Friday, March 23, 2012

Madness Run Amok

I know, like, and respect many of the school board members but I will no longer try to understand them. A year ago, I wrote, “the scary thing is the school board will likely allow [Healy] to take the lead.” I was correct but I never imagined it would get this bad.

Recently, the school board voted to strip the citizens of their right to vote on the school budget. They claimed to do this because the citizens were too stupid, ignorant, or partisan to simply rubberstamp the school board’s rubberstamp of the administration’s proposed budgets.

What were those proposed budgets that they couldn’t risk putting before the good people of Matawan-Aberdeen? In two years, during a recession and housing crisis, they’ve raised spending by 6.4%. All that extra money coming from the state could’ve gone to tax relief but tax relief will never be on the agenda. Taxes will keep going up forever.

Yet, even all those extra millions aren’t enough. The administration wants to spend more. There’s certainly no shortage of places to find money. Outsource bus drivers, child study teams, and secretaries. Change in-school programs to after-school programs, like driver’s education and pottery. Raise class sizes to 20 students.

The problem is that all those cost reductions involve work and accountability. The administration is looking for less work, not more. So they propose eliminating the preschool program. The administration argues, and the school board seemingly agrees, the program isn’t state mandated or self-sufficient.

Self-sufficient? Public education is now expected to be self-sufficient? This from the school board that plans to keep raising taxes for eternity? As for the state mandate, since when is that the standard? Is the district about to require that all clubs and athletics be self-sufficient? That would save about $700,000 a year. Why not eliminate all foreign languages but Spanish? How about limiting physical education to just track and yoga? Better yet, combine gym with custodial activities like sweeping floors and shoveling snow.

The school board has lost all sense of direction. Pottery has become more important than preschool. Bus drivers are more important than teachers. Taxpayers have no public advocate.

Imagine what will happen when the teachers union discovers how cheap and easy it is to rent the Aberdeen Democratic Party and have the local machine elect the teachers’ slate of candidates to the school board. Once that state-mandated 2% cap is lifted, the party will really begin.

The middle school’s bizarre policy against hugging is just icing on the cake; a hugging-free zone that’s turned Matawan-Aberdeen into a national joke. How does that fit the school district’s vision? Or has the vision become irrelevant? When has any district policy been explained in the context of the district’s mission or vision?

When I left, the school board was focused on educational outcomes and tax relief. What happened?

And who will be accountable? >>> Read more!

44 comments:

Anonymous said...

It is once again not so amazing that these idiot and overpaid administrators of which there are far too many in our educational student have to show us they are doing something for their $125,000.00 BS salaries. Between this idiotic leadership indecision and the corruption laden town council Kauff puppets we are doomed I tell you. DOOMED!

Anonymous said...

I support this discouragement of hugging. Think about it...Willy nilly, hug, hug, hug, squeeze, squeeze....Aren't we all so cute and loving! But consider the poor adolescent boy, reduced to shame and embarrassment when his young body responds to this physicality in ways that he would rather it would not do! Geeze, why put the kids through that?

No hugging but said...

This is just another embarrassing thing that our town does not need to have heaped upon our communities reputation and standing. No hugging is allowed in our school system.

Unfortunately the complete and total corruption of local officials is continual. Inept and corrupt public officials that we have plenty of.

Right Mr. K.?

Hugs in prison said...

Kauff and company will soon be getting plenty of hugs and very unwanted personal attention in prison. Don't do the crime Kauffkins if you can't do the crime.

Anonymous said...

its not a crime its just politics. dirty low down scumbag attracting politics. norman kauff who is nothing but a scumbag politically corrupt who is illegally and unethically controlling politics in aberdeen. right kauff.

The corruption clock said...

Right up until Kauffie gets arrested that is. Right Fred?

Control said...

He does not just control politics in town he controls the whole f'n town. It's a damn shame.

Working just to pay volunteers? said...

No budget for Aberdeen in the paper today but there is a printed synopsis of Fire District #1. WOW! It seems volunteer departments have a significant amount of money sitting idle. They also seem to list the same amounts of money in line items every year that leaves one with many questions. More questions for the volunteers as we know are led questionably by some of the same Norman Kauff coconspirators with our tax money questionably shelved or allowed to be in these accounts with questionably explained uses. If I had expenditures and reserves like this Fire House budget shows my boss would crawl up one side of me and down the other. Not in Aberdeen it seems at tax payers expense. Once again we lose?

Anonymous said...

YAWN... BORING!!

Anonymous said...

YAWN... BORING!!

NJSP in Ewing said...

Yawn this you jerkoff.

Guess why we are bored with your lame response?

Because the Kauff corruption rolls on.

For now that is.

I know no one is looking into Kauff.

Keep thinking that.

I know better because I go to the NJSP in Ewing also.

Anonymous said...

NEWSFLASH!

From the Land of Make Believe Newsroom...

National Hero Anonymous goes to Ewing!

By Kermit T. Fog, staff writer



ABERDEEN:

Everyone's favorite delusional person, Anonymous has gone to the Make Believe State Police to combat Norm.
Make Believe Police Chief, the Count was quoted as saying "Norm faces ONE!...ONE! Count of being a doody head!" "TWO...TWO! Counts of making poor crazies type on caps" and " THREE!...THREE! Counts of making Republicans get ass raped at the polls! Ahh! Ahh! Ahh!

Keep amusing yourself Kauffkins said...

The last laugh will be had despite the childish posts I hope. When the cradle falls the Kauffkins will be crying like babies while us taxpayers, developers and us business owners celebrate our freedom from the Kauff corruption. Keep amusing yourself though while the possible investigation with the state police may actually be justly underway to stop the political corruption that is so pervasive in New Jersey. Why doubt the possibility of an investigation? Many of us don't doubt the political corruption under the invisible Kauff.

Anonymous said...

What an interesting concept to allow the Chief School Administrator/Instructional Leader to take the lead of his/her school district.

There are 465 New Jersey districts out of 538 districts which have budget elections that have made the switch to move election to November. That equals about 86 percent of districts with budget elections. With the exception of two district's in Monmouth County all have voted to move elections to November. It appears that 86% of NJ school districts and nearly 100% of Monmouth County shool district's have allowed their superintendent to "take the lead."

Isn't that what leaders are expected to do? To take the lead.

Aberdeener said...

Are you arguing O'Malley didn't "take the lead" when we had a referendum on the tax hikes? That's not how I remember it.

Anonymous said...

Don't you dare pick on Joey's love interest, Omalley.

He cares about Matawan and Aberdeen. That's why he's still here serving us.

Right Joey?

YAWN said...

Let me take another huge YAWN... BORING!!

KAUFF BLAH BLAH BLAH

KAUFKINSS BLAH BLAH BLAH

TRAIN STATION BLAH BLAH BLAH

CME BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH

You people are pathetic besides sitting in your lazyboy chairs typing (bitching and moaning). Why don't you get off your fat asses and do something about your complaints. Otherwise, SHUT UP, TAKE IT, AND MOVE ON WITH WITH YOUR SAD EXISTENCES!!

Love YAWN!!

4:35 NJCL Train said...

Still lame no matter how you try.

BUT!

You cannot deny the Kauff corruption.

Know why?

Not one named person even attempted to defend themselves from example after example posted on here countless times.

That cannot be denied.

But you Kauff scumbags are all too typical of political hacks under the corrupt, illegal and unethical control of a scumbag like Norman Kauff.

Try these on for size.

Where is Kauff denying THE TRUTH about him?

Where is Vinci denying THE TRUTH about him?

Where is Tags denying THE TRUTH about him?

Where are the various Board Members denying the truth that they are controlled and manipulated by Kauff?

Where are the denials that Kauff and the Aberdeen Dems do not get a great percentage from CME and the Lawyers appointed by Kauff to take his place?

Where are the denials that CME does not make over $1,000,000,00 every year when an in house engineer would be far more cost effective?

Where are the denials that the Vinci intersection was in fact needed for $850,000.00 when we said it was a huge political payback to a self serving scumbag puppet of Kauff?

We are waiting for your response.

We are waiting while you say we are few.

Deny that.

You know you can't.

Your silence says all we need to know.

Time to go skiing Norm said...

Thanks for reminding about Ewing I have to go Friday. Then its off to ski in Maine for two weeks with my wife. I will not be on the Aberdeener so just let Norm know I am not going to think of him even once when I am away. I'll miss taunting the Kauffkids though. I love their lame childish responses as they try and defend defend their lord and master Norm Kauff. Jays Peak here we come. Bye Norm i'll bring you some snow. It's as close as you will ever get to being that pure white.

SO MUCH CORRUPTION so many??? said...

WHERE'S THE BUDGET NORM?

STILL WAITING.

WHY?


WHAT ARE YOU HIDING NORM?

WHAT LINE ITEM ARE YOU STEALING FROM NORM?


WHAT'S YOUR ILLEGAL PERCENTAGE NORM?

SO MANY????? FOR SO MUCH CORRUPTION.

RIGHT NORM?

Anonymous said...

the silence is all the proof you need about the corrupt leadership in aberdeen illegally controlled by kauffie.
prove us wrong. you know you can't. not one has come on here and defended anything. they can't defend the kauffie corruption. how about our sewers maggie. thanks for nothing maggie.

Anonymous said...

Wrong...

The silence is because nobody reads this bullshit, except you 2 or 3 queers, and me.

Norms tax filing???? said...

Norms taxes were filed today?

Or were they?

Norm made 0 Zero Nada Zip in 2012.

Sure he did?

Unless of course illegal and unethical payoffs can't file?

Right Norm?

5:30 NJCL train said...

Yawn this you moron. You know this site bothers all the Kauffkins scum. Despite your continually lame postings you can't stay away because more and more details of the Norm corruption are disclosed. Now you can go and call Norm and tell him to give you a treat and rub your belly for defending the Kauff corruption. You're a good Kauffkin scumbag! Yes you are a good scumbag yes you are a good Kauffkin scumbag! Now roll over and take it in the ass from your master Norm once again.

A Kauffkin came in from the cold said...

Who will take over for Norm?

That may be the question being discussed behind Norms back with some recent news.

Know why?

Subpoenas are being readied I hear for Norm and a few of the corrupt elected Kauffcouncil.

No I did not hear that from a woodland creature or heard it while eating mushrooms or smoking a joint.

I got this from a reliable source.

How reliable?

Very reliable is all i can say right now.

Know why?

Because one of the Kauff guilty has been talked to by law enforcement authorities of his own free will.

One of the Kauffkins came in from the cold it seems.

But of course I don't know what I am talking about.

Or do I?

Right Norm?

Warren Drive said...

Have a safe rip skiing. Maybe it is time we let Norm stew in his own pudding. I like the comment about one of the insiders turning on Kauff. They will doubt it of course but they know the ride is almost over.

IT'S JUST BEGINNING said...

THE SKY IS FALLING

THE SKY IS FALLING

IN ABERDEEN IT IS ANYWAY


HERE IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF OUR CORRUPTLY CONTROLLED BY NORMAN KAUFF LEADERSHIP MISSTEPS THAT HURT US TAXPAYERS


BUT DON'T WORRY CME WILL BE$$$$$$$$$$FINE

HERE'S MORE PROOF TO CONSIDER

SO TAKE THE TIME TO READ OUR LEADERSHIPS LATEST FINANCIAL MOVES THAT WILL SOON BE FORCED UPON ALL OF US TO FINANCE TEAM KAUFF AND LEST WE FORGET KAUFF'S CME ENGINEERING

READ TODAYS ASBURY PARK PRESS SECTION A3

TITLE IS "ABERDEEN'S BONDS TAKE RATINGS HIT"


THE ASBURY PARK PRESS HAS STARTED TO PEEL BACK THE ONION THAT IS OUR CORRUPT LEADERSHIP. SHOWING HOW KAUFF USES OR MISUSES OUR TAX MONIES TO KEEP CME WELL FINANCED ALONG WITH THE LOCAL DEMOCRATS CAMPAIGN AND KAUFF OF COURSE

THE ARTICLE REPORTS THAT THE ABERDEEN CREDIT RATING HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED BY MOODY'S INVESTORS SERVICES FROM A1 TO AA3

SO WHILE WE AWAIT OUR ABERDEEN BUDGET TO FINALLY BE PUBLICIZED WE GET THIS ARTICLE TO READ TO REALLY SEE WHAT NORMAN KAUFF AND HIS TOWN COUNCIL PUPPETS WILL DO WITH THIS LATEST TIDBIT AND HOW THEY WILL SPIN IT

OF COURSE THE LATEST OF FOUR TOWN MANAGERS TO BE UNDER KAUFF'S THUMB IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS IS PUTTING A BRAVE FACE ON THIS QUESTIONABLE AND ALL TOO TELLING NEWS

"DUE TO THE CURRENT ECONOMIC CLIMATE, MANAGEMENT AND COUNCIL HAD PLANNED DRAW DOWNS FROM SURPLUS IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN STABLE TAX RATES FOR THE TOWNSHIP'S RESIDENTS," TOWNSHIP MANAGER STATEMENT MANAGER REYCRAFT STATED TO NEWS REPORTERS

IT ALSO WAS STATED IN THE ARTICLE AND BY MOODY'S THAT THE TOWNSHIP HAS RELIED ON ONE SHOT REVENUES. IT STATES THAT ABERDEEN HAS USED $180,000.00 FROM THE TOWNSHIP OWNED LAND SALES. MOODY'S CALLS IT ONE SHOT DEALS

BUT THERE IT IS THE FIRST HINT OF THE SOON TO BE TAX INCREASES THAT COMES EVEN BEFORE WE SEE ONE SPEC OF THE ABERDEEN TOWN BUDGET SO ANXIOUSLY AWAITED PUBLISHED FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION

FROM THE ARTICLE THAT SAYS THE TOWNSHIP BUDGET HAS BEEN INTRODUCED FOR 2012 WILL BE AN INCREASE OF 10.5%. AN INCREASE FROM 48.61 CENTS PER $100.00 FROM 44.01 CENTS PER $100.00

THE INCREASE AMOUNTS OF NEARLY $130.00 A YEAR COUPLED WITH THE SOON TO BE ANNOUNCED THAT MY BROTHER IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM SAYS WILL BE AROUND $150.00 IN ABERDEEN


ALL THIS NEWS AND FINANCIAL PAIN FOR US TAXPAYERS WHILE KAUFF, HIS DEMOCRATS, HIS LAWYERS AND LEST WE FORGET THE TAXPAYERS NEMESIS BEING THE TOWN ENGINEERS OF CME WHO OUR TOWN LEADERSHIP WILL CONTINUE TO ENSURE THAT CME IS WELL FINANCED TO CONTINUE THEIR AND KAUFF'S CORRUPT, ILLEGAL, UNETHICAL AND CONTROL. TO SAY NOTHING OF THE TAXPAYER DRAINING OVERCHARGING FOR OFTEN WHAT SEEMS TO TOO OFTEN BE NEEDLESS, REPETITIVE AND
HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE REVIEWS ON SUPPOSED SENIOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS AND TOO OFTEN
DEVELOPMENTAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT NEVER MATERIALIZE TO BRING TO SUPPOSED TAXPAYER RELIEF

AND THEY DARE TO CALL THEMSELVES LEADERS?

PULLING IN TIME TO GO

LIKE SUSAN POWTER USED TO SAY

"STOP THE INSANITY"

Anonymous said...

If the citizens of Matawan/Aberdeen care about issues that effect them, then where are they at these school board meetings. If you turn up and voice your opinion, the school board will know how the community feels about certain things, if they don't show up then how is the school board suppose to know what you want? They don't have crystal balls. Get familiar with the school board calendar, if you have a gripe or opinion, show up and open your mouth instead of putting it on some bitching post that only a handful of people read. By the way, there's also usually a newspaper reporter at these meetings and you can approach one of them and get your point out to thousands.

Anonymous said...

For the teachers holding their breath over the contract negotiations. Start holding your paid union leader accountable for his negtiations with the school. Get familiar with the process and ask him what offers have been discussed, past and present.

YAWN said...

YAWN!! Once gain STILL BORING!!

Not only are the people on here who post (Bitching/Moaning/Doing Nothing About It) are sad and pathetic but apparently are also delusional.

You really think that by typing on a keyboard in cyberspace is going to change the world you live in??? Think again the world has been spinning far before The Aberdeener. Not one politician will ever reply to any of you sad, pathetic, and delusional people on here.

Like I said before, if you feel strongly about the problems you have get off you fat ass and do something about it, other wise your just using this site to vent.

So with that said the name of this site should be changed from The Aberdeener to the more appropriate name The Ventilator.

Love YAWN!!

Typical lame response is sad said...

Let me take this down to the lowest level of understanding so that even a Kauffkin can understand the simple reality regarding the reporting of the Kauff corruption.

1 People have in fact sent letters detailing the corruption here in Aberdeen to the proper authorities, Attorney General and the Governor of the State of New Jersey.

2 People have detailed that the unelected, pompous, arrogant, divisive and completely corrupt Norman Kauff who unfortunately runs all things Aberdeen giving numerous examples and paperwork backing up a few of the Kauff crimes perpetrated against us.

3. People whether you choose to believe it or not are in fact speaking to State Police Investigators at the State Police offices in Ewing New Jersey.

4 A Kauff insider is in fact spilling his guts to save himself or herself from the inevitable arrests, indictments, sentencing and imprisonment of Kauff and his assorted Kauffkins and his politically corrupt town council and assorted others involved in the illegal activities here in Aberdeen.

So now you can go back and take a significant amount of time to come up with a typically lame response to the reality that is the corruption here in Aberdeen caused by all things Kauff.

I have to figure it should take about 24 hours or so.

Anonymous said...

Please, does anyone have any info on the large black van full of law enforcement dressed in hoods and full combat gear, that went into a house on Greenwood Ave??

Early train today said...

It can't happen soon enough for many of us. Just from the illegal meetings and backroom deals to keep Norm in power they should all be tarred and feathered. Scumbags all of them. Right Fast Freddy?

Stop? Or piss them off? said...

I agree we should let the politicians have a break. I say we stop posting on here for let's say a a ten day period. All one of them has to do is come on here using their real name and official title and tell us we have it all wrong.

They can tell us that Vinci did not get paid to run his own campaign. They can tell us that not one of them or their associates made a dollar from any development in town the past 15 years. They can tell us Norm, Coren, Robinson and Nick Minutulo did not get sweetheart deals on the condos they purchased when they sat in on the same condo approvals. They can tell us that all we have posted on here has been wrong and we are the liars.

They won't and we can't stop posting on here cause that is all they have to do other than lie, cheat and steal their way through the towns coffers.

In other words forget about not posting keep it up.

NEVER STOP OUTING THEIR CORRUPTION said...

PISS THEM OFF

ALWAYS PISS THEM OFF

THE MINUTE WE STOP OUTING THE KAUFF CORRUPTION GANG ALLOWS THEM TO THINK THEY ARE GUILTLESS.

THEY ARE ALL

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RIGHT FAST FREDDY


KNOW WHY WE HIGHLIGHT YOU FREDDY BOY?


CAUSE NOT EVERYONE DESERVES A TROPHY


SUCH A DISAPPOINTMENT YOU ARE FREDDY BOY

Trophys? said...

What's the trophy thing about involving the Mayor?

You have the right to be said...

Anyone hear if Aberdeen's own Norman "Adolf Hitler" Kauff is moving out of Aberdeen and maybe even quitting the political corruption business? Seems that even Norm is feeling the heat of the Aberdeener. I also hear Norm has been calling around to his Aberdeen crime syndicate more often just to see if anyone is missing.

You see this checking up on his Kauffgang more often is new for Norm ever since one of his gang of miscreants has been outed on the Aberdeener for talking to the authorities to try to save his or her own ass. My moneys on Drapwig turning Kauffrat first. Then the rest of the corrupt gang of Kauff would all quickly line up to turn states evidence right after the bracelets go on and they are read their rights. Of course they will all be anxious to testify after that early morning knock comes followed by the words SEARCH WARRANT!

Can't happen soon enough for us who know the truth about Kauff and the corruption that hurts all of us taxpayers, developers and business owners every Kauffcorrupt day.

But I always forget that we don't know anything.

Sure we don't?

That will be comforting to you when you are in jail.

Your families will be so proud of you?

Vinci's park is a joke said...

I rode over yesterday after riding the path and saw the Councilman Vinci park. There is no sign to recognize the supposed achievements of Vinci in the park and that is quite fitting since there were no accomplishments. I dare you to list even one that served the residents and not Kauffie. You can tell that CME did not get paid to engineer that mess. What a joke this park will be. Wood benches and a couple of trees is all I see. The locals will probably burn the benches and it will look like old pretty soon. Maybe they can arrange to bury Vinci there when he kicks off. Then i'll walk my dog there so my dog can do on Vinci's grave what he's done to us residents.

CME will be just fine said...

Tax increase listed in newspaper finally. Not the budget just the amount Norm needs to keep screwing us taxpayers over. Don't worry though CME will be fine. Right Norm?

Anonymous said...

Moody’s Investors Services downgraded Aberdeen’s $14.9 million in general obligation debt to A1 from Aa3, citing the Township’s seven year trend of balancing its budget by drawing down reserves and relying on one shot gimmicks.

The Township’s cash reserves were down to only $61,392 at the end of 2011.

Right Attorney Cannon? said...

Kauff and the rest can never deny anything on here. Not just because we know it's the absolute truth. Not because hey know they are corrupt and have committed crimes against all of the Aberdeen communities. The one and only one reason they can never use any of their
names or titles is because the internet and cyberspace blog that we lovingly call the Aberdeener would be evidence against all of them once they get to sit in the chair behind the table reserved for the defendant. Right Mr. Cannon Attorney at Law. Make that soon to be disbarred former Attorney at Law Greg Cannon.

The Normie prison musical said...

Prison musical idea for our Normie. They could do a rendition of "Hello Dolly" on stage in the prison musical and call it "Hello Normie" instead. After all I am sure there are plenty of inmates looking forward to seeking to be matched up with our Normie and his assorted politically corrupt criminals. I for one hope Normie and the other scum are very popular from the minute they get behind the prison walls. It will give Normie a new definition of "hanging a shingle". Normie will be the one "getting shingles" nervously awaiting his next match made in the rough and tumble world of prison romance.

Anonymous said...

To quote Yoda, "there is another..." so who cares if Norm moves or not, isn't there a Norm Jr running around out there?

Anonymous said...

no norm jr but i did hear that one of the 2 perverts might be in line to take over for norm. its a 50-50 chance we will get a pervert. no matter what we get we will get in a deviant or not we will get a norm trained scumbag to continue the cme corruption.