One capital district school superintendent says Governor Andrew Cuomo is making statements that are "absolutely obscene." Wow, that's strong language, and it's typical of the increasing rancor between the state's Chief Executive and the 700+ superintendents who are waging a war of words over state aid to their districts. Of course, what's acceptable for elected officials in terms of political speech may not be appropriate for appointed administrators who like to decry "politics" when it suits their interests.......Once you get into the briar patch of political invective its not so easy to extricate oneself.
Whether the Governor is guilty of obscenity is a matter of semantics, but one wonders what the long term damage is to this orgy of hyperbole going on. Certainly teachers and their union are increasingly polarizing figures and the Governor is alienating his core constituencies, although really....where else do the public unions have to go to...Carl Paladino ?
Cuts testing school districts - Times Union
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Did you catch that Cuomo stated if we put the back education cuts. The spending will result in $15 billion in red ink instantly
When he title "assistant superintendent" is added to a job title, the pay hike and increased benefits are astronomical!! This is one of the ways schools inflate the budget. This is fully an unneeded tittle; those with the title director can perform the same duties yet get paid 20-50% less.
He needs the $$ to support his wind projects that send our tax $ over seas. We know who he is really taking care of and they don't live in NY.
I agree anon1:31 its just like this though he says that there taking a 10%hit government guys that is,yet we cont.. to here about the raises the staff members are getting.Or how about this he is now paying $100.000 dollar a year plus bennies State Troopers to work the capital police jobs they laid off.Make sense?I have no respect for that man he is ass back words....
Cuomo needs to win the word game. He needs to use the word "reform" before they label his ideas as "contentious" like Scott Walker's. He needs to call his plan "historic". the media will jump right on board but he has to say it first.
Of course his ideas are anything but. Instead of adressing school reform he is playing class warfare with superintendents. At the same time passing antibullying laws. And we are getting sued under title nine and the feds are helping them sue us. Can't upchuck help us out on that one? Can't he threaten to pull his support for all those stupid liberal Obama causes if Obama doesn't call off his stupid incompetent justice department?
Well the whole of them had a lot of time back in November to stop the man in his tracks at the elction.... Now it's to late.
Everyone knows there's a problem, the last Superintdent of the Watertown Schools, created a job for himself with B&C after years of telling everyone this Project won't cost a Cent(The Feds are paying for it, or the state) @ Weeks ago it was the highway Superintendents of Jefferson County who went to Albany to lobby for more $$$$$$ They rented a van did the taxpayers pay for that too?
2:01 You gotta slow down and think things through a bit. I'm not sure what your point is.
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