Supreme Court Gets Mugged

Laura Waters May 29, 2009

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

Swine Whine

Laura Waters May 7, 2009

LUARC, the Local Unit Alignment Reorganization and Consolidation Commission, is ready to get serious about consolidating “doughnut hole” communities with their surrounding municipalities. The Philadelphia

Quote of the Day

Laura Waters May 7, 2009

New Jersey will go bankrupt in 10 to 20 years because we cannot afford our employees as a state. I’m talking about every worker from

Quote of the Day II

Laura Waters April 2, 2009

The entrenched system of home rule in our state is both a blessing and a curse. We simultaneously have the Jeffersonian ideal of hands-on government,

Consolidation Consensus? Not So Much…

Laura Waters April 2, 2009

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

Living in a Post-Abbott World

Laura Waters April 1, 2009

Last week, Judge Peter Doyne announced a ruling that, if upheld, will change the way we finance the education of poor children in New Jersey.

Sunday Leftovers

Laura Waters March 29, 2009

Education Law Center Gets Another Loss in Their Column: The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled 5-0 on Thursday that the D.O.E. does not have to

Dunkin’ Munchins

Laura Waters March 23, 2009

The Asbury Park Press reports on the battle between home rule traditionalists and those who are press for the merging of “doughnut-hole towns” in order