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UPDATED: Daily Quickie, 05.24.10
Posted By Michael Symons On May 24, 2010 @ 8:19 am In Uncategorized | Comments Disabled
On this Monday, May 24th, in between analyzing the finale of 'Lost' …
Schools Development Authority chief executive officer Marc Larkins and Education Commissioner Bret Schundler visit West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South to make an announcement regarding the SDA's "regular operating districts" (aka, the non-Abbott districts) grant program.
The Manhattan Institute for Policy Research [1], in conjunction with a new Jersey-based group called the Common Sense Institute of New Jersey [2], releases a report analyzing the impact in Massachusetts of a 2.5% property tax cap that Gov. Chris Christie is proposing a similar version of in New Jersey. Given that Christie's is visiting the Manhattan Institute for a speech Tuesday, and the CSI-NJ is led by the same people who head the Christie-supportive New Jersey Taxpayers Association, it seems a fair bet it will conclude New Jersey's reform can help the state achieve real restraint in tax growth without negatively impacting educational outcomes.
Christie swears in Labor & Workforce Development Commissioner Hal Wirths in a Governor's Office ceremony. Tonight, he's at the College of St. Elizabeth in Morristown for the United Way 2010 Public Officials Forum.
Lt. Gov. Kim Guadgano attends the Healthcare Institute of New Jersey Partners in the Community Breakfast in Trenton, then tours the Pitney Bowes Mail Services Facility in Newark after a ribbon-cutting.
Sen. Michael Doherty turns 47.
Assm. Alison Littell McHose turns 45.
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[1] The Manhattan Institute for Policy Research: http://www.manhattan-institute.org/
[2] Common Sense Institute of New Jersey: http://www.commonsenseinstitutenj.org/
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