Mail-in Ballots out for March 10th '2nd Bite of the Poison Apple' from over there on Pierson Ave.- at the intersection of Mythomania Lane and Dysfunction Junction!

Well, it's the same ridiculous, ill-conceived, opaque, piecemeal and overpriced $189.5m (less a few meaningless bucks) Money Grab, aka School Bond Referendum - You Already Voted Down on December 10, 2019. 

It will triple the school tax increase you paid in 2019 for the next 30-years.

Don't be foolish and fall for their chicanery - you will seriously regret it.

VOTE NO AGAIN!

Anyhoo, at least we're comforted in the knowledge that the Board of Mythomania really cares what you decided on December 10, 2019.

School State Aid 2020-21

Well, just saw this on the NJ DOE website - here you go:

By County:

Middlesex County:

For Edison, last year's increase was $3,203,861 (16.21%) and this year's increase is $4,348,992 (18.93%).

Top 50 Increases in aid:

Top 50 Decreases in aid:

Anyhoo, it is what it is.

Just a Heads-up about Super Dr. Bernie 'ShiReferen-DUMB-ER' Bragen

Well, if you follow New Super Bragen's @edisonsupt twitter account - Beware!

Apparently, if you disagree with or challenge any of his tweets he puts out about the school district and his leadership thereof, this is what happens to you:

Now, you really have to ask yourself - if he's allowed to use an @edisonsupt twitter handle and make public comments about the school district, then why are replies to his tweets that challenge and/or offer a different opinion being Blocked?

Is he just a Twitter Blocker?:

Is this what $245k gets you?

Seems a tad bit unfair that he can make any public statements he wants about the school district using the @edisonsupt twitter handle, yet there can be no public replies to his tweets unless they agree with his message. Not exactly what you call school district transparency.

Don't really care what he says in his personal twitter account but when he ties it to the school district, then he's speaking as the Super of the Edison School District.

Seems his position is that it's his Twitter account and says 'My twitter account with the handle @edisonsupt is used to promote the messages that I believe best serve the mission of the school district and my leadership of it. I control that and do not allow anyone on my platform to take away from that message, and I have a right to do so.'

Maybe he does or maybe he doesn't but it's certainly not good for the school district or his leadership to Block any comments from the People of Edison just because they may not agree with or offer a different opinion about the school district or his leadership than what he is putting out in the public.

So, what's the School Board's position on Dr. Bragen using the @edisonsupt twitter handle and Blocking any replies that don't agree with his message he's putting out in the public?

I don't know but I asked them. When they tell me what it is, I'll pass it along.

Anyhoo, if you follow @edisonsupt and said anything that differs from his message or anything about his leadership, then you better check your twitter account.

Just a Reminder - Don't be a 'ShiReferenDUMB-ER!' - VOTE NO AGAIN on MARCH 10TH

Well, it's the same ridiculous, ill-conceived, opaque, piecemeal and overpriced $189.5m (less a few meaningless bucks) Money Grab, aka School Bond Referendum, You Already Voted Down on December 10, 2019. It will triple the school tax increase you paid in 2019 for the next 30-years.

Here, take a peek at their numbers:

It really is an Outrageous $302,407,450 for a 'Shi-Shed!':

The only Return on your 'Investment' here, if you were to be so foolish and Vote for this disaster, will be your naiveté to the antics of Shi and his band of architects.

Here take a look:



Anyhoo, just Remember to Vote NO again on March 10th and be aware the Voting hours are now shortened to 12:00PM to 8:00PM.

'7 Processing Clerks' get to Vote themselves a 50% Salary Hike Monday Night - DUH!?!

Well, looks like the '7 Processing Clerks' get to Vote to give themselves a 50% Salary Hike at next Mondays Combined Council meeting - a day before Mayor Tom 'Now 21.95% but Won't Debate' ChoiLankey's State of the Township address.

Geez, you wonder what will they do - what will they do?

You have to admit, it's well deserved with their outstanding demonstration of Checks & Balances over Señor Lankey's oligarchy stewardship for the last 6 years:

You also have to admit that it's some record when you adopt every single Muni-tax increase Señor Lankey ever proposed without finding a single penny to cut. Hey, that's hard work raising Muni-taxes 21.95% and not seeing anything to change before you adopt the Muni-budget.

You also have to admit that's it's some record for that 'Committee of the Whole' in search of themselves to be still chasing down that Racist Flyer two years later. Hey, that's hard work to be looking that foolish for so long and not care.

Committee of the Hole:

You also have to admit that it was quite a feat to hide Señor Lankey's 4.15% Muni-tax hike that quietly showed up in your 4th qtr. tax bills. Hey, that's hard work ambushing the People of Edison for what was supposed to be a 1.3% tax hike but waiting until after the election, of course.

Finally, you also have to admit that we don't want to diminish Councilman Sam 'the Weathervane Millennial' Joshi's dreams of being just like this when he grows up and puts his Big-boy pants on:

But hey, it least we're comforted in the knowledge that there's still enough time for Joshi to see which way the wind is blowing before the Vote on Monday Night!

Anyhoo, you get the type of governance you deserve here in the 'DemBadLands' over there at 100 Oligarchy Blvd.! Enjoy it.

To the Board of Mythomania's 'Captive Audience': Don't be fooled by their chicanery, You deserve a Better Plan that this! Vote NO on March 10th!

Well, looks like the district schools and website are being bombarded with a bunch of literature about the March 10th 2nd Bite of the apple.

Don't be fooled. It's the same idiotic, ill-conceived, opaque, piecemeal and overpriced $189.5m Money Grab plan (minus a few meaningless bucks) that was Voted down on December 10th.

Here, take a look at this tear-jerker on their website:

Geez, really - they ask what your child's education is worth? They apparently already know over there at the intersection of Mythomania Lane and Disfunction Junction.

But You should know that it's Too Much of a Financial Burden for Too Little a Solution! Don't drink the Kool-aid - the only Return on this 'Investment in the Kids' will be Your Naiveté to Shi and his band of architects. You need to make them come up with something reasonable, practical and affordable that actually moves towards solving the overcrowding problem.

And let's not forget New Super Dr. Bernie 'ShiReferenDumb-er' Bragen's contribution after his thorough and exhausting review, I'm sure:

Yup - there's $245k worth of help:

Further, looks like the Board isn't satisfied with just trying to triple what you paid in school taxes last year for the next 30 years with this ridiculous bond referendum, now they're saying that they're going to dip into the Banked Cap with this year's school budget.

What that means is they're going to raise your school taxes some more and above the 2% Cap and wait, it gets better and even more insulting, for Overcrowding.

Anyhoo, just Remember to Vote NO again on March 10th and be aware that the Voting hours are now shortened to 12:00PM to 8:00PM.

Stench of that 2017 Racist Flier Still Lingers over Edison - thanks to the Committee of the Whole!

Well, saw this excerpt of the last Edison Council Meeting on Keith Hahn's FaceBook page:

You don’t have to be a Detective to figure this out. When asked about the Committee of the Whole Investigation Councilman Joshi states “ the federal postal inspector agency is the lead and we can’t do anything about it.” Councilman Brescher responds “ when they say it’s under investigation I think that’s a lie. It’s either a lie or I’m being withheld information” I happen to agree with Councilman Brescher if the Committee is going to withhold information to cover for someone they should reimburse the taxpayer.



Keith's got it right but I'd go a step further. If they know who is behind it and don't disclose it to the People of Edison, then they should all step-down and the bogus 'Committee of the Whole' in Search of themselves should be disbanded. They're just disgraceful.

Kudos to Councilman Brescher for calling out Sam 'the Weathervane Millennial' Joshi - he had a chance to put his Big-boy pants on for the People of Edison but didn't. No wonder he's literally the Poster-child for Wards. He needs to go, along with the rest of the Committee of the Whole - it's nothing but a bad joke, all on the taxpayers' dime.

Committee of the Hole:

Anyhoo, at least we're comforted in the knowledge that they won't give Brescher the names of those supposedly already identified.

Top 10 'Go Fund-em' Reasons if Council doesn't get their 50% salary increase tonight

10. Because the ‘Committee of the Whole’ still in search of themselves after two years deserve more money for their hard work.

  9. Because Joyce Ship-Freeman needs to go to that newly created (must be expensive) class for first-time council members who miraculously get elected council president.

  8. Because Sam ‘the Weathervane Millennial’ spends so much time in self-promotion that he keeps forgetting to buy some Big-boy pants.

  7. Because they’ve been processing El Jefe Lankey’s paperwork for so long that they all need to spend some money now to have their tunnel-vision corrected.

  6. Because Bob ‘See No Conflict’ Diehl needs to spend some money now so he’s prepared in advance for when term limits finally kick in.  

  5. Because Joe ‘Mayor of Clara Barton’ Coyle needs to be motivated to get the Farmer’s Market up and running again.

  4. Because Ajay Patil needs to take a class in ‘How to pick running mates’ since he aligned himself with Joyce Ship-Freeman and didn’t see who she was aligned with.

  3. Because they all need to go to a class on how to put Muni-budgets together before the budget year is actually over.

  2. Because you want all of them to have a few extra bucks so they want to be part of solving the Overcrowding problem, which is a Town Problem - for real this time.

  1. Because they’ll really need the extra bucks if they think they can raise your taxes by 21.95% as part of Lankey’s Oligarchy and expect a 50% increase in salary for it.

'7 Processing Clerks' up for 50% Salary increase tonight

Well, must be nice when you can vote yourself a raise and not have to wait until after the next election for it to take effect.

Be that as it may - the 7 Processing Clerks, aka Edison Council, has it on the agenda for tonight's meeting. Seems they want to raise the Council President up to $19,500.00 and Council Members to $18,000.00.

Why they think they deserve a raise is beyond me - but it's not a surprise since they're use to raising things around here in the 'DemBadLands' of Downtown Edison. They went Step-in-Step with Mayor Tom 'Now 21.95% but Won't Debate' ChoiLankey's tax increases since he assumed the Role of El Jefe!

Here, see for yourself that they Never met a Lankey Tax increase they didn't agree with under his stewardship:

But wait, it gets better over there at 100 Oligarchy Blvd.

Remember when they hid and ambushed you with those 3rd Qtr. Estimated tax bills saying there was only a 1.3% Muni tax hike, when in reality it was a 4.15% hike that secretly hit you in Your 4th Qtr tax bills -  without them telling you anything about it.

And finally, here's a Muni tax increase you never hope to see happen to you again:

Anyhoo, the Edison Council doesn't deserve a salary increase, they need something else much more important. Lankey should take that money and spend it on some classes for the '7 Processing Clerks' in the meaning and functioning of 'Checks & Balances' - but hey, it just goes to prove a point about our Strong Mayor, Weak Council form of government..that it's half-true, we have a Weak Council.

Don't be a 'ShiReferenDUMB-ER!' - VOTE NO AGAIN ON MARCH 10TH

Just a Reminder about the Biggest thing going on Now - that you're Not hearing about unless, of course, you're part of the captive audience!

Don't be foolish enough to sign-on with this 2nd Bite of the apple for what Shi and his band of architects decided is best for You. It's still the same Ridiculous, ill-conceived, Opaque, Piecemeal and Overpriced $189.5m (less a few bucks that really doesn't matter) Money Grab, aka School Bond Referendum.

The only Return on your 'Investment' will be Huge School Tax Bills for the next 30-years, which you will surely regret.

Too Much of a Financial Burden for Too Little a Solution!

Vote this thing down Again and make them put together something that's reasonable, practical and affordable for all the stakeholders. This surely isn't it.

Anyhoo, at least we're comforted in the knowledge that New Super Dr. Bernie 'ShiReferen-DUMB-ER' Bragen did a thorough review and went right along with this March 10th 2nd Bite of the apple.