home rule

Supreme Court Gets Mugged

The difference is monumental, no matter how it is measured. Those needs go beyond educational needs, they include food, clothing,…

16 years ago

Swine Whine

LUARC, the Local Unit Alignment Reorganization and Consolidation Commission, is ready to get serious about consolidating “doughnut hole” communities with…

16 years ago

Quote of the Day

New Jersey will go bankrupt in 10 to 20 years because we cannot afford our employees as a state. I’m…

16 years ago

Moorestown and Willingboro: Separate and Unequal

Two of our favorite towns made the news today: Moorestown and Willingboro of Burlington County. They’re nine miles apart, but…

16 years ago

Quote of the Day II

The entrenched system of home rule in our state is both a blessing and a curse. We simultaneously have the…

16 years ago

Consolidation Consensus? Not So Much…

Is school district consolidation efficient or inefficient? Today’s papers give us both sides of the argument. First, the Asbury Park…

16 years ago

Living in a Post-Abbott World

Last week, Judge Peter Doyne announced a ruling that, if upheld, will change the way we finance the education of…

16 years ago

Sunday Leftovers

Education Law Center Gets Another Loss in Their Column:The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled 5-0 on Thursday that the D.O.E.…

16 years ago

Dunkin’ Munchins

The Asbury Park Press reports on the battle between home rule traditionalists and those who are press for the merging…

16 years ago

Now if School Districts Could Catch Up with Local Media…

Local papers continue to foment over the crippling costs of home rule. The Record looks at 8 Pascack Valley towns…

16 years ago