Top 10 Reasons - you gotta like the Board of Mythomania's handling of Super Dr. Richard 'Build the Trust' O'Malley's expiring contract!?!

10. Because you like seeing the Board of Mythomania give website updates on the Teachers' Contract Negotiations but provide Nothing on Dr. O'Malley's Contract Negotiations.

9. Because you find it encouraging when reaching out to the Board's Leadership on the status of his contract and getting the courtesy of No Response and, when you follow up, get an "Out of Office' Auto Reply.

8. Because you get greater comfort when you don't get a response from Board Prez. Veena 'Out of Office' Iyer, you reach out to the Board V.P. Dr. Frank and he follows suit.

7. Because you like it when you ask about the status of Dr. O'Malley's contract, their Silent Majority rises to new heights.

6. Because you like it when Your Super publicly interviews for another position and the Board of Mythomania doesn't think it's important enough to publicly explain to You.

5. Because you like it when they've already decided to renew his contract and don't bother to tell you that tad bit of a fact or get your input first.

4. Because you like it when they define transparency as 'On a Need to Know Basis' and You don't Need to Know what they're doing.

3. Because you like it when the people elected to represent You don't ask for public input until it's too late for Your input to matter.

2. Because you like it when You've invested a lot of time and money in a guy (now at $223k) and the Board negotiates and sends a new proposed contract to the State for approval without asking You - if that's what You want.

1. Because no matter how the State deals with O'Malley's current $223k against the Super Cap of $175k in whatever contract they've agreed to and submitted, You don't have a say in their decision to renew his contract - and that's just Not Nice!

He's Stayin' - whether You want him or Not!

'Fresh Start Tour' Entourage Cuts to Mayor ChoiLankey's 2014 Budget?!?

Just in case you want to know what the effect is to You of any 'Fresh Start Tour' entourage Cuts (geez, I crack myself up) to Mayor ChoiLankey's 2014 Budget, which comes with an increase of 9.2 Cents or 8.3% - just drop in Your Assessed Value and what You think they should cut below.

Looks like they'll be meeting on July 23rd to tell us all about their review.

Not to worry - Rob 'March on Trenton' Karabinchak will be all over Mayor ChoiLankey's 2014 Tax Hike!?!

He'll show Mayor ChoiLankey he can't do this to the people in the 'DemBadLands.'

Anyhoo, hope he knows he can't ask Mayor ChoiLankey for help with this budget review!?!

Your 2014 Property Tax Increase - built into Edison's 3rd Qtr. Estimated Tax Bill!

3rd Qtr. Estimated Edison Property Tax Bills are out!

Just saw the estimated 3rd qtr tax bill. While there isn't very much helpful information on it - the amount  due may be paid without interest until 8/11/14.

This estimate is calculated using an annual tax rate of 4.931 (per hundred), which is 15.5 cents or 3.25% up over last year's 4.776. This year's 4.931 consists of 1.212 for the muni tax, .20 for the garbage tax, .786 for the county taxes and 2.733 for the school tax.

If you want to know how much of an increase is in that amount on your 3rd qtr. property tax bill, just subtract that amount from what you paid for the 2nd qtr (May 1 bill). That will equal half the increase for 2014. The second half will be paid with the 4th qtr. tax bill.

Recognize that this 3rd qtr estimate assumes that the Edison Council leaves the Introduced Muni budget intact with a 9.2 cents or 8.3% tax hike.

Super Dr. Richard 'Build the Trust' O'Malley's employment contract - expires 7/1/15!

Just a heads-up not to let the Board of Mythomania fly under the radar on the status of his contract. This will be the final year of his contract. You can see his current contract here.

Remember this is the guy they rushed in back in November 2010 to beat the new Super Cap law. He started at $210,000 back then and will be at $222,854 come July 1, 2014. This is also the guy who publicly interviewed for another Super position, which the Board of Mythomania never addressed.

Anyhoo, we have invested a lot of time and money in this guy - and the Board has a lot of explaining to do and you shouldn't be shut out of the process, until the last minute when they vote and it's too late.

Vote for democracy, not Democrats, in Edison

That was the title of a piece (below) that I wrote some 11 years ago. Given the actions by Mayor ChoiLankey and his 'Fresh Start Tour' entourage - just change Spadoro and his all-Democratic rule to ChoiLankey and his 'Fresh Start Tour' entourage and you get the same results.

[[About the only thing that Edison Mayor George Spadoro and the local Democratic party like more than winning is making the other side lose. In the latest example, while it's called wards, it's really the will of the people they're trampling all over to keep the status quo. It's not surprising, since it's all about maintaining power and one-party control over the purse strings - and they'll do and say whatever is necessary to keep it away from the people. It's the reality under Edison's all-Democratic rule; protect and preserve the Democratic party's interests above all, including those of the people.

Someone once quipped. 'a democracy is where two wolves and a sheep take a majority vote on what's for supper.' The point is democracy works best when there is an open and free exchange ideas, and when debate is encouraged. When dissenting opinion is absent, representative government is at its weakest and most clandestine. Such is the case under Edison Mayor George Spadoro's all-Democratic government. It's an unfortunate by-product of our form of government - the one-party rule.

The overwhelming concern with Spadoro's one-party government is information or more specifically, the lack of information, With total control by the democrats, what you get to know, how much you get to know, and when you get to know it is all predetermined and detrimental to your pocketbook. There's no one to challenge anything or to tell you otherwise. Priorities are set and monies disbursed without any substantive questioning or verifiable rationale.

There is no distinction between the administration and the council and hence, no checks and balances. The open and free exchange of Spadoro's ideas and policies is non-existent. Public involvement and input is impossible since debate is limited to what they want to tell you and only when they tell you.

The simple reality is that Spadoro's one-party government unnecessarily costs us money to fund party excesses. It's not what they tell us that costs the most but rather what and when they don't tell us.

With four council spots up this year, it's time we arm the sheep and prevent the wolves from determining what they'll be having for supper again. We need to vote out the democrats and break-up the one-party rule.

On Nov. 4, whether you are a Democrat, Republican or Independent, a vote for the Democratic slate is about the most un-Democratic thing you can do.]]

Anyhoo, welcome back to one-party rule in Mayor ChoiLankey's 'DemBadLands.' As Yogi Berra says, 'it's deja vu all over again!'