Waiting until a building is on fire to install a sprinkler system doesn’t make sense. But that is exactly what Governor Christie and the bumbling State Legislature is doing in their Keystone Kops holiday weekend extravaganza.
Maybe property tax caps make sense, and maybe they don’t. But right now, we are in a short-term fiscal crisis and diddling with tax caps is, at best, a long-term “solution.” Instead, our elected officials need to look at bold near-term approaches and stop playing around the edges.
One such bold solution is county-wide consolidation of school districts and municipal services. If the governor is going to use his bully pulpit to promote necessary but unpopular initiatives, this is where he should concentrate. Consolidation, along with a BTTW lean/six-sigma approach to state services will drive out costs, improve services, and bring us toward fiscal equilibrium.
Our governor blew it with the veto of the millionaire’s tax. And he is blowing it with his draconian approach that is driving the quality of life in the state on a downward spiral. How about it, Mr. Governor? Can you leverage your divisive approach to benefit all New Jerseyans, not just your cronies? Or is this too much for even you to tackle?
Cross-posted to Blue Jersey
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