Plainfield Assemblyman Jerry Green.
A little over a year after Plainfield's Assemblyman Jerry Green admitted he wouldn't have voted to dismantle the Abbott Districts if he had understood the consquences (see here-- including clips of his remarks when the vote was taken), the chickens are coming home to roost.
Today's Ledger reports that Superior Court Judge Peter E. Doyne, sitting in Hackensack, ruled the legislation that Jerry Green backed to do away with the Abbott District funding is legal (see story here).
Doyne was assigned to the case by the NJ Supreme Court and asked to review the new legislation and the Abbott District ruling and make a recommendation back to them.
Although Doyne recommends continuing extra funding for Abbott Districts for at least three years, the Corzine administration wants to hear nothing of it.
The impact on Plainfield taxpayers -- whether or not they favor the Abbott ruling -- may be devastating over the long haul. Abbott Districts are staring down a double-barreled shotgun, facing either reduced funding by the State or the necessity of raising local school taxes substantially, or both.
Being an Abbott District has sheltered Plainfield taxpayers for over a decade from the real impact of having to fund the 7,000-student school district.
Jerry, how can we ever thank you?
Hmmmmmmmmmm......
- Ledger: "New formula for funding NJ's schools ruled legal"
- Plainfield Today, 3/20/08: "Jerry's troubling trifecta"
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