Bucco: Commissioner Davy Must Reappear Before Budget Committee to Explain Union City School Finances

April 10, 2008

Contact: Bill Murray / 609-292-5199
Senator Anthony R. Bucco (R-25)

Senator Anthony Bucco (R-25), the longest serving member of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, requested today that Education commissioner Lucille Davy reappear before the committee to explain the finances of the Union City School District.

“I was dismayed by the reports of fiscal neglect in the Union City School District discussed on NJ 101.5 radio today. I am appalled they would bill the taxpayers $13, 000 per month for cell phones. Adding insult to injury they put in for six hours of overtime just to charge the phones. I guess they couldn’t afford the car chargers.

“In light of this fiscal recklessness I believe that Commissioner Davy should reappear before the committee to explain why the Union City School District deserves a 16 percent $20 million increase in state aid this year. This is one of the largest percentage increases in the state. Sadly, almost none of it will reach the classroom. In fact, you might as well light this money on fire for all the good it will do for the students of this district.

“Every time that a Republican legislator proposes greater fiscal accountability for an Abbott district, the response from the Corzine administration is that the cuts are not realistic. The waste, fraud and abuse evident in the administration of the schools in Union City is real, and the governor and his allies are permitting these outrages to continue unchecked. It is Governor Corzine who has the unrealistic belief that middle class taxpayers should continue to subsidize waste, fraud and abuse.”

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