Link to today’s Record:
The actual letter submitted before being edited:
Lodi will receive $14,508,710 in
state aid- the second most in Bergen County (only behind Garfield which is an
Abbott district).
Compared to two neighboring towns,
Lodi will receive $13,376,577 more than Saddle Brook and $13,336,306 more than
Hasbrouck Heights.
Compared to two larger urban
districts, Lodi will receive $1,545,036 more than Hackensack and $3,612,373
more than Bergenfield.
With the infusion of all this state
aid, the Lodi politicians still manage to give Lodi one of the highest tax
rates in Bergen County and a district performing at the bottom.
Why is there no accountability
coming from the State after they disperse almost $15 million in State aid to
Lodi?
Is
the State aware that the Lodi Board of Education is spending $7.5 million on a lavish
office building for approximately 24 employees?
Is
the State aware that the Lodi Board of Education is full of nepotism and
political patronage?
Governor Christie ran as a reformer
and turned out to anything but that. He
is part of the status quo, enabling the Lodi politicians to waste millions of
State tax dollars.
