Sunday, May 3, 2020

Top 10 Reasons Why You Don't Mind the Board of Mythomania's $277.2m 'Twilight-Zone' School Budget for 2020-21

10. Because you don't mind they're Raising their Out-of-Control $pending by $15.1 million (5,76%) up to $277.2m million - while You wonder how you'll be paying the bills you have Right Now.

9. Because you don't mind they're Raising the FY Tax Levy by $10.3 million (4.59%) up to $235.0 million - while You wonder how you're going to keep up with  own mortgage payments Right Now.

8. Because You don't mind they're  Raising the FY Tax Rate by some 14-cents up to 21-cents (Per $100) and the Average School Tax Increase to $256.38, which is some 4.5 times the $57.05 it was last year - while You wonder how you're going to keep up with your property taxes Right Now.

7. Because You don't mind they're Raising the Capital Spending to $13.9 million for Lincoln School in this year's school budget since they wasted 2 years on a ShiReferen-Dumb that didn't work - while You wonder how you're going to keep up just maintaining your own home Right Now.

6. Because you don't mind that they want to add another 33 people to the payroll while Not Disclosing to you in this budget that they already added 18 people and hid it from you with their Staffing 'Shell-Game - while You wonder when you're going to be able to see your next paycheck Right Now.

5. Because you don't mind (during this most heinous virus when you're not paying attention) that they're doing all this in the background with seriously delusional Mythomania arithmetic - while You wonder how you going to keep yourself and others safe Right Now.

4. Because you don't mind the excess Money-grab now of ridiculous proportions that stinks up this school budget - while You sit in lockdown and try and fumble your way through Zoom to even have a say, if you even know about it Right Now.

3. Because you don't mind being the only stakeholder left out of the loop in the decision-making process for these now Ridiculously Out-of-Control $pending Budgets - while You wonder how you going to even come up with your own budget Right Now.

2. Because you don't mind that they're acting disproportionately to the circumstances at hand and turning a blind-eye to the taxpayers - while You wonder in lockdown why they would continue to do this to you Right Now.

1. Because you don't mind the School Board is and always was Taxpayer-unfriendly with Pocketbook tunnel-vision that always treated the People of Edison as nothing more than cash cows - while You sit home worrying how you're gonna take care of your family during this Pandemic and economic turndown and ponder  how they could be so oblivious and void of empathy and compassion to what's going on Right Now.

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