Edison Super Senor O'Malley on Senor O'Malley's tenure

Saw this update piece here in MYCENTRALJERSEY.COM - 'Edison schools chief to focus on security in final year of contract.'

I'm glad to see that Super Dr. Richard 'Looking for the Exit Ramp' O'Malley will be focusing on one major issue during the next 16 months (as he prepares to step down from his position) - school security.

Now, I'm all for security in our schools and we should do everything possible to make sure our schools are safe. Yup, it will cost some more money but sometimes there are things you just have to do, in spite of the cost.

So, I would support any reasonable and well-thought out plan that the board comes up, whether it be staffing, building improvements or a combination of both.

As for the rest of Señor O'Malley's take on Señor O'Malley's tenure in this piece - seems it's best if you take anything with numbers with a grain of salt.

In  all fairness, he does deserve some credit during his 'past nine years in Edison' which started with a contract signed in November 2010 with a start date on or before February 7, 2011. By O'Malley's math, those past seven years are rounded to nine years - but who is counting!?!

As for his summary of his performance over the past whatever years, here's his actual numbers:

And let's not forget about all that hoarded tax-payer relief money and reserves they used to increase $pending over the years with these bloated pots of money they call school budgets. If we ever went to zero-based budgeting in this district, we'd have school-tax rate reduction that would be a true eye-opener.

As for all those building improvements they made without any bonding - ever hear of lease-purchase agreements that are used to finance these type things - it's a way around getting voter approval for capital additions.

As for James Monroe, what about the $`1.5 million in penalties we had to pay because we didn't finish on time. And remember, this was paid for with $23 million in insurance - but you do have to wonder whey they went out and asked the public for a referendum with a cost of $28 million.

You can see more on this thingies in previous posts in this blog.

Let's hope Señor O'Malley is successful in his lame-duck year - as long as he stays away from any numbers.

And let's not forget to give the Board of Mythomania a Big Thank You for putting us in this dilemma in the first place with Señor O'Malley and you really gotta give a Big Shout-out to Senor O'Malley on this move. Nicely done.

Anyhoo, good to know that we have the choice to pay off someone's contract or keep them around after they resigned for up to another 16 months.