Governor Chris Christie Dumps 7 NJ County School Superintendents
Posted by Lady Liberty on Wednesday, January 5, 2011, 7:09 PM
BOOM! Taste My Nightstick!
(NJ.Gov)
Can we somehow clone this guy?
Governor Christie is on a tear. He continues to enrage some and amaze others. And then there are those of us who cheer him on! The latest on the chopping block? Seven school superintendents. The Governor has decided to fire one-third of the state’s county education chiefs whose three-year appointments expired Monday.
New Jersey.com is reporting -
Seven education chiefs for New Jersey counties have been dismissed.
Gov. Chris Christie decided not to retain them when their contracts expired Monday.
The dismissals were first reported by The Record of Woodland Park.
Christie spokesman Michael Drewniak said the seven county superintendents affected were holdovers from the previous administration who would be replaced by Christie appointees.
The positions pay $120,000 a year. County superintendents are assigned to see that state Education Department policies are carried out at the local level.
Superintendents in Burlington, Cape May, Hunterdon, Monmouth, Ocean and Somerset counties were dismissed, along with the Middlesex superintendent who also acting superintendent for Bergen County.
No word yet on whether the governor offered to help them pack.
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gus commented:
But but but but but but. What about the children????
apodoca commented:
He didn’t cut anything. He’s just replacing Democrats with RINO’s. Where’s the night stick?
vote for pedro commented:
Yeah, and he can replace the guy with an equally competent superintendent for less money. Probably a lot less money. What’s the problem?
Taxpayer1234 commented:
Chris Christie is my hero! Be still my beating heart! *sigh*
donh commented:
and this leaves how many more supervisors in NJ ? 7000? Why has this taken so many years to do? Can’t other politians see how popular Christie is becoming ? Don’t politicians want to be popular and feel the joy of a sound moral conscience that comes from doing the right thing? Politicians can no longer justify investing big money in education when they treat the majority educated voter as an ignorant bigot worthy of being to be lied to, fooled, ripped off , and ignored.
bg commented:
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(((Chris Christie)))
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Granny commented:
You’ve gotta love Chris Christie! He lays it on the line, tells it like it is and makes it darned clear it is his way or the highway. Too bad New Jersey needs him because we sure could use somebody like him in DC . . . .
olm commented:
Doesn’t sound like he did anything worth praising yet. In the meantime on the other side of the country the governor of WA is creating a new state agency to oversee education and get rid of the current elected position.
These governors are under a microscope and the country is watching.
USMC Thomas commented:
Will the education administration provide counselors to help them thru the post-traumatic shock of losing their job.
patman commented:
Now start firing teachers.
Muffin commented:
This is so unbelievably exciting. This could, theoretically, reverberate throughout the union-infested and rotted Big Apple, giving them ideas that educating children might actually be more important than giving big fat mean and greedy union guys HUGE salaries. Just sayin’.
geraldludlow commented:
again im proud to say i live in NJ he also got rid of the office and affirmitive action
Floyd Looney commented:
He just needs to fire 22,000 more and slash their budgets and put parents in charge of local schools.
RedBeard commented:
I like Christie. Sure, he isn’t as conservative as I would like in a perfect world, but in the fetid politics of the State of New Jersey he’s pretty darned good.
Andrew Jackson commented:
I am sure Obama will bail them out and give them jobs in his administration. He loves spending the taxpayers money. $120K to make sure someone else does their job? sounds like an important position.
Iconoclast commented:
Actually, it sounds as if it is simply the “Spoils System” in action, although I’d hope Christie is not appointing GOP hacks to replace dim hacks. Not enough data to praise or condemn, altho firing dims tends to have no downside.
Buffalobob commented:
He’s my super hero. Now if only he can drive a wooden stake through the black heart of the NEA.
Callipygian1 commented:
#8 January 5, 2011 at 7:51 pm
olm commented:
Doesn’t sound like he did anything worth praising yet. In the meantime on the other side of the country the governor of WA is creating a new state agency to oversee education and get rid of the current elected position.
These governors are under a microscope and the country is watching.
Olm: The governor of this state (Washington) is a weasel, and it is generally regarded that she is attempting a massive power grab. Christie is the real deal; Christine Gregoire is a mad-spending Democrat that is bankrupting the state.
Maria commented:
There goes that thrill up my leg! Who’s Your Daddy?, people!
crosspatch commented:
Newly elected Republican governors and executives at every level (county, city, etc.) need to clean house of these Democrat appointees. What Christy has done needs to be repeated in jurisdictions around the country. Steam cleaning, baby.
bigkahuna commented:
They got their change… Now they are hoping…for a new job
Henry Hawkins commented:
Given that so far the Republican slate of front running presidential candidates (by polls, for what those are worth so early in the process) is more a matter of half a dozen ho-hummers, with one or two that want to run but wouldn’t likely succeed, and another one or two that people really want but have declared they will not run, it might very happen that there is no clearcut candidate by the time of the Republican convention in 2012. If that were to happen, what are the chances that someone who had declared they would not run and had not run could be drafted?
I’m thinking Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, and Chris Christie when I ask this. I don’t think any would accept the VP slot, so I’m talking top slot here. Is there precedent for this? Drafting someone who hadn’t even run? Hasn’t happened in my times (when I was born, half of America still had British accents), but these times are not Grandpa’s times. Things have changed.
bigL commented:
He is a squish on illegal immigration. Be careful. We will all be humming La Cucharacha under his presidency.
MamaGriz68 commented:
He hasn’t eliminated positions, he’s just replacing people. The proof will be in what type pf people he replaces them with. He needs people like the former chief in DC who is now advising in FL. Tenure needs to go! I taught in public schools for 7 years and got out because it was making me nuts. The administration was ridiculous and wasteful at all levels, and I watched completely incompetent teachers keep getting tenure. One of them is now working on his administrative certificate while still being completely clueless about how to teach a child anything. Need to stop – my BP is going up just thinking about it.
Bloggy Bayou commented:
Hypocrisy, Thy Name Is “High Speed Rail”
http://www.practicalstate.com/?p=4466
Cheers
firstHat commented:
I’m very glad to see folks pausing to consider things a bit with Christie. I have said before and will say again, the man is honest, I’ll grant him that. As prosecutor he went after folks on both sides of the aisle.
HOWEVER, while his actions are generally true to his heart, his heart is very left of tea party. He will hide his stripes (short of lying about them), but never betray them.
apodoca commented:
The problem is Christie is just playing to the gallery as usual. Now, it would’ve been something if Christie had fired the superintendents and not hired anybody to replace them. As it stands, big deal! I’m not impressed by Christie cuz he galleries too much, and all of it serves to mask his less than sterling Conservative credentials. Christie is a gold-plated Conservative. Sarah Palin is gold. Big difference.
Lou Manati commented:
NoBama to future President Christie—”don’t taz me bro”….
ogee commented:
@ 22 Henry Hawkins
Bush? Careful. The GOP runner needs to get the Indy and disenfranchised Dem to win.
I heard Bachmann is likely to throw her hat in the ring. Anyone up for serial voting?
Now she can get votes other candidates can’t get and she raises the MOST money. Another 4 years of this BS er we have now is intolerable. Don’t set the GOP up for a fall with more boring candidates.
RedBeard commented:
Henry, I’m hoping for a good conservative candidate, possibly virtually unknown. You’re right about the usual suspects currently being discussed. But I must throw cold water on those possibilities you mentioned.
Christie is where he can do the most good right now, and he’s not conservative enough to top my choice of tickets.
Rubio is needed in the Senate, and could use some seasoning on the national stage before going for the Big Chair.
Jeb is still popular here in Florida, but unfair as it is, he would be running with an albatross around his neck that looks a lot like his big brother.
I’m still considering Earl Pitts.
Henry Hawkins commented:
Jeb Bush has said no to 2012, maybe to 2016. How unfortunate too many can’t get past the irrelevancy of his last name (meaning indies and blue dogs).
Apart from Romney, Huckabee, Gingrich, and Palin, I’m looking at Barbour, and Daniels. Pence appears to be going after a governorship.
Much can and will likely change in the next year. Since the best predictor of future behavior is past behavior, I expect more gaffes, errors, and overreaches from the White House. Since Congress is now split, Repubs have the House, Dems the Senate and not by much, I don’t see much progress on economic and employment issues. Even if substantive legislation is achieved, it takes a while for effects to emerge.
Perhaps someone good will change their minds about running as and if Obama looks weaker and weaker for 2012, or someone totally off the radar will emerge. Carter and Clinton were both off the radar at this same period of time in advance of their elections.
Hey, maybe McCain will run again!
JimmyT commented:
Chris won’t run. He’s a man of his word. Have you guys looked at Paul Ryan?
Henry Hawkins commented:
I understand Christie will stick by his word, but he might respond to a draft effort if an electable candidtate does not emerge.
Paul Ryan’s fiscal skills and talents might be best used in the House for now.
Ace Baker commented:
It’s Bush’s fault
RedBeard commented:
Agree about Ryan. He’s absolutely a perfect fit where he is, and needed there.
As a Hoosier by blood and inclination, I spend a lot of time in Indiana. I met Mitch Daniels when his campaign bus stopped at my favorite restaurant/watering hole so he could meet and greet. Seemed a decent sort, stayed quite a while and listened more than he talked. He has made some mistakes, and has angered a lot of people by doing necessary things to correct the fiscal situation.
Brett commented:
I couldn’t see what the big deal was after reading the blurb above (what possible difference could replacing one superintendent for another make?), but digging a little deeper made it clearer why this was a big deal. The superintendents who have been let go are making a lot more than the $120,000 in their job descriptions. One of them, Lee Seitz, is making $242,000 a year. Apparently, “Seitz received a large raise as part of a contract extension designed to dodge the cap rules. This is going on across the state, as boards are trying to direct as much money as possible to administrators in an effort to undermine the governor.”
So there you go.
Irene commented:
If we already have city superintendents what exactly is the purpose of having one for the county? I say never replace the position and save lots of money. Too much oversight! Save the money for teachers so the children actually get an education not the teachers getting oversight!