. thank GOD for the smart finance decisions of the peoples school board
It's not worth wondering about. It's dead. It's not happening. I don't thank GOD for this school board, though. It counts way too much on keeping people in the dark and spewing out lies and bad information.
Maybe its a good idea to debate the dead new school. It's a moot issue, but this board and these candidates should answer to all of the people of Morrisville for all of their decisions. This election is as much a ratification of their past acts as well as the empty campaign promises of tomorrow.
Dear Stay on Course:
Why did you and your allies recruit, support, and help elect prior board candidates that supplied key votes for the new school (and, in at least one case, get up on their own furniture at the victory party and declare themselves "King of Morrisville")? What does that say about your judgment?
Why over the course of the 712 collective years (or whatever the figure is) that you've lived here and been active here were you never able to accomplish anything notable in the way of repairs or renovations to the decaying existing school buildings?
Why do you have major tendencies to push blame onto everybody but yourselves?
Thanks for the eloquent responses to my questions - ha!
Anyway, quick, somebody list the top 3 amazing things Mike Fitzpatrick did when he was MSD Solicitor. Apparently people (currently on the MSD payroll, so maybe you need to take it with a big grain of salt) are going around saying he was fantastic. For the life of me, I couldn't tell you why.
He failed to make any headway with an MSD merger with a "below Rt. 1 district", as directed by the board. He misinterpreted the Manor Park lease. He promised written responses to public comments from the Jan. 2009 M.R. Reiter closure hearing within a reasonable time, and then delivered garbage 1 year later. He stopped going to MSD board business meetings after a while, started going to Lower Southampton Twp's meetings instead, then decided to run for US Congress, and we pretty much didn't see him again except for maybe a token appearance. He urged "disinfecting sunshine" but didn't speak out against the darkness the board specializes in.
I'm serious - please name some great things he accomplished. I'm stumped. I guess he charged less money and that's what made him great?
Sorry, can't help you.
Sorry, Jon, I got nuthin'
On a different topic, I noticed today that the furniture store on Bridge Street closed, which is a shame. He made some nice stuff. I hope (for him) that the business didn't go under. The good news is there is some prime square footage available for another smoke shop.
Bridge Street...
I think the new lighting on Bridge Street is fantastic. I've heard Burger's buddy, Eileen D. & the newest puppet Debbie Smith complaining about them even though they are now the same as other towns. I would think that when Bridge Street has been dark for any number of years and then there is a lighting project and not on your watch, it would make sense for you to complain about it through your cronies, geez.
The banners on Bridge Street is a perfect example of working with an organization to get a positive result. In Dec council suggested a 3 way partnership with the Morrisville Business Association & the Morrisville Economic Development Corp to cover the last of the money ($10,000) due to Landmark towns and that it looks like that is going to happen. This is a great example of how the current council is fiscally responsible & thinking outside the box compared to the many years of Jane Burger, which got us in debt with Lankmark towns to begin with. (It always should have been a partnership).
I like what Jags has done in front of their shop. I'm glad they moved to Bridge Street. They bothered to put out a bench in front & I think the outdoor barber lighting is clever. They didn't have to make the extra effort and I'm very glad they did.
The bait shop owners are also making quite an effort to fix things up. I liked the old bait shop & was wishing for a fixer upper of the old look. They went a different way & I'm very glad to see that so much extra effort has been taken on the owner's part.
The furniture store on Bridge Street has been in the process of moving for about 2 years. It is a loss for Bridge Street. The owner has had quite a long time to fill the space with another quality business, but we'll just have to wait and see. (crossing fingers) Although it would be filling the space, it would be a shame to cast a negative cloud on the recent Bridge Street improvements with another smoke shop.
Please remember friends, if we want businesses to stay in Morrisville, we have to use them.
Sorry for the ramble.
Dreisburgersmith doesn't want any light to shine around here;it exposes how bankrupt and lame their stand-pat leadreship is.
Thank you for the bridge street info above. I noticed the landmark signs and they look wonderful as well as the improved lighting and the bait shop does look great!
Congrats to Jagz and those that are sticking it out! You are right, everyone in town needs to use our borough businesses so they can stay and thrive and that will bring other businesses in as well. We need more to attract visitors for an afternoon of shopping and dining but if we don't set the example and invite others to visit us, it will not work.
Now, if our district can just increase in rankings and reputation we might have a full list of reasons to live in Morrisville and raise your family.
Can't wait to be a part of that.
Keep up the good work council!
A refreshing contrast to Hellmann CPA's 'I tell everybody not to invest a dime in Morrisville' approach.
Good luck to the Bucks County Technical High Schools Class of 2011---Have a fabulous graduation ceremony, you have made your parents proud! Now go and conquer the world!
Boro Pundit said...
"Maybe its a good idea to debate the dead new school. It's a moot issue, but this board and these candidates should answer to all of the people of Morrisville for all of their decisions. This election is as much a ratification of their past acts as well as the empty campaign promises of tomorrow."
The key word in what the pundit wrote is tomorrow. Yes, the new school is dead, and the taxes are being held to current levels, but in that same time what has happened to move the district and the town forward? IMHO, the answer to that is less than nothing. In true Morrisville tradition, rather than look to a more positive future, we've stagnated and in some areas stepped backwards. We still have crumbling facilities, now even less conducive to a good education as they are forced to accommodate more students across a greater range of grades and needs. We have declining home values and more vacancies. We have no business growth and no great plans for addressing any of these issues. Yet, we have people in charge who look at any change as evil. If we continue in this fashion, the ville will sink further and further into the morass, and any hopes of a renaissance will never be realized. I thought the new school, however painful, might have provided the spark that started such a renaissance. Yes, maybe it is a moot issue, but the next time someone comes along with the vision to see a possible path to breaking out of the stagnation that grips Morrisville, what will you do? Will the leader be villified like Dr. Gibson? Will you retreat into the dreams of glory past? Or will you show the courage and fortitude to fight for a brighter future? Will you take the chance? "But for to assaye," he seyde, "it nought ne greveth;
For he that nought nassayeth, nought nacheveth."
["But to attempt it," he said, "should not grieve:
for he that attempts nothing will nothing achieve."
i.e., Nothing ventured, nothing gained.]
The rules of conduct, the maxims of action, and the tactical instincts that serve to gain small victories may always be expanded into the winning of great ones with suitable opportunity; because in human affairs the sources of success are ever to be found in the fountains of quick resolve and swift stroke; and it seems to be a law inflexible and inexorable that he who will not risk cannot win.
And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.
All your average 'Stay on Courser' hears from this great post is "Blah Blah Blah NEW SCHOOL Blah Blah Blah". I guess I don't have much respect for prideful ignorance, so that's why I think they stink.
Breaking News from WMSB: Hellmann's not that bad.
Speakers must register 24 hours in advance. But don't send out the agenda until there's less than 24 hours before the meeting
Multiple Sunshine Law violations
Don't throw out the rowdies; just build a wall.
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/06/rutgers_board_meeting_closed_f.html
Irony?
Ralph Izzo, chair, Rutgers Board of Governors, who's mentioned in the article, is also President & CEO of PSEG, the parent company of PSE&G. Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Steve Worob work for PSE&G?
Thanks for the tips! Its about time you sandpounding whiners had some good ideas!! Now if we can just rustle up some volunteers to donate the materials and labor to build the wall.
- SOC :(
"Don't throw out the rowdies; just build a wall."
All alone, or in two's,
The ones who really love you
Walk up and down outside the wall.
Some hand in hand
And some gathered together in bands.
The bleeding hearts and artists
Make their stand.
And when they've given you their all
Some stagger and fall, after all it's not easy
Banging your heart against some mad bugger's wall.
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding!
Walls don't hurt heads, the people who bang their heads against them do.
You can learn in a field, but building a wall to stifle dissent is pretty cool too.
The Great Wall of China did wonders for China's centuries long decline into backwardness and humiliation, followed by the millions-killing Mao and iron fisted one party Communist rule.
Just sayin'.
School funding
Poor get poorer
Governor's education funding cuts would penalize the neediest school districts.
Posted: Thursday, June 16, 2011 6:00 am | Updated: 12:50 am, Thu Jun 16, 2011.
Poor get poorer
We understand why Gov. Tom Corbett has proposed slashing more than a billion dollars from state aid to public education. The state is running a $4 billion budget deficit that must be brought down; every area of government funding will be affected as a result. Making the education cuts all the more painful is the fact that former Gov. Ed Rendell grew education funding by allocating federal stimulus money to the schools. This temporary income, which was supposed to pay for “shovel-ready,” job-producing infrastructure projects, now is gone. And so Corbett’s cuts will have a dramatic impact on every public school district in the commonwealth.
What we don’t undersand, perhaps due to some convoluted thinking, is that a disproportionate amount of aid is being taken away from school districts that need it most. These poorer districts, some but not all located in urban areas such as Harrisburg, Allentown and Erie, have higher rates of poverty and cannot raise as much from local taxes. They depend on financial help from the state to keep going.
So why is the governor suggesting that those districts take the biggest hit?
Corbett’s education secretary, Ron Tomalis, said the poorer districts stand to lose the most because they receive the most aid by design under the education funding formula. But those districts genuinely need the most aid and will endure greater suffering if they don’t get it. Doesn’t the governor see the folly in his plan?
Granted, the state’s school funding formula might rival the IRS tax code for complexity. And lawmakers who represent wealthier, suburban districts are perennial critics when it comes to state aid, which they say shrinks for their districts every year even as the total amount for education grows. So the discussion on who gets what isn’t merely mathematical; it’s also political.
Last month, the House passed a budget bill that would send about $240 million more to the schools than Corbett’s budget. But some of that extra money would go to better-off districts instead of the poorer ones. That doesn’t seem to make any sense, either. The Senate is reviewing the House plan, and some money could be redirected to where it’s needed most.
Let’s be clear: There is need in every school district. We don’t know of one that isn’t having serious financial issues.
But there’s need and then there’s NEED, and any budget that takes more from those districts that are barely making ends meet should be dismissed out of hand. If reductions in aid must be disproportionate, shouldn’t the heavier burden be placed on those districts that have more to give?
In case anyone hasn’t noticed, the old ways of running the business of education don’t work anymore. Wealthier school districts are struggling; poorer districts are on life-support. Nothing that’s going on in Harrisburg gives reason to hope that the crisis will end anytime soon.
Singling out poorer school districts for the most sacrifice seems only destined to hasten their collapse. What do the governor and the Legislature have in mind when that happens?
Dear Stay on Course: Why did you and your allies recruit, support, and help elect prior board candidates that supplied key votes for the new school (and, in at least one case, get up on their own furniture at the victory party and declare themselves "King of Morrisville")? What does that say about your judgment? Why over the course of the 712 collective years (or whatever the figure is) that you've lived here and been active here were you never able to accomplish anything notable in the way of repairs or renovations to the decaying existing school buildings? Why do you have major tendencies to push blame onto everybody but yourselves?
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