Jersey lost the federal grant (Race to the Top) b/c Governor changed answers to suit radio talk host

[no_hypocrisy]

Well, kinda. B/c the Governor was focusing on appeasing a talk show host, he missed the obvious: He didn't answer a five-point question correctly.

http://jerseyjazzman.blogspot.com/2010/08/heckuva-job-scundlie.html

Here's the chronology: Schundler and the NJEA agreed on the initial application. But then Jim Gearhart, morning blowhard at NJ 101.5, decided he didn't like the idea of Christie's administration collaborating with the enemy (yes, in his mind, the teachers union is the enemy), and went off on a rant about the governor.

Apparently, when a radio DJ says "Jump!," Christie says, "Off of which bridge?", because Christie forced Schundler to rewrite the application at the last minute to make it more to Gearhart's liking. And then called the DJ to beg forgiveness.

Apparently, that last-minute rewrite didn't catch the fatal flaw. So now NJ loses out on the money because Chris Christie needed to appease a radio personality.

[sakabatou]

1. The stupid! It burns!

[LostinVA]

2. They shouldn't have elected Christie then, he didn't hide what a Freeper eh si

And, one JUST as corrupt as Corazine.

I had the displeasure of being introduced to him last year by a superior in a semi-social setting, so I had to shake his hand. UGH.

[Pab Sungenis]

4. Even more corrupt.

Ever wonder how Christie survived the Federal prosecutors purge in 2005? Because he DID do politically motivated investigations and prosecutions that Rove ordered, which all came to nothing.

[LostinVA]

9. He's also one of the Rovian Fed attorneys

And, look at his staff. Corrupt legal deals back for at least a decade.

[Pab Sungenis]

3. One more reason to recall Christie.

Get those petitions ready, folks, we can start in November.

[DainBramaged]

5. I'll be first in line to go door to door!

[LynneSin]

17. I'll gladly pay the toll at the DMB to drive over and help out with that cause

This guy is too stupid to insult!

[msanthrope]

19. January, I thought--you have a wait a year from him taking office. n/t

[Pab Sungenis]

20. You have a window to start collecting before the one year mark.

The petitions can't be filed before the one-year mark.

I'm sure there's detailed information somewhere online.

[blm]

6. typical RW - shortsighted kneejerking is the norm for Republicans who call themselves' leaders'.

'Leaders'

As IF.

[vi5]

7. Ugh....so mad about this....

And worse yet, the big NJ paper (the Star Ledger) had an editorial claiming that our failure to get the grant was the teacher's union's fault.

[JustAnotherGen]

8. Yep - saw it on

Ed Potosnak's FB update. Ed's running in 7th District against Lance . . . Scientist, former high school teacher, small business owner -

He's doing the best he can to lump his opponent in with Christie. ;-) Past few days have been about how much NJ paid into the Fed and how little (Lance point blank admits) Lance brought back home. :rofl:

I know the pundits talk about a Republican Take Over - but in NJ???? There's a Dem Incumbent whose neck is on the line but there are people in the 7th District that are pissed off over Christie's enactment of his campaign promises and I have FOUR of those Republicans that voted for Christie fired up and ready to go vote for Potosnak.

All politics (even down in Trenton) is local. :-)

[ejpoeta]

10. ny doubled the number of charter schools to get the grant. that makes me sick.

[KamaAina]

11. Wait a minute. Schundliar is Christie's superintendent of education?!

Sincerest condolences from a former Jersey Citian who once called Bret a pig, to his face, while on his way down the escalator at Journal Square PATH.

[DainBramaged]

15. The pig is at the trough

:cry:

[proud2BlibKansan]

12. Teachers in NJ should be counting their blessings

[DainBramaged]

16. tell us why..........

:boring:

[DainBramaged]

24. well, she didn't tell us why teachers should be counting their blessings

Maybe that's the new Right mantra, be thankful you HAVE a job even if it is low paying without benefits.


America, the new China.

[no_hypocrisy]

13. Update: This is getting good. N.J. Assembly speaker orders hearing on 'Race to the Top' application

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http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/08/nj_assembly_speaker_orders_hea.html

Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver (D-Essex) has ordered a hearing on the Christie administration's error that helped sink the state's chances for up to $400 million in a competitive federal education grant called Race to the Top.

“With nearly half of a billion dollars lost because of human error, this hearing is an absolute must,” Oliver said in a statement. “The state, our taxpayers, and most of all our children deserve answers from the administration as to how such an egregious blunder could have been overlooked with so much as stake.”

Oliver did not give a time or date for the meeting of the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

-more-

[DainBramaged]

14. Does this jackweed Christie look like a dumbass mobster or what?

[LynneSin]

18. Well come on, New Jersey's treasury is just overflowing with extra cash in a financial boon....

:grr:

[DiverDave]

21. That station gets my blood BOILING

And BTW the traffic reports SUCK

Bunch of limpball wannabes, and just as stupid.
They whip the dittoheads into a frenzy..you watch,they will get someone hurt one day.

[DainBramaged]

22. I cannot listen, especially the afternoon twits

Thank God for XM......

[LWolf]

23. You should be thankful that NJ "lost out,"

unless the policies that Duncan is looking for have already been enacted. Selling public education down the river for the chance to compete for more funding, so that a state can fund harmful policy, is a bad deal all the way around.

I'm grateful that my state has chosen not to compete. Our schools and students will be the winners.