Letter to Gov Christie from NJ Teacher He Screamed At: "We want our schools back-We want to teach"

[BlueCaliDem]

1. Bully Chris Christie has been cutting the budget for education on a consistent basis.

Christie cut $1.3 billion from state aid in his first year.

He's withheld $475 million in aid in January, which was the amount that the state’s nearly 600 districts had in total surpluses for unanticipated expenses (a new roof, a bus that needed replacing, an unanticipated special ed placement).

He's withheld another $820 million in the FY11 budget (which began for schools in September of 2010), which forced Districts to cut back dramatically, forced 10,000 teachers and staff to be laid off, forced school programs to be cut, and forced class sizes to increase.

It was so bad that, in 2011, the New Jersey Supreme Court had to step in and had to order him to increase aid to the now-former Abbott districts by about $500 million - that's FIVE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS.

Why again is the Democratic Party supporting him instead of Democrat Barbara Buono when he's attacking one of the bedrocks of the Democratic Party platform??

For New Jerseyans on DU - PLEASE vote for Barbara Buono! Don't allow the Democratic Party to convince you to vote for a very unDemocratic Republican.