Saturday, September 22, 2018

Looks like the Staffing 'Shell Game' is still alive and well over there on Mythomania Lane?!?

Well, failing to disclose to you non-budgeted additions to staff over the years has caused many additions to the payroll that you never knew about. And to this day, they still refuse to start reporting their staff changes against their budgets. I know, I've been asking for a long time for them to disclose and Not Hide their staffing level changes against their budgets.

If you want to see what they're doing and how they do it - just type in 'staffing shell game' into the search box in this blog and you can read all about it and how it has impacted you and how they fail to disclose it to you in any of their Bloated 'Pots of Money' they call school budgets - now exceeding $250 million, for which staffing is the biggest line item in their budget.

Anyway, while I have no problem with the necessity of fluidity in staffing levels, kind off tired of them not disclosing the non-budgeted additions to the payroll and just ignoring the public's right to know what they're doing with their staffing levels compared to their budgets - and just one look at this Monday night's agenda shows you they're continuing to do it.

Seems they're planning on adding 8 new assistant principals to the payroll, yet there is only 1 addition in the School Budget for the 2018-19. The say 2 of the additions will replace 2 vacant supervisor positions. So what, that still leaves 5 non-budgeted additions to the the payroll - and they're not telling you that piece of important information.

Here's their resolution:


And here's the staffing schedule in the 2018-19 school budget.



Anyhoo, the staffing "shell game" that's been going on for years over there on Mythomania Lane with their full knowledge. They purposely fail to disclose and, therefore hide, all the non-budgeted staff added to the payroll in these school budgets. 

Now, you should be outraged that they're able to add all these non-budgeted heads (and where oh where does all that money come from to do it) to the payroll and You don't see it in any school budgets they approve??? 

That's just more than a Tad Bit Wrong!








Wednesday, September 19, 2018

Edison Board of Education Salaries - 2018-19 School Year

Well, from an OPRA Request, just got the current salary file yesterday for the School Year 2018-19. It shows name, location, department, title and total salary for each employee.

It has 1,995 employees for a total of $140,056,324.

Recognize that staffing is fluid and is just a snapshot in time and this file - as of now. Also, don't see the Interim Super in this file so I take it since he's on a per diem of $819.23, he wouldn't show up here.

Just made some summaries of the file and here are a few. Anyone who wishes to have this file is welcome to it - just drop me a note.

Salary Ranges:


By Department:


A table you can sort anyway you want:


A pivot table:


And finally, the Top 25 Salaries in the school district:


Anyhoo, welcome to the 2018-19 School Year.

Monday, September 17, 2018

Edison 'Back to School Message' from Interim Super Mr. Paul Saxton

Well, here we go. Let's hope for a better year all around. Good luck Mr. Saxton and Welcome Aboard.




Anyhoo, let's hope we get back to the top priorities over there on Mythomania Lane.

Friday, September 14, 2018

The Real Stench Hanging over Edison Lays with those Who Let it Linger

..add that to your press release.




















Anyhoo, the next time you go to an Edison Council meeting - remember to bring your nose plugs.


Thursday, September 13, 2018

Look what was added to the Edison Council Agenda last night

Well, they had an addition to the agenda last night. Surprise..surprise.

Here's an article in Edison Patch about last night's meeting.

Resolution R.504-092018:
Resolution requesting the Office of the Attorney General for the State of New Jersey to investigate certain election events in the Township of Edison.

Here it is:


As I understand it, they also amended this to add exposing the identity(ies).

Anyhoo, better late than never.

Here's last night's meeting. While I appreciate all the speeches in support by the council and their token effort here with this resolution - after watching it, maybe I'm wrong but sure looks like to me that's about all your gonna get from them.

Let's hope there's another way to get to the bottom of this blemish on the town without relying on them.

Geez, put out a press release a year later?!?

You know, this is a sad state of affairs for someone like me who has lived in this town (pretty much) his whole life.

So, I suggest to you that if this goes unresolved through November's election by our local elected officials, who play on this field, then I say to you that Mayor Tom 'Now 17.1%' ChoiLankey and his 'Band of 7 Processing Clerks' and Jerry 'Needs to Step-down' Shi and the Board of Mythomania are the wrong elected officials for this town - and you should open your eyes and see it.

 

Wednesday, September 12, 2018

So, where's the Edison Council's Resolution asking the AG to investigate Last November's Flier?!?

Well, just saw the agenda for tonight's combined meeting over there on 100 Oligarchy Blvd. Not for nothing and maybe it's me but I don't see anything on this agenda for such a resolution!?

Zilch, Nada, Nothing.

Here, see for yourself:



So, where's the 'What Say You' Crowd on this or were they just shoveling some more political hyperbole at last month's meeting. Time to step-up and make (at least) a token effort to do what's right for the People of Downtown Edison:


Anyhoo, let's hope something pops up tonight as a last minute addition to the agenda and that something is a Resolution about the Flier from last November's election. The people of this town deserve to know who put out this flier and certainly before this November's election.

Thursday, September 6, 2018

Edison High School Class of 1968 - 50th Reunion!

Well, this is the Big One! Fifty years have come and gone since we walked the Halls of Edison High School.

A Big Shout-out to all those class members who haven't responded as yet to the reunion invitation or haven't received one due to losing contact. If you're a '68 graduate reading this or you're a family member of one of the graduates, please respond or reach out to your family member to let them know.

Sure to be a Great-time seeing each other again and catching up with everybody about their life's journey - and remembering those who are no longer with us.

Here's the invite:


So, if it's anyway possible, please join in what's sure to be the fun activities planned from October 12-14. Please get in touch with Judy (Russo) Jaffe (awjaffe@aol.com) for more information and get your motor running...and head on back here.