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 Posted: Mon, Mar 28 2011, 5:06 pm EDT Post subject: Re: NYT - NJ students shortchanged |
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| Guest wrote: | | http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/28/opinion/28mon2.html?ref=opinion |
Thank goodness we bumpkins in Jersey have New Yorkers and Democrats to turn to for advice on education financing. I'll bet things are totally different across the Hudson...
http://www.wnyc.org/blogs/wnyc-news-blog/2011/mar/17/cuomo-rips-critics-education-budget-cuts/
...Cuomo was asked about warnings by schools and their advocates, who say teachers will be laid off, programs will be cut and children will suffer. The comments appeared to incense the governor, who said schools, — which have received record funding increases in recent years — can manage the cuts through greater efficiencies and by cutting administrative salaries.
"Reduce the waste. Reduce the fraud. Reduce the abuse,” said Cuomo, who said as attorney general for four years he discovered plenty of waste in school systems, including pension double-dipping and abuse in procurement contracts.
Cuomo also accused school districts, teachers unions and advocacy groups of playing politics and using children as "pawns."
"It's a threat. It’s a game," said Cuomo. "They want to oppose the cuts politically, so what do they say? 'I'm going to hurt your child,'"
Senate and Assembly leaders, who are seeking to restore a small portion of the $1.5 billion in school aid cuts, did not disagree with Cuomo’s accusations. |
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