Well, just saw this link on NJ.Com about some Super finalists in another school district. Who pops-up as one of the 3 finalists - our very own Señor O'Malley. Now, don't know what he's doing by interviewing or why. His contract runs from 2/7/11 (or earlier) to 7/1/15 (4.4 years).
Certainly, don't begrudge him or anyone else making their own career decisions but he does have a track record of moving around - a lot. So, it wouldn't be a surprise if he moves on.
Anyhoo, with Maeroff leaving - maybe he's worried about losing the Hugs & Kisses!
Sunday, March 16, 2014
Saturday, March 15, 2014
Candidates - April 23rd Edison School Board Election
Just watched the Edison BoE's March 13th poll drawing for the April 23 election. There are 8 candidates for 3 open seats.
Gene Maeroff, Dr. Frank Heelan and Jerry Shi (picked to replace Shah) are up this time around.
Looks like Maeroff is not running for reelection.
Here's the ballot positions:
A1 - Jingwei (Jerry) Shi (I)
A2 - Patrick Amaral
A3 - Kiel Thoms
A4 - Beth Moroney
A5 - Shivi Prasad
A6 - Chang-Hui Shen
A7 - Nasseeruddin Mohammad
A8 - Frank Heelan (I)
Gene Maeroff, Dr. Frank Heelan and Jerry Shi (picked to replace Shah) are up this time around.
Looks like Maeroff is not running for reelection.
Here's the ballot positions:
A1 - Jingwei (Jerry) Shi (I)
A2 - Patrick Amaral
A3 - Kiel Thoms
A4 - Beth Moroney
A5 - Shivi Prasad
A6 - Chang-Hui Shen
A7 - Nasseeruddin Mohammad
A8 - Frank Heelan (I)
Friday, March 14, 2014
Board of Mythomania's 2014-15 Preliminary School Budget Tax Rate - $2.733!
Well, just saw the Ratable number for the 2014-15 school year - it's 7,028,001,196. That's a tad bit of good news since it's up 30,114,362 over last year's 6,997,886,834.
With that last piece, we can now see that the budget numbers in the Board's February 24th meeting will result in School Tax Rate of 2.733 per 100. That's up 2.9 cents or 1.1% over last year's 2.704.
When you look at the change in the tax rate, you can see that the 2.9 cents increase is the result of 4.1 cent (1.5%) increase due to Spending and a 1.2 cent (.4%) decrease due to the increase in the Ratables.
So, using these numbers, if you live in that mythical average home assessed for 176,700 - your school taxes will go up 51.43 (.029 x 1,767) and your total school taxes will be 4,829.21 (2.733 x 1,767). If you don't live in that mythical home, take your home's assessed value divided by 100 and multiply it times .029 to get your school tax increase and by 2.733 to get your total school taxes.
However, these are just numbers and until we actually see the budget, we don't really know if these numbers are good, bad or indifferent. Don't fall for the - it's only a few bucks more rhetoric.
Let's face it, this Board of Mythomania is just on a rampant Out-of-Control $pending spree with no signs of ever stopping. That's some $18.3 million in increased $pending since Super O'Malley took over. They also like to try and hide it by hoarding taxpayer relief money and using it to increase $pending while making it look like and claiming they're holding the tax rate down. And let's not forget the infamous staffing shell game that's added hundreds to the payroll over the years that they never disclosed and you never saw in the budgets they asked you to vote on.
Anyhoo, numbers don't mean a darn thing unless you know the substance behind them and we won't know anything about this preliminary budget until they release it to the public - probably at the March 26th meeting.
Time to pay attention folks - everybody over there is hoping you don't - again!
What their 2014-15 preliminary budget numbers actually result in:
What the $pending looks like:
With that last piece, we can now see that the budget numbers in the Board's February 24th meeting will result in School Tax Rate of 2.733 per 100. That's up 2.9 cents or 1.1% over last year's 2.704.
When you look at the change in the tax rate, you can see that the 2.9 cents increase is the result of 4.1 cent (1.5%) increase due to Spending and a 1.2 cent (.4%) decrease due to the increase in the Ratables.
So, using these numbers, if you live in that mythical average home assessed for 176,700 - your school taxes will go up 51.43 (.029 x 1,767) and your total school taxes will be 4,829.21 (2.733 x 1,767). If you don't live in that mythical home, take your home's assessed value divided by 100 and multiply it times .029 to get your school tax increase and by 2.733 to get your total school taxes.
However, these are just numbers and until we actually see the budget, we don't really know if these numbers are good, bad or indifferent. Don't fall for the - it's only a few bucks more rhetoric.
Let's face it, this Board of Mythomania is just on a rampant Out-of-Control $pending spree with no signs of ever stopping. That's some $18.3 million in increased $pending since Super O'Malley took over. They also like to try and hide it by hoarding taxpayer relief money and using it to increase $pending while making it look like and claiming they're holding the tax rate down. And let's not forget the infamous staffing shell game that's added hundreds to the payroll over the years that they never disclosed and you never saw in the budgets they asked you to vote on.
Anyhoo, numbers don't mean a darn thing unless you know the substance behind them and we won't know anything about this preliminary budget until they release it to the public - probably at the March 26th meeting.
Time to pay attention folks - everybody over there is hoping you don't - again!
What their 2014-15 preliminary budget numbers actually result in:
Thursday, March 13, 2014
Edison Board of Mythomania School Tax Increase 2014-15!?!
Well, saw the Board's approval of the 2014-15 Preliminary School Budget in the February 24 agenda here and wouldn't you know - there's yet another School Tax increase coming your way here in Downtown Edison.
If you look on page 54 you'll see a bunch of numbers but, of course, they don't tell you those numbers result in a tax increase. You won't even see the budget until probably their March 26th meeting and even get to comment on it until the public meeting, which will probably be on March 31st.
Just a reminder, the school board election isn't until April 23rd this year.
So, let's see what's going on with these numbers without seeing their budget. We can see that Spending is up $3,984,138, the Fiscal Year Tax Levy is up $3,806,189 and the Calendar Year Tax Levy is up $2,880,745 - over last year!
From this alone, the School Tax Rate will go up 4.1 Cents to $2.745 from last year's $2.704. And that's just for the Spending increase in the school budget.
The Ratables number is not yet available - so, we don't know how much further that will drive the School Tax Rate UP above the $2.745! If history is any indication though - they will pass along to us any drop in the Ratables. They only take credit when the Ratables go up - they run away when it goes down.
Anyhoo, looks like another year of school tax increases from over there on Mythomania Lane.
Numbers they don't show you in the agenda:
And here's what's in the agenda:
If you look on page 54 you'll see a bunch of numbers but, of course, they don't tell you those numbers result in a tax increase. You won't even see the budget until probably their March 26th meeting and even get to comment on it until the public meeting, which will probably be on March 31st.
Just a reminder, the school board election isn't until April 23rd this year.
So, let's see what's going on with these numbers without seeing their budget. We can see that Spending is up $3,984,138, the Fiscal Year Tax Levy is up $3,806,189 and the Calendar Year Tax Levy is up $2,880,745 - over last year!
From this alone, the School Tax Rate will go up 4.1 Cents to $2.745 from last year's $2.704. And that's just for the Spending increase in the school budget.
The Ratables number is not yet available - so, we don't know how much further that will drive the School Tax Rate UP above the $2.745! If history is any indication though - they will pass along to us any drop in the Ratables. They only take credit when the Ratables go up - they run away when it goes down.
Anyhoo, looks like another year of school tax increases from over there on Mythomania Lane.
Numbers they don't show you in the agenda:
And here's what's in the agenda:
Monday, March 3, 2014
Blogs that help inform, share thoughts, spur conversation & provide info about Downtown Edison!
I recently became aware of Tyler Van Pelt's blog:
Tyler Van Pelt and the State of the American Public School.
After reading it, I enjoyed the material and 'goings-on' he covers over there on Mythomania Lane and his unique & thoughtful take on them. Very interesting and worth your time.
As such, I have added his blog to my blog roll and hope you take the time to check it out.
Tyler Van Pelt and the State of the American Public School.
After reading it, I enjoyed the material and 'goings-on' he covers over there on Mythomania Lane and his unique & thoughtful take on them. Very interesting and worth your time.
As such, I have added his blog to my blog roll and hope you take the time to check it out.
Sunday, March 2, 2014
Mayor ChoiLankey of 'Badlands' - gotta like it!?!
As Senor Lankey quotes Bruce Springsteen in Badlands in his State of Edison address: 'Talk about a dream, try to make it real.' Let's dream, let's talk, and let's make it real together!
In conclusion, let me once again declare that the state of Edison Township is confident and optimistic.
Whoa..who writes this stuff?!?
Anyhoo, for a speech that said nothing and inspired no one outside Team ChoiLankey, it's good to know the state of Edison is confident and optimistic in his world.
Don't you just wonder if he feels the same about those mythical Checks & Balances under Team ChoiLankey here in Downtown Edison?!?
Just a final thought on this stuff. As someone who takes liberties with the english language, sometimes on purpose, sometimes not - there's really no reason why this goes unnoticed in the text of the State of Edison address by Team ChoiLankey:
In conclusion, let me once again declare that the state of Edison Township is confident and optimistic.
Whoa..who writes this stuff?!?
Anyhoo, for a speech that said nothing and inspired no one outside Team ChoiLankey, it's good to know the state of Edison is confident and optimistic in his world.
Don't you just wonder if he feels the same about those mythical Checks & Balances under Team ChoiLankey here in Downtown Edison?!?
Just a final thought on this stuff. As someone who takes liberties with the english language, sometimes on purpose, sometimes not - there's really no reason why this goes unnoticed in the text of the State of Edison address by Team ChoiLankey:
Department Heads
Business Administrator Maureen Ruane
Director of Engineering John Medina
Director of Finance Janice Saponaro
Director of Public Works Jeff Roderman
Director of health Jay Elliot
Director of Recreation Denise Halliwell
Police chief tom bryan
Fire Chief Brian Latham
Library Director Judith Mansbach
Human Resource Manager June Breshcer
Purchasing Agent Laura Popick
Township Clerk Cheryl Russomanno
Not for nothing but Team ChoiLankey's 'Fresh Start' Tour entourage should be a tad bit more respectful as they head on down the road.
Saturday, March 1, 2014
Why Lankey can't be the Boy Who Cried Wolf for a Muni-Tax increase..
It only works in Aesop's Fables - not in Downtown Edison:
Anyhoo, let's stop all the false bravado and Whining to boot!
Anyhoo, let's stop all the false bravado and Whining to boot!
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