'Call for reform' or recession?

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You know the rich owners and their slavish editors at The Record of Woodland Park are firmly in Governor Christie's corner from the Page 1 headlines on results of statewide school elections today:

Christie sees vote

as call for reform

Says public fed up

with higher taxes

The bylines of three reporters appear on the story, but there is absolutely no mention of the recession, and how that might have affected the public mood and the vote.  

The Record has been grinding the axes of "high" salaries for police officers and teachers so long, it has simply lost any objectivity, and continues to shift attention away from the governor's concessions to wealthy families such as the Borgs. 

For example, have you seen any editorials decrying the thousands of school district layoffs because of state aid cuts? The Borgs love layoffs -- at the  paper and anywhere else. They're still living high on the hog.

I agree the closing of Paterson Catholic Regional High School in Paterson deserves to be on the front page, but not to be the biggest element, as it is in the Herald News today. This is especially the case when you realize only the color photo earned the story such prominent play.

Sloppy, sloppy, sloppy. Three corrections on A-2 today, one in the form of an Associated Press story on A-4 admitting "multiple errors" in the Tuesday story on the governor's payroll.

It was good to see detailed follow-ups on the results of the school election in Teaneck (photo) and Englewood -- where the mayor and superintendent clashed -- but where are the details on  Hackensack's vote to support the budget and tax levy, and oust two incumbents from the school board?