Congrats to Michael Rec on being selected as the new WTBOE President for the 2010-2011 school year. For the past three years, Michael has served as Finance Chair where he produced school budgets where spending declines in each of the past three years. I have known Mike for over 17 years as he is a Columbia B School classmate.
Kudos are also in order for outgoing President Michelle Skurchak, who along with Michael, set a new standard for board leadership.
Voters' Remorse?
Einstein defined insanity as "doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." He must have had Washington Township residents who blindly vote "Republican" in mind.
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- Kevin M. Nedd
- In 2005, I became the first non-Republican to win a seat on the Washington Township Committee since 1978. My decision to enter politics was solely driven by 2005's infamous 11% municipal tax increase imposed by an all Republican committee. Over the next three years, my efforts as Finance Liaison drove municipal tax growth below 3%. As you can see from the chart above, it didn't take the Republicans long to screw up a good thing. In fact, it seems my efforts were so successful the GOP recently abolished the position of Finance Liaison to avoid comparisons to my record. In late 2007, I joined the Morris County for Obama grassroots organization as its Co-Chair and made the decision to affiliate with the Democrat Party and run on the Democrat ticket in the 2008 Primary and General Elections. As many predicted, running as a Democrat in “Republican dominated” Washington Township didn’t advance my political career. While Obama’s overall electoral fate did not rest in the hands of township voters, mine obviously did. Nevertheless, I am proud to have served as the local “anchor” man on the President's ticket and have no regrets whatsoever.
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