by Bob Braun -

The Illusionist

Antoinette Baskerville-Richardson, aschool board member, recrods data on empty buses on the first day of school
Antoinette Baskerville-Richardson, a school board member, records data on empty buses on the first day of school

Cami Anderson, Chris Christie’s overseer of the Newark schools, spent a good part of the first day of school traveling to schools she knew would be orderly, stopping along the way to give impromptu news conferences in which she praised her “One Newark” plan. She apparently missed the scores of empty buses roaming the streets in search of children, the anxious parents still trying to find placement for their kids, and the complete lack of transportation for special education students. Cami was doing her illusionist’s trick.

by Bob Braun -

BETRAYAL

NTU President Joe Del Grosso--"Say it ain't so, Joe!"
NTU President Joe Del Grosso-“Say it ain’t so, Joe!”

On Labor Day, the day we celebrate working men and women and their unions, the Newark Teachers Union said this to the anxious parents of New Jersey’s largest city: “We cannot be seen as aiding or abetting anything that would disrupt the operation of the Newark Public Schools. ”