Friday, October 11, 2024
On Nov. 5th, Don't make it choice between Schneider or Shi - Either Way, You'll Lose
Thursday, October 10, 2024
Edison Regular Council Meeting - October 9, 2024
Well, a Big Shout-out to Charlie Kratovil of New Brunswick today for his comments during this meeting and for posting this meeting on his You Tube page.
Said it before and will say it again - Council President Nish 'Choo-choo' Patel aka, Nish 'Don't Let Brescher Speak' Patel needs to Step-down as Council President. He just continues to make a mockery out of the Council Chamber Meetings.
Here's the October 9, 2024 Regular Council Meeting
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Top 10 Bumper Stickers for Jerry 'ReferenDumb' Shi, aka Mr. Shi-shed, Mr. Pac Man - Paid for by his Get Me Out of Forced Retirement Fund
10. Vote for Me, I'm Jerry Shi - Lousy with Community.
9. Vote for Shi - he Put the 'Dumb' in ReferenDumb.
8. Vote for Shi - he Saved you Millions but You can't See it.
7. Vote for Shi - 3-Terms wasn't enough to Fix the Overcrowding.
6. Vote for Shi - he'll Respect any Opinion as Long as it's His.
5. Vote for Shi - he needs 1 more term to be Awarded his School District Logo Underwear.
4. Vote for Shi - Candidates with Conflicts of Interest are only a Problem if they're Not on his ticket.
3. Vote for Shi - he's Working on Shi-shed 4.
2. Vote for Me I'm Jerry Shi - that's all he's Got.
1. Run Shi Run - on Shi's Rear Bumper, on Schneider's Front Bumper.
Sunday, September 29, 2024
Well, here's Brian 'the Mulligan Man' Rivera's 2nd attempt to get the Vote right on September 30th - even though an extension Now is so wrong.
Well, here's the new Super Contract that was just posted - extended now for another year.
Thursday, September 26, 2024
ETEA BOE Candidates Night - 2024
Well, last night they had the annual ETEA BOE Candidates Night. This year there are 7 candidates vying for 3 seats.
Column 1 is the Edison Students First slate of Ralph Errico, Jerry Shi (both former BOE members) and Ronak Patel.
Column 2 is Dimple Malhotra.
Column 3 is the Champions for Students slate of Doug Schneider, Brian Rivera (both Incumbents) and Manoj Jaitly.
Candidates:
Candidates Night:
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Pat attention to what's going on over there on Mythomania Lane on September 30th
Well, looks like the Board of Mythomania, aka Board of Ed-Dems, Board of Hoarders, Board of Dysfunction and now Board of Unsavory Actions are up to their usual nonsense again.
According to their meeting schedule published on their website, the September Public Meeting will have the $36 million J Marshall Lease/Purchase Financing and the Super's 1-Year Contract Extension up for vote.
Let's start with the Super's 1-Year Contract Extension. Thanks to this sorry excuse of a Board Member.
Thanks to this guy trying to pass that 1-year extension in a Caucus Meeting without Public Notice and No disclosure of what the Cost and terms would be or even if the Super agreed to the terms, they have to do a 'Mulligan' at the September 30th Public Meeting.
Apparently, Brian 'the Mulligan Man' Rivera doesn't know that you can't do that without a Public notice or he's trying salvage his reelection after Not supporting the Super to be appointed Super.
As for the Super's 1-year Contract Extension at this time, it's purely political and totally not necessary at this time. The Super's current contract is for 4-Years and 10.5 months and runs from August 16, 2023 through June 30, 2028. This contract with Salary & Perks, according to their website, goes from $387,557 for 2023-24 to $426,274 for 2027-28
Why would they want to extend his contract now when he's only 1-Year into his almost 5-Year Current Contract. Their excuse is the 5-Year Strategic Plan, which is about a bogus and far-fetched as they are. Even if you buy into that fairytale, wouldn't you want to see how the plan works out over the next year or two before you commit to another year?
There's no valid reason since it's way too early to be talking about an extension.
Of course, this is what's wrong with this Board - there's No Financial Oversight:
Let's move on to that J Marshall $36 million Lease/Purchase Financing without any disclosure of what the construction and financing costs are before the vote. Of course, it's always important to ask how something they originally estimated to cost $30 million or so is now up to $36 million - as they continue to piss money away on these piecemeal projects that won't solve the overcrowding.
You know Lease/Purchase projects are the Worst. You get No State Aid and it bypasses any Voter approval for Capital additions.
So, what are the construction and financing costs they used to come up with $36 million and what that 1-Year Super Contract Extension will Cost? Your guess is as good as mine but let's see if we can get those documents through OPRA. The Board may not care or understand what they're exactly voting on but the Public needs to know.
Anyhoo, this Board is so desperate to hide their unsavory actions and avoid answering questions that they've eliminated all Caucus Meeting for the balance of the year. Think about what that means for a second or two.
Friday, September 20, 2024
Top 10 Things Jerry 'ReferenDumb' Shi leaves off his Campaign Flyer in his Undeserved Bid on Nov. 5th to Get Back on the School Board
10. His twice failed architect driven $300 million Bond Referendums were Too Much of a Financial Burden for Too Little a Solution, which leaves School Overcrowding a major problem today. A huge waste of money including providing money for 3 elections to try and force it through - despite the Voters wishes.
9. He claims to of Saved the taxpayers millions when he Saved the taxpayers Nothing.
8. He changed the Board of Ed into the Board of EdDems.
7. He Disenfranchised both the Public and Fellow Board Members with his Dictatorial and Inept Leadership style and demeanor over his 9 years on the Board.
6. He tries to claim credit for that $100 million bogus piecemeal (with understated costs) plan that won't solve the Overcrowding yet goes around telling everyone that the some costs of that piecemeal plan are running twice the original estimates. He wants to claim credit for doing something while trying to blame others for the doubling costs.
5. He likes Hoarding $30-$40 million in taxpayer monies.
4. He wouldn't return $3 million to the taxpayers when they had DOE approval to do so.
3. He Claims a Zero School tax increase over the last 3 years that's Not true. They kept the School tax Levy flat over the last 3 years but Not the School tax rate. The School tax rate went up 5.3-cents in 2022, down by 3.1-cents in 2023 and down another 1.3-cents in 2024. But don't be misled, in 2024 the 1.3-cents reduction in the School tax rate had nothing to do with their cuts to their Out-of-Control $pending - it was all due to the increase in the Rateables. The $pending actually went up by some $51 million.
2. He Never has a Problem with Conflicts of Interest on the Board - as long as the Conflicted is Running on His Ticket.
1. He Spends most of his time competing with and trying to undermine Board Members on the other side of the Board of EdDems in the Struggle to Control and Mis-$pend all those hundreds of millions of dollars.