School Budget Smackdown in New Jersey
A revolt grows in Jersey - NYPOST.com
New Jersey voters just sent another loud reminder of their disgust with out-of-control taxes.
Of 537 school budgets up for a vote in the Garden State, 315 -- a whopping 59 percent -- went down in flames Tuesday.
That's more than the state's seen in decades.
Why so many rejections?
Because some 80 percent of those budgets sought property-tax hikes.
As if Jersey isn't already a national leader in property taxes.
As if ObamaCare, the stimulus and Washington's trillion-dollar deficits hadn't sent actual taxpayers into a lather.
Homeowners, in particular, have had enough.
Median tax bills in six Garden State counties are among the 10 highest in all of America. As a share of income, levies in Passaic and Essex lead the nation -- with Bergen, Union, Hunterdon and Hudson not far behind.
School boards -- and teachers unions that refused concessions -- must have been dreaming if they thought voters would rubber-stamp tax hikes yet again.
No, this time taxpayers were paying . . . attention.
Fact is, last November's election of Republican Gov. Chris Christie in Democratic New Jersey was no fluke.
Woo-hoo!
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