Casablanca, New Jersey-Style
It was reported today that New Jersey lawmakers are surprised to find out that there was wasteful spending in an Abbott school district.
“It was never once my intention with that formula to give a bus driver overtime to plug in a cell phone,” said Assemblyman Louis Greenwald, D-Camden, the budget committee chairman. “That is beyond the pale. It is outrageous. It is offensive. It is what everyone is frustrated with in government.”
This, of course, conjures Claude Rains’ line from Casablanca:
I’m shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!
Why is this audit just now taking place. I thought the whole purpose of Corzine’s call for a comptroller. I applaud the audit, but it was too late. Where is the audit of the other 600+ school districts?
Legislators in New Jersey feigning surprise at inefficiency and corruption is funny . . . and pathetic.
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Tags: Education, New Jersey, pathetic, Politics