Top 10 New Year's Resolutions for the 'DemBadLands' of Downtown Edison

 10. That Council President Joe 'the Florist' Coyle stop embarrassing himself and steps down as President after spending a year blocking both Council and Public query, input and interaction into the stewardship of an ill-prepared 'Malleable Marionette' of a Mayor.

9. That the 3-Amigos from the 'Committee of the Hole', Now Mayor Sam 'Mr. Shrink-flation' Joshi, Now Chief of Staff Bob 'See No Conflict' Diehl and Now Council President Joe 'the Florist' Coyle after 5-years - actually find some time in their busy schedules and actually get to the bottom of the 2017 Racist Flyer, as promised years ago.

8. That Mayor Sam 'Mr. Shrink-flation' Joshi's Ridiculous $158.1 million Muni-Budget for 2022 that more than doubles the Admin Spending along with a tax increase - gets declared a 'Free Tax Appeal Zone' so the Residents and Taxpayers can offset all that wasteful spending included in their Property tax bills.

7. That Council Person Joyce 'She's on the Council?' Ship-Freeman moves on to doing what she does best like when she's at Store or Business Openings in town and becomes a Walmart Greeter and stops wasting a seat on the Council.

6. That Council Person John 'I'll be Brief' Poyner either stops saying he'll be brief before he rambles on forever or actually be brief when he speaks.

5. That the Edison Board of Education's ED Center Building be renovated into an Octagon to make it easier for all to watch the Dem-party infested wasteful and unproductive School Board fighting going on all the time.

4. That School Board President Doug 'Mr. Hospitality' Schneider and Former Board President Jerry 'ReferenDumb' Shi find a way of working with each other for the benefit of the kids and not for themselves. Either way, with their inept leadership - it would be totally delusional if either one was ever be elevated to Board President again.

3. That with Bloated and Out-of-Control School $pending Budgets of $300 million over there on Mythomania Lane, the Board Members should spend a few few bucks and learn how to read it and actually SEE and understand what's really in it before they vote on these catastrophes year after year.

2. That the newly appointed Interim Super Aldarelli not get caught up in the twisted politics and in-fighting of the School Board.

1. That the People of Edison recognize that the only chance to change things in this one-party town is to stop backing the differing factions of the Dem-party. That won't change things no matter who wins - it's still the Dem-party. You need to make the switch over to Wards by public petition and bring government closer to the People.

Christmas in Edison 2022 - Jingle Bells..Jingle Bells

                        Christmas in Downtown Edison – 2022 

Twas’ three weeks before Christmas and those sly little elves,

 ‘Mr. Shrink-flation & Mr. Hospitality’ labored hard to benefit themselves. 

One doubling the Admin Budget to $2 million and the other Hoarding $3 million in tax relief,

both Too High a Financial Burden and Too Low a Credible Belief.

 

One who Sneakily Hiked his Pay from $49K to $75K and then to $150K the Council made easy,

and the other ignoring DOE guidelines that would of Reduced $3 million in the School Tax Levy.

Not remotely caring a tad bit what the People might think, 

they again place Politics before People in spite of the lingering and now prolonged stink.

 

One has a Council that is Still in Search of that 2017 Racist Flyer,

and the other doesn’t see his inept leadership leaves the Board of Ed in utter mire.

If ‘Mr. Shrink-flation’ were seriously qualified to run this town,

then why is that 2017 Racist Flyer Stench Still Lingering and Bringing Edison down?   

 

One has a $100k Day Care Provider to Keep the town from Running off the rails,

while the other allows a Super's Contract Renegotiation to fail.

One also has a Council which limits public input for his lack of experience and scrutiny,

without a Department Head in sight to query or see.

And the other runs a dysfunctional School Board lacking cohesive experience,

being way to busy fighting each other's differing political deviance. 

And putting their thumbs to the tip of their noses while laughing at You and Me, 

‘Mr. Shrink-flation’ can’t hide his Malleable Marionette status in town for all to see.

And ‘Mr. Hospitality’ with his Dem-party infested and corrupted Board of EdDems play, 

shows how School Board inexperience and knowledge prevents him from leading the way.

 

They’re not concerned about disrespecting the people of Edison on any given day, 

dubious transparency, misinformation, misdirection and cross-contamination is their ruling way. 

‘Mr. Shrink-flation’ should of Never been helped to bypass the Edison People to stay in play,

so he continues with Outside Dem-party help who will now rule over us in their misguided way.

 

So, while we all scratch our heads and say What’s Going On in this town,

‘Mr. Shrink-flation’ will just be a Malleable Marionette for the Powers that be with his usual frown, 

And then there’s the Board of EdDems continuing to rule in their authoritarian way, 

yet still can’t put forth a cohesive plan to solve the Overcrowding on any given day.

 

In this season of giving, ‘Mr. Shrink-flation’ & Mr. Hospitality’ are Big Mistakes, 

‘Mr. Shrink-flation’ will be controlled by the County Powers that Be with all their usual takes.

And ‘Mr. Hospitality’ needs to be Removed from his Leadership role come January, 

and Voted Out as Board President to end the Edison People’s long weary.

 

If in this feeling I’m not alone, 

then take up your pen or pick up the phone. 

Let ‘Mr. Shrink-flation & Mr. Hospitality’ know that it's People Not Politics, 

and You’re tired of all their disrespectful and self-serving tactics.

 

With one delegated to Events Coordinator and the other just a Barista across town, 

enjoy what you did to yourself but don’t complain while you continue on this Merry-Go-Round.

 

And I heard him exclaim with an inexperienced Mayor and School Board President in hand, 

Merry Christmas to Edison and let all the People again be Scammed!?!

 

Geez, $150,000 for an Event Coordinator?!?

 Well, who'd of thought that we would be paying someone $150,000 to be an Events Planner. Guess the County powers that be are giving this hand-picked Malleable Marionette something to do to pass time while they get what they want and make him a one-termer.

But hey, look at the bright side. Maybe 'Mr. Hospitality' over there on Mythomania Lane can give 'Mr. Shrink-flation' a job when the County is done with him.

Anyhoo, at least we're comforted in the knowledge that Edison, the Home of the 2017 Racist Flyer, can be turned into a Winter Wonderland. 

The Three Amigos Chattin' it up - Can you Still Smell the Stench Hanging over this Town?!?

 Good to see these three having a good old time but didn't they say they wouldn't rest until they got to the bottom of that 2017 racist Flyer?

Well, one-party politics here in the 'DemBadLands' of Downtown Edison sure makes for strange bedfellows, doesn't it? 

Guess it's true what they say - there's no political friends, no political enemies, just political opportunities.

But hey, it doesn't go without any rewards - Pay increases all around:

• Council President - up to $18,500
• Council Member to COS - $100,000
• Mayor - $49,000 to $150,000

Welcome to Edison - Home of the 2017 Racist Flyer.

What happens when sleazy politics shows up at the wrong venue.

Anyhoo, at least we're comforted in the knowledge that 'Mr. Shrink-flation' goes no where without his Hot line to the County Red-phone and day care provider.

Election Day 2022 - Make Your Voice Heard

 Well, today's the day to make Your Voice Heard. 

Regardless of your political preferences or choices make sure you Get Out and Vote.

Those who show up to Vote - Decide.

Don't let others Decide for You.

In the words of Willie Nelson:

'The Biggest Job We Got is called the Ballot Box and if you don't like who's in there Vote them Out.'

Anyhoo, remember - it's your chance to show who is in charge.

When you're enjoying watching the Little ones play - and you see this

 Well, that's one way to ruin the fun and take away from the Little ones Big Win but at least we know who the panderers are in this November 8th School Board Election - and who is behind them. 

All the reason you need to avoid Column 1 tomorrow - unless of course you want the County to take over the School Board, like they already did with the town.

Of course you have to wonder what these BoE candidates are doing there for a turf field announcement for the Little ones or why 'Mr. Shrink-flation' brought them.

What, you're gonna get a new turf field for the Little ones that hasn't even been designed yet - So, Vote for Column 1 tomorrow that has nothing to do with it?

Uh..Duh.

The announcement could of been made at a better choice of venue and not take away from the Little ones Big Win - and without the BoE candidates of choice in tow playing Kissy-face looking for Votes.

Make you wonder though - who's he gonna drag out if we ever get a new Community Center?

All I wanted to do was to watch a little football and wouldn't you know it, the Stench Hanging over this town Blew in to Stink it up.

Anyhoo, might as well label 'Mr. Shrink-flation' for what this is and give them a Big Thanks for ruining the day with their embarrassing yet obvious wrong place, wrong time pandering.

On Nov. 8th, Vote Out the Failed Incumbents but Be Careful Who You Vote For

 Well, I'm for anyone voting for who or what ever they want with this politically corrupt Dem-party infested Board of EdDems.

However, at least recognize the Dismal Failures of this School Board under the inept leadership of the last two Board Presidents - Doug 'Mr. Hospitality' Schneider and Jerry 'ReferenDumb' Shi and start by Voting Out all Incumbents as they come up for reelection (See my take on this School Board Election/Candidate pool in the October 26th post). 

In this Election, Vote Out Shivi 'the Chameleon' Prasad-Madhukar, Kevin 'the County Clone' Hajduk and Shannon 'the Shi-shed' Mimic' Peng. Don't carry Failure Forward.

While You Should Vote out the Incumbents - Be Careful How You Vote.

You May Not like What You Get.

Anyhoo, at least we're comforted in the knowledge that the Peng & Pandya slates in the Election have No 11-Day or 29-Day Pre-election filings of funding and expenses on NJ Elec - as of yesterday. 

NJ Elec Filings - Nov. 8th Edison School Board Election posted as of today

 Well, was curious about the money being spent in this Nov. 8th Edison School Board Election so I looked at the NJ Elec site today and the only 11-Day Pre Election and 29-Day Pre Election Reports filed were for Stronger Brighter Futures slate along with their individual filings of Shivi Madhukar, Kevin Hajduk and Manasi Mathur.

Didn't find anything filed for the 11-Day or 29-Day Pre Election Reports for the other slates of Students First and Students, Teachers First as well as for Christo Makropoulos for Protect the Children.

Here are the Stronger Brighter Futures filings:

Anyhoo, if anybody knows where the filings for the other slates are - just let me know.

Nov. 8th BoE Election - Vote out the Incumbents and Stop Rewarding Failure

 Don't Reward Failure or Carry it forward. Failed to properly address Overcrowding, Failed to properly address the Super Contract, Failed to Stop the County from hand-picking the person for the open board seat, Failed to Recognize the Stakeholder that pays all the bills and Return $3 million to the taxpayers (allowable under DOE guidelines) in the 2022-23 School Budget and even perhaps the most self-serving - allowing this totally inexperienced tool of the County (who can't even vote on the biggest items before the Board) to be Board President in his first year on the School Board.

One is true Chameleon clone who places her own survival on the Board by playing politics over the best interest of all the Stakeholders, One who is a hand-picked County clone and One who is a Shi-shed clone.

Enough is enough of their failures and with the Diem-bot battles over there on Mythomania Lane.

Look out for Your Property tax bill for a change and take Willie Nelson's advice:

Anyhoo, be Smart and Take Back Control of the School Board from its inept leadership.

Mr. Shrink-flation's Vision for Edison Wards - Same Representation, Just NO South-Side of town

 Well, that's one way to get rid of the dumping ground side of town. Good to know there's a proposal for a North-Side, an East-Side and a West-Side.

Got to wonder where the $100k baby-sitter was on this one to keep the town from running off the rails.

Oh wait, I forgot about the help from this Malleable Marionette's puppet:

Not for nothing, but if we're not going to do anything with the 'Committee of the Hole' anymore (with Bob 'See No Conflict' Diehl now 'Mr. Shrink-flation's $100k Chief of Staff) and giving huge merit-less pay raises to the Mayor and Council when people are struggling to put food on the table and gas in their cars, shouldn't we then just spend some of that Ridiculous Admin money in that $158.1 million 2022 Muni-budget and update all the town's border markers, and get it over with?

Just a heads-up to 'Mr. Shi-shed' about his 'Students First' Board of Education ticket on November 8th - Putting Joe Romano on top of all the lawn signs to get the South-Side Vote isn't going to work - looks like there isn't a South-Side of town anymore. Unlucky.

Anyhoo, this is the kind of nonsense you voted for - enjoy.

Some Top 10 Bumper Stickers for the Nov. 8th School Board Election

 10. Participate in this Nonpartisan Election - Vote for your Chosen Dem-party Slate.

9. Run Shivi Run - On Shivi's Rear Bumper and Shi's Front Bumper.

8. Vote for Hajduk - We need to keep up our imports from the South Palinfield School District.

7. Vote for Romano - Shi is desperate for the South-side Vote.

6. Vote for Peng - Shi is working on his Version 3.0 Shi-shed Bond ReferenDumb.

5. Vote for Pandya - He needs a stepping stone to the Council.

4. Vote for Shivi - She'll always change her colors to stay on the Board.

3. Vote for M. Patel - He wants to give our highly paid teachers - Bonuses.

2. Vote for Christo - He's the Dem-party infested School Board's Kryptonite.

1. Vote for Education - Not for Dem-party Infestation.

Edison's November 8th School Board Election Political Follies

 Well, you had to know that moving the School Board elections to November in this all Dem-party town (where the Perils of One-party Rule have long Become a Reality) that it wouldn't be long before the differing factions within the party would fight to infiltrate and politicize the School Board to gain control over all that money that comes with $300 million School Budgets and a whole bunch more that is sitting in reserves being hoarded - the bulk of which comes from your property taxes.

A mistake that has led to the inept political leaderships of the last two Board Presidents of Doug 'Mr. Hospitality' Schneider and Jerry 'ReferenDumb' Shi, aka Mr. Shi-shed - inexperienced and clueless and close-minded and dictatorial, respectively. 

Both failing to move the school district forward and properly dealing with the most critical issues before them and being resident and taxpayer unfriendly to boot. You can see a list of their failures in previous posts.

Be that as it may, we are now faced with a continuation of this nonsense with the slates put together for this November 8th election.

First of all, you should not allow this political nonsense to go on and immediately Remove all the Incumbents when they come up for reelection. 

So, you should not continue to Reward Failure or carry it forward by reelecting Shivi 'the Chameleon' Prasad-Madhukar, Kevin 'the Hand-Picked' County Guy' Hajduk and Shannon 'the Shi-bot' Peng. One who places her own political survival on the Board over the Best interests of all the Stakeholders, one who came out of nowhere with help from the County Super and one who does nothing but mimic Mr. Shi-shed.

You should Never Vote for Slates. Slates are put together for the benefit of those running and/or the forces behind them - it's Not for your benefit.

You should always Vote for People Not Slates.

Anyway, let's take a look at these slates now. There are 3 different slates and Christo running alone.

Column 1 consisting of Incumbents Kevin Hajduk, Shivi Prasad-Madhukar and Newbie Manasi Mathur. This slate is obviously being pushed by the County and the last thing you want to happen is for the County to take over the School Board. They've already taken over the town with their Malleable Marionette 'Mr. Shrink-flation' and you can see how well that's working out with all that ridiculous $pending, including raises for 'Mr. Shrink-flation' and the Edison Clowncil.

Giving this slate a majority will bring us one step closer to an appointed school board and do you really want 'Mr. Shrink-flation' via his puppet masters picking the school board members and a couple Clowncil members to sit on the Board of Estimate for Budget purposes? Most of this Clowncil probably don't even understand their own Muni-budget much less the complexities of a school budget.

So, don't be foolish and give this slate an opportunity to expedite a County takeover of the School Board.

Next we have Column 2 consisting of Joe Romano, Shannon Peng and Vishal Patel. Most of us know Joe Romano and for those who don't know him, you can see his name tops the lawn signs around town because he's being used to try and get the south-side vote for Mr. Shi-shed. This slate is being pushed by Mr. Shi-shed and the local Bhagia Dems in the fight with Column 1 to regain control of the School Board.

Giving this slate the majority again would be just plain stupid. You'd have to be a glutton for punishment. Mr. Shi-shed leadership was dictatorial and totally anti any opinion that wasn't his own - and that includes both the Public and Other Board Members. He wasted years with that Ridiculous $189 million School Board Referendum that was To Much a Financial Burden for To Little a Solution that would of doubled the School tax rate for the next 30 years. Here's a guy who claims to of saved the taxpayers millions but Never Saved the Taxpayers Anything.

So, don't be foolish and give this slate an opportunity again to waste anymore of your time or money.

Next we have Column 4 consisting of Yash Pandya, Minesh Patel and Nisha Banginwar. Can't really take this slate seriously.

I still remember Pandya's last run for the Board with this Big-ass truck going around town with his Mug all over it. Looks more like he's more of a showboat and attention getter and seems to be more interested in breaking into local politics than local education.

So, doesn't seem like you want to give this guy an opportunity to use the school board as a stepping stone to something else.

Finally we have Column 3 - Christo Makropoulos. We all pretty much know Christo and what he does around town. He goes around trying to fight and report corruption in this town where he see it. And to be honest, while he may sometimes be his own worst enemy at public meetings in getting his points across - he hasn't always been treated fairly either when he tries to do so.

We might not like how he goes about doing things or how he may express his concerns and beliefs but you can't deny he's very knowledgable and he's all about free speech. You don't have to agree with that he has to say but he certainly has a right to be heard.

Now, we all have to deal with the hand we're dealt with all these candidates and the forces behind them - so, in this Dem-party political cesspool over there on Mythomania Lane, I couldn't think of a better candidate in this pool of candidates to take on the Board of EdDems than Christo. Exactly the type of guy you'd want in the back room to counter the nonsense when they go into closed session.

If your goal is to put an end to the Dem-party political nonsense and put the Kids back ahead of the politics, then you have to make sure that none of these slates gets a majority and control of the School Board. 

For me, that means the best chance to keep that from happening is Voting out the Incumbents by going with Christo, Romano and one from the Pandya ticket.

Here's what it looks like to me:

Anyhoo, but what do I know - I still can't figure out why this has been allowed to go on for so long in this town.

Incumbent Failure Should Stop being Rewarded over there on Mythomania Lane

 Well, Shivi 'the Chameleon' Prasad-Madhukar needs to be Replaced on the Board of Mythomania, aka Board of EdDems, Board of Hoarders, Board of Dysfunction on November 8th.

Just some of the Failures of this Dem-party infested and politicized School Board:

• Failure to properly address the Overcrowding
• Failure to properly address the Super Contract
• Failure to Stop the County from hand-picking the person for the open board seat
• Failure to Recognize the Stakeholder that pays all the bills and Return $3M to the taxpayers (allowable under DOE guidelines) in the 2022-23 School Budget and even perhaps the most self-serving
• Allowing this totally inexperienced tool of the County (who can't even Vote on the Biggest items before the Board) to be Board President in his first year on the School Board

A true Chameleon who by playing politics - places her own survival on the School Board over the Best Interests of All the Stakeholders.

Truly disappointing but she needs to Be Voted Out with the other Incumbents up for reelection - County clone Kevin Hajduk and Shi clone Shannon Peng.

Enough is enough of the Dem-bot battles that keep the school district from moving forward over there on Mythomania Lane.

Anyhoo, failure is not an option that you should carry forward.

Christo Makropoulos for Edison BoE - the Perfect Kryptonite to the Political Cesspool over there on Mythomania Lane

 Well, just saw this piece here in Patch regarding the Candidates responding to questions about this November's Edison School Board Election. 

This is the candidate profile of Christo Makropoulos (Protect the Children) where he shares why he is running for a seat on the Edison Board of Education on November 8th.

Patch Note: 'All candidates were given the same questions. Answers are the candidates' own, published by Patch without editing.'

In a time where the Edison Board of Education, aka Board of Mythomania, Board of EdDems, Board of Dysfunction and Board of Hoarders has been significantly infiltrated and politicized by the politically corrupt Dem-party with on-going struggle for power between the last two inept Board Presidents (Mr. Hospitality and Mr. Shi-shed) - it's time for a wake-up call before it's too late.

First thing you need to do is Vote Out all the Incumbents. You have to put an end to the wasted time and failure of the Board of Ed where Mr. Hospitality and Mr. Shi-shed spend more time fighting each other trying to gain power than fixing the problems. Failure to property address critical issues and problems because of their internal power struggles should Not be Rewarded.

They'll be more to say about the Incumbents as we get closer to the election.

Now, we all know Christo and what he does in town. He goes around trying to fight and report corruption in this town where he sees it. And to be honest, while he may sometimes be his own worst enemy at public meetings in getting his points across - he hasn't always been treated fairly either when he tries to do so.

We might not like how he goes about doing things or how he may express his concerns and beliefs but you can't deny he's very knowledgable and he's all about free speech. You don't have to agree with what he has to say but he certainly has a right to be heard.

So, in this Dem-party political cesspool over there on Mythomania Lane - I couldn't think of a better candidate to take on the Board of EdDems than Christo. Exactly the type of guy you'd want in the back room to counter the nonsense when they go into closed sessions.

You should seriously consider Christo for neutralizing a change over there before the Dem-party with its 'Stronger Brighter Futures' ticket of Incumbents (Kevin Hadjuk, Shivi Prasad-Madhukar and Newbie Manasi Mathur) decides to go after all the money using their votes to try and switch to an Appointed Board.

Anyhoo, after too many years of inept leadership that has kept the school district from moving forward with its political nonsense - it's time to recognize the Board of EdDems may very well be in a takeover play with this Nov. 8th BoE Election and don't let the BoE be taken over by outsiders like the town.

Time to Wake-up and Clean up the Mess over their on Mythomania Lane.

 Time to pay attention to the Stench that drifted over to the Board of Mythomania from the Dem-party infiltration and politicization power struggles.

Start by Voting out all the Incumbents on November 8th and don't reward their failures with their interest in political power and control over the interest of the Kids.

One is just a 'County' clone, one is just a 'Shi' clone and the other is just a 'Chameleon' cone. Together they represent the inept leadership of the last two Board Presidents.

Anyhoo, after too many years of inept leadership that has kept the school district from moving forward with its political nonsense - it's time to recognize it ain't all about the Kids anymore.

ETEA Candidates Night 2022

 Had an opportunity last night to attend the ETEA's Candidates Night 2022 for the Edison Board of Education. Special thanks to ETEA President Jeff Bowden for the invitation and to Nicholas Fagan for streaming the meeting live and providing the link below to share with the public.

I'm told that due to technical difficulties, the first 15 minutes of the session are not available at this time.

The candidates in attendance by their chosen slates were:

Students First:

• Joseph Romano
• Xiaohan 'Shannon' Peng (I)
• Vishal Patel

Students, Teachers First:

• Yash Pandya
• Minesh Patel
• Nisha Banginwar

Stronger Brighter Futures:

• Kevin Hajduk (I)
• Shivi Prasad-Madhukar (I)
• Manasi Mathur

Here is the program provided with the Candidates' bio's:

It's an important election on November 8th and hope this helps in adding to your due diligence in becoming an informed voter.

Wake-up and Smell the Dem-party Stink that's long been drifting over to Mythomania Lane

 Without proper Board Leadership over there on Mythomania Lane, the Edison School District has been going nowhere and for too long.

Enough time wasted with inept and ineffective leadership - and Doug 'Mr. Hospitality' Schneider and Jerry 'ReferenDumb' Shi, aka Mr. Shi-shed, the last two leaders going nowhere need to go.

Mr. Hospitality needs to be Removed as Board President when the new board is seated in January 2023 and Mr. Shi-shed needs to be voted out of office when he comes up for reelection next year.

Enough with the twisted Dem-party politicization of the Edison School Board.

Anyhoo, be smart - make the Edison School Board Responsible to You for a change.

Yeah..you Really want the Edison Council to give themselves and this Malleable Marionette of a Mayor Pay Raises while the Stench Still Hangs Over this Town - Duh

 Welcome to Edison - Home of the 2017 Racist Flyer:

Council President Joe 'the Florist' Coyle - Before he Rolled Over:

Anyhoo, You Get What You Vote For - Enjoy the Stink tomorrow night while they reward themselves for a job well done.

Edison Mayor Sam 'Mr. Shrink-flation' Joshi adds another Stench to Hang over this town.

 Well, it finally showed up on the Council Agenda (nothing like waiting to the last minute to post) for this coming Monday Night.

Remember that Ridiculous $158.1 million Muni-budget for 2022 that came with a tax increase, where Mayor Sam 'Mr. Shrink-flation' Joshi, aka Big-boy pants, the Weathervane Millennial put together those absurd appropriations which included more than doubling the Administration Budget?

Well, here you go. Looks like 'Mr. Shrink-flation' wants to take his salary from $75k to $150k. Seems back in February his was at $49k and then it somehow got raised to $75k at little later while you were sleeping and now wants it to be $150k. 

Of course, you need an ordinance for that and here so here you go.

Not for nothing but this guy wasn't worth the salary he was making when he was on the Council with his nothing record and raising his salary to $150k (from an already sneaky raise from $49k to $75k) is an insult to all the Edison taxpayers. 

He didn't raise salary during his campaign and nor does he bring anything of value to the table. He was too inexperienced and ill-prepared and he's only there because he was undemocratically hand-picked by the Powers that be from outside of town using the party line. 

Clearly, he Shouldn't be rewarded for being a Malleable Marionette for the Powers that be from outside of town - someone who sold out the People of Edison for a chance to climb up the politically corrupt Dem-party ladder.

It Stinks to no end and adds another Stench to Hang over this town along with the 2017 Racist Flyer.

And of course, he can't raise his salary without raising the all-Dem Council salaries too. They adopted his Ridiculous 2022 Muni-budget with increases for themselves too. Nice 46% increase from their current $12k.

Under the leadership of Joe 'the Florist' Coyle, aka the Flip-flopper trying to protect 'Mr. Shrink-flation' from well deserved scrutiny by actually trying to reduce public comments and allowing Department Heads to skip Council meetings and sandbagging a Council vote on Wards - yeah right, this is a Council that deserves raises.

Geez, for what Joe 'the Florist' Coyle' did for him by making hypocrisy his new middle name with his gone along to get along mentality, he should get Bob 'See No Conflict' Diehl's salary.

Anyhoo, you get what you vote for - hope you enjoy the Stink.

Edison School District Median Teacher Salary - 11th Highest Paid in the State out of 655

 Well, just saw the Median teacher salary for the State for 2021-22 and Edison Ranks #11 in the State out of 655 School Districts with a Median Salary of $96,815.

Median Salary - mid-point of the salary range meaning half the salaries are above and below that number.

 

It's also the Highest Paid in Middlesex County:

Anyhoo, something for the Board of Mythomania to keep in mind before the ETEA again teaches them how you negotiate when the 3 1/2 year Teachers' Contract comes up for renewal on June 30, 2023.

Time to Recognize the Bloated Elephant in the Room - the Edison Board of EdDems

Well, there are 12 people seeking to fill the 3 open spots this November on the Edison Board of Education, aka Board of Mythomania, Board of EdDems, Board of Dysfunction and Board of Hoarders.

You can see those running in a previous post and you can do your own due diligence on these candidates. While it's early in the process, it's Not too early to see what needs to be done.

Understand that this is the real bloated elephant in the room because it's where most of your money goes to get wasted and, as the stakeholder that pays all the bills, you don't have a seat at the decision-making table.

While the now $300 million Board of Mythomania's school budget dwarfs the $158 million Muni-budget that comes with a Muni tax increase while doubling the administration spending, it's important to recognize that Muni-budget was put together by an ill-prepared, ill-qualified malleable marionette of a Mayor that was hand-picked by the Powers that be from outside of town who brings nothing to the table but a Nothing record on the Council, a lack of substantive experience and, more importantly, a lack of credibility and trustworthiness - and a Council that tries to cover for his inadequacies by adopting it. 

So, as bad as things may be on that side of town over there on Oligarchy Boulevard, it's even worse over here on Mythomania Lane, at the cross-roads of Board of EdDem and Dysfunction Streets.

Unfortunately, this Board is now nothing more than a Dem-party infested and politically-corrupt body that spends all their time fighting for power and control than doing what's in the best interests of those they're supposed to be serving. It's so bad and childish that they actually let the County Superintendent pick a replacement for an open board seat. That's a tad bit Pathetic. 

Just look at the other side of town - you can see what happens when you let outsiders pick someone to Represent You. And let's not even get into the thinking behind a selection a Committee under this Board's realm just made to the JPS Hall of Honor.

Its leadership has long been inept and, most assuredly, while substantially locally funded - still fails to properly address the Overcrowding that has plagued this town for years and just constantly keeps this school district from moving forward.

Recognize that we have $300 million school budgets which is 80% funded locally and represents some 54% pf your total property tax bill.

We pay our Admin and Teachers very well with the Average Admin Salary being some $175,000 and Median salary some $168,000, the Median teacher salary some $95,000 and a Superintendent who holds down 2 jobs has to be over some $300,000 by now.

In addition, the teachers' contract expires on June 30, 2023 and will be up for renegotiation. Here's what we gave them with the contract that expires June 30, 2023:

 

In addition, the Super's 3 1/2 year Contract, which originally ran from 12/9/19 to 6/30/23 was extended by 1 year due to Covid.

Like said before, this Board is now dominated by inept leadership and Dem-party infested politics and internal fighting for control that they've lost sight on fixing the problems over there. They've created, prolonged or went along with the mess over there and Simply Need to Go as each of them comes up for re-election.

It's embarrassing that they have yet to produce a credible, rational and justifiable plan to address the Overcrowding yet they continue to increase their Ridiculous $pending and Hoard taxpayer relief money under the pretense that they're doing something. The only thing they are doing is Sticking it to the taxpayers of this town - just like on the other side of town.

So, while this town fights to get out from under the Dem-party strangle-hold over this town, the only way to deal with this Dem-party infested Board of EdDems is to Vote Them All Out as they come up for re-election and we need to start with these three up for re-eletion in November.

As we go along with this process, it will be easy to point out in detail why these three up for re-election should not be given a chance to continue on the Board.

Anyhoo, until you Stop rewarding these people for their Failures, they will never Stop.

Nominations for the Board of Mythomania, aka Board of EdDems, Board of Dysfunction, Board of Hoarders are out

 Well, looks like there are 12 nominations for this November's Board of Ed election to try and join the worst led operation and resulting longest on-going mess in this town. 

With $chool Budgets now over $300 million, where some 80% is funded locally and represents some 54% of the Edison Property tax bill that treat residents as cash cows rather than the stakeholder who pays all the bills, no real justifiable or rational plan to solve the Overcrowding problem that's been going on for years and a Board that is now dominated more with Dem-party politics and control than fixing problems - it's a total mess to say the least.

Anyway, according to Patch Edison-Metuchen NJ, here are the 12 people seeking to fill the 3 seats in November:

1. Shivi Prasad-Madhukar (I)
2. Xianohun 'Shannon' Peng (I)
3. Kevin Hajduk (I) Hand-picked by the County Super
4. Nisha Banginwar
5. Saketa Chadalavada
6. Anthony Dima
7. Christo Makropoulos
8. Manasi Mathur
9. Yash Pandya
10. Minesh Patel
11. Vishal Patel
12. Joseph Romano

First, if you want to start to clean up this mess over there on Mythomania Lane, at the Cross-roads of Board of EdDems and Dysfunction Streets, then start with voting out all the Incumbents. They created, prolonged or went along with this mess and they need to go.

So, scratch #'s 1,2,3 and let's also double erase #3 since this super self-serving internal political struggle decision by this board to let the decision to replace the open seat to go down to the County. We should pick our own candidates in town and not let some Super from out of town do it. That was a ridiculous decision (since we already had the County hand-pick a mayor for us) from a ridiculous board.

Anyhoo, do your research and try and see if there are any candidates in this bunch who are independents not connected to either of these two leadership malfunctions (Mr. Pathetic and Mr. Apathetic), the Dem-Party, 'Mr. Shrink-flation' and his joke of an administration, the teachers' union, or have a relative working in the school district (like the current Board President 'Mr. No Clue') and can vote on things without invoking the Doctrine of Necessity, can do basic math and understand how to read a budget when reviewing $chool Budgets, then there's where you should go.

If there aren't any in this field, then this Board of Dysfunction will continue to keep sticking it to the taxpayers every year with their inept leadership while also keeping this School District from moving forward.

'Quit Joe Quit' - Seems to be Today's Dem-party Mantra?!?

 Well, if that's true then it looks like it's time for Edison Council President Joe 'the Florist' Coyle aka, 'Mayor of Clara Barton' to be dutiful and Rollover Over Again and Quit.

Not for nothing but we've had some seriously qualification and leadership challenged Council Presidents in the past - Charlie 'I Abstain' Tomaro comes to mind, but it looks like Coyle is trying to surpass Council Vice-President Joyce 'She's on the Council' Ship-Freeman for the worst Council President ever when they mistakenly made her the Council President in her first term on the Council. That was difficult to believe and even more mind-boggling to watch.

Anyhoo, do your Dem-party duty again Joe and Quit - You surely won't be Missed.

Why Edison Council President Joe Coyle is the epitome of the Dem-party Mantra - 'You got to go along to get along' and should Stop embarrassing himself and Resign

Well, besides the obvious hypocrisy and flip-flopping to support Sam 'Mr. Shrink-flation' Joshi, the ill qualified, ill-prepared and inexperienced hand-picked malleable marionette who sold out the People of Edison for a chance to climb up the politically corrupt Dem-party ladder - he also left us with that Stench still hanging over this town from the 2017 Racist Flyer.

To that end let's bring in Bob 'See No Conflict' Diehl the leader of the 'Committee of the Hole' who promised us he wouldn't rest until he got to the bottom of it who is now Chief of Staff to 'Mr. Shrink-flation' - so all he got was $100,000 for himself from 'Mr. Shrink-flation' and Nothing for us. And after his day-care services end after one term, he's being naive if he thinks he'll be rewarded with being our next mayor. They dumped on him before and they'll do it again.

There's a Permanent Stench Now Hanging over this town - and it's Not Okay. We should have new town boundary markers put up so visitors know:

And how about Coyle's blatantly inept and embarrassing leadership of the Council suppressing free speech at Council meetings to keep the public from seeing the inadequacies and damage being caused by the inexperienced 'Mr. Shrink-flation?' 

Seems the County has installed their Puppet here and Coyle, however disgracefully, is now the Puppet's puppet. While 'Mr. Shrink-flation' is obviously in over his head, it's not surprising where Coyle has his head stuck on his climb up the Dem-party ladder.

Aren't you tired of the Dem-party nonsense that goes on in this town. It's one thing that the Dem-party has made Edison Safe for Hypocrisy - but this is beyond hypocrisy.

Coyle is bona-fide, self-serving political opportunist and providing cover for this ill-equipped Dem-party parasite after his speech below - certainly isn't representing the People of Edison.

Here, before he rolled over:
 

 

Anyhoo, while Coyle may think in his own mind that he's somebody important in this town, he's just an embarrassment with his true colors shining through and if he had any self-respect - he would resign.

Wards - isn't what 'Mr. Shrink-flation' and his all Dem-party 'Clowncil' are doing to you now - enough already?

 Well, they're turning this town into an Idiocrisy - right before you eyes. It's embarrassing.

Anyhoo, there's an opportunity to put an end to this 'in your face' nonsense - take advantage of it.

Just a Reminder - if you want to fix the on-going mess over there on Mythomania Lane

 Well, looks like you have until July 25th for candidates to file nominating petitions with the county clerk for the Edison Board of Mythomania, aka Board of Dysfunction, Board of EdDems, Board of Hoarders in November.

Unfortunately, the place has become more of a political battle between two inept leaders - Jerry 'ReferenDumb' Shi, aka Mr. Shi-shed and Doug 'Mr. Apethetic' Schneider, aka 'Mr. No Clue.'

From past performances, no doubt an unnecessary battle of wit between two unarmed opponents for control and a waste of everyone's time in solving the Overcrowding yet creating Ridiculous $300m School Budgets that treat the People of Edison as Cash Cows yet do very little to move the school district forward.

Geez, how bad does it have to be for you over there between the kiddies when we actually allowed the County Super to pick a replacement for a board member's resignation? What the heck does he know about what's best for our school district?

Didn't you see enough of that nonsense when Sam 'Mr. Shrink-flation' Joshi was the hand-picked Malleable Marionette of the County Powers that be? An inexperienced, ill-prepared Dem-party ladder climber who sold out the People of Edison for a chance to climb up the politically corrupt Dem-party ladder - who brings nothing with him from his non-performance time on the Edison Council but a demonstrative lack of trust and credibility from being a life-long Dem-party parasite.

So, if there's anyone who's independent out there that's not connected to either of these two leadership malfunctions, the Dem-party, Mr. Shrink-flation' and his joke of an administration, the teacher's union or have a relative working in the school district (like 'Mr. No Clue') and can vote on things without invoking the Doctrine of Necessity and can do basic math when reviewing school budgets, then now's your time to jump in.

If we don't get people on the school board that will put an end to the nonsense that goes on over there, these two malcontents will keep doing what they're doing and we'll lose another year in moving the school district forward. 

 

Anyhoo, recognize that election time is the time to start taking back the School Board and put it in the hands of the People of Edison and Not let it remain in the hands of whichever faction of the Local Dem-party wins the latest internal power struggle.

Edison 'Clowncil' Combined Meeting - June 29,2022

 Well, here's something you don't see every day here in the 'DemBadLands' of Downtown Edison. Pay attention to this excerpt starting with Resident & Taxpayer Richard Brescher addressing the 'Clowncil' at the 1:19 mark.

Anyhoo, Kudos to Councilman Brescher for calling out the Edison 'Clowncil'.

What's up with this?!? Did the Edison 'Clowncil' just let 'Mr. Shrink-flation' Raise his own salary?!?

 Not for nothing but on February 10, 2022, Mayor Sam 'Mr. Shrink-flation' Joshi's salary was $49,000 (the same as Former Mayor Lankey's when he left office) but on June 28,2022 his salary is now $75,000.

Who approved that increase from $49,000 to $75,000? Didn't see any Council ordinance increasing the Mayor's salary to $75,000.

Did he just decide to increase his own pay?

And if the 2022 $150m 2022 Muni-budget indicates the Mayor's salary could go as high as $150,000 - when is Council President Joe 'the Florist' Coyle, aka Mayor fo Clara Barton going to produce an ordinance for this amount of a change to support the numbers in this budget?

Seems to me that the People of Edison have a right to know and have a say in what our elected officials make here in the 'DemBadLands' of Downtown Edison. 

Anyhoo, who doesn't like having a 'Clowncil' who sits by quietly and lets the Mayor unilaterally Raise his own salary?

Top 10 Reasons why you shouldn't rush out to Sign the Wards Petition

 10. Because you like having a Council that forgoes Checks & Balances to loyally support an inexperienced, undemocratically hand-picked puppet of the Dem-party Powers that Be from Outside of Town.

9. Because you like having an elected Council who places your Best interests last in the pecking order, after themselves, the Dem-party and a Mayor who sold out the People of Edison for a chance to climb up the politically corrupt Dem-party ladder.

8. Because you like your free speech rights and your right to question your local government blocked by the Council so as to avoid having to answer questions about the inexperienced and inept leadership of this new administration.

7. Because you like how the 'Committee of the Hole' is still working hard in search of themselves from that 2017 Racist Flyer.

6. Because you like how the former head of the '2017 Racist Flyer Committee of the Hole' Bob 'See No Conflict' Diehl promised he would get to the bottom of it and all he got was a $100,000 Chief of Staff job from Mayor Sam 'Mr. Shrink-flation' Joshi.

5. Because you're still wondering why Council Vice-President Joyce 'She's on the Council' Ship-Freeman is on the Council.

4. Because you like how Council President Joe 'the Florist' Coyle's, aka Mayor of Clara Barton, incompetent leadership can't control his own meetings but wants to control what you can say and do at Council meetings about what this Administration does with your money.

3. Because you like a Council who adopts the Administration's Ridiculous yet self-serving $150 million 2022 Muni-budget without question that raises your taxes while doubling the Administration Budget at a time where some People of Edison are having a hard time filling up their gas tanks and groceries on any given day.

2. Because you like a Council that allows a Muni-budget for 2022 where the Administration Budget is more than doubled just so the Dem-party Powers that Be from outside of town can surround and make sure 'Mr. Shrink-flation' does what he's told and doesn't run the town off the rails.

1. Because you like a Council that thinks a 'Splash Park' will make you ignore who they really represent while collecting their salary increases and supporting a Ridiculous Salary Raise in the 2022 Muni-budget for someone whose only contribution was to win an election.