Pay attention to that $189.5m Edison September School Bond Referendum - it's an ambush in the making!

Well, not for nothing, but according the the Board of Mythomania there's supposed to be a School Bond Referendum on the ballot in September. That's nice, that's in 2 months or so and it's summer now and nobody's going to be around paying attention and guess what?

They've yet to get the approvals from the NJ DoE which is the documents you really need to see as to what they're really doing, what the new additions really are, what the renovations really are, what the construction costs really are per sq. ft., what the soft costs really are, what the state-aid is going to be for new additions and renovations, the actual financing costs and finally what this thingie is actually going to Cost You!

Without this information and time to digest it, it would be impossible for the residents and taxpayers of Edison to have enough information to step into the voting booth. This general and overall presentations they're putting out are just that, general - it doesn't provide what you need to understand what you're being asked to vote on.

Now, don't get me wrong - we need something to address the overcrowding but this may very well turn out Not to be it once you have enough information to understand it. And certainly, without this information in time - this attempt would be nothing less than an ambush on your sympathy and your pocketbooks.

Towards that end, I sent an email to the Board asking when they expect to be able to provide this information. And since I don't expect Jerry 'Needs to Step-down' Shi' to respond to my query - I'm hoping one of the other Board Members will provide the information.

Here's the email:

Anyhoo, don't be complacent on this Proposed Bond Referendum - it's too Big to get Wrong!