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| Karen Lewis, superintendent of Hackensack schools, has been suspended with pay, according to BergenDispatch.com (Photo credit: Schoolword.com) |
By VICTOR E. SASSON
EDITOR
The Record missed another big Hackensack story today -- the suspension with pay of Schools Superintendent Karen Lewis.
On Monday, Paul Nichols of BergenDispatch.com cited "multiple sources" in reporting that Lewis is out despite a 5-year contract that paid her $167,500 a year starting on Dec. 1, 2013.
With bonuses, Lewis was paid more than Governor Christie, who receives $175,000 a year.
Board of Education President Jason Nunnermacker had no comment, but told Nichols "the matter will be appropriately addressed" at tonight's scheduled board meeting in the high school media room.
The suspension comes about three weeks after the April 19 Hackensack school election.
Two incumbents and a former board member were elected to three-year terms, and a tiny minority of registered voters approved a $79 million tax levy to support a total school budget of $104 million.
Trump and Christie
Since Christie took office in early 2010, the GOP bully has transformed New Jersey into a state of emergency.
So, you have to wonder why the editors are making such a big deal over wacko racist Donald Trump picking Christie to head a transition team in the unlikely event the billionaire and presumptive Republican nominee is elected president (A-1).
Satirist Bill Maher referred to the pair as "Trump and Plump."
Trump's election is as much of a long shot as was Christie's bid for the nomination.
Women to bury him
The billionaire racist likely will be buried under the votes of millions of women for Democrat Hillary Clinton.
One thing Trump and Christie have in common is their hatred of Muslims, and both have tapped into the deep-seated racial animosity toward our first black president.
In New Jersey, not only has the governor been waging war against New Jersey's middle and working classes, but his cancellation of the Hudson River rail tunnels has really screwed up mass transit -- as another Page 1 story reports today.
The story on the Gateway Tunnel project carries a dual byline -- Christopher Maag, who covers NJ Transit, and Paul Berger, the Port Authority reporter.
But the first paragraph is overly long, and contains the phrases "environmental permits" and "environmental regulations."
Federal agencies are said to want to "rush through environmental regulations" -- whatever that means.
Local news?
From the looks of the local-news section, there was plenty of room for a story on the Hackensack schools superintendent.
The only other Hackensack news is a huge photo of two vehicles burning on Byrne Street after a power line fell (L-6).
Below that is another filler photo, this one about a stove fire in Paramus.
'Army of hacks'
A brief on Uber drivers forming a new labor organization in New York City to win better treatment and pay refers to them an "army of homemade hacks" (L-9).
Surely, that's an insult, considering that many Uber drivers in the city have years of experience as livery drivers or work for Uber to supplement their income from other driving jobs.
The true hacks are the reporter and editors who handled the story, which is from an unnamed news service.
Better Living
What are readers to make of today's Better Living cover story on grown men racing miniature radio-controlled racing cars in Hackensack (BL-1)?
And why does the piece carry the byline of Maag, a transportation reporter?
On BL-2, Restaurant Reviewer Elisa Ung promotes another spot for Callahan's mystery meat hot dogs.
EDITOR
The Record missed another big Hackensack story today -- the suspension with pay of Schools Superintendent Karen Lewis.
On Monday, Paul Nichols of BergenDispatch.com cited "multiple sources" in reporting that Lewis is out despite a 5-year contract that paid her $167,500 a year starting on Dec. 1, 2013.
With bonuses, Lewis was paid more than Governor Christie, who receives $175,000 a year.
Board of Education President Jason Nunnermacker had no comment, but told Nichols "the matter will be appropriately addressed" at tonight's scheduled board meeting in the high school media room.
The suspension comes about three weeks after the April 19 Hackensack school election.
Two incumbents and a former board member were elected to three-year terms, and a tiny minority of registered voters approved a $79 million tax levy to support a total school budget of $104 million.
Trump and Christie
Since Christie took office in early 2010, the GOP bully has transformed New Jersey into a state of emergency.
So, you have to wonder why the editors are making such a big deal over wacko racist Donald Trump picking Christie to head a transition team in the unlikely event the billionaire and presumptive Republican nominee is elected president (A-1).
Satirist Bill Maher referred to the pair as "Trump and Plump."
Trump's election is as much of a long shot as was Christie's bid for the nomination.
Women to bury him
The billionaire racist likely will be buried under the votes of millions of women for Democrat Hillary Clinton.
One thing Trump and Christie have in common is their hatred of Muslims, and both have tapped into the deep-seated racial animosity toward our first black president.
In New Jersey, not only has the governor been waging war against New Jersey's middle and working classes, but his cancellation of the Hudson River rail tunnels has really screwed up mass transit -- as another Page 1 story reports today.
The story on the Gateway Tunnel project carries a dual byline -- Christopher Maag, who covers NJ Transit, and Paul Berger, the Port Authority reporter.
But the first paragraph is overly long, and contains the phrases "environmental permits" and "environmental regulations."
Federal agencies are said to want to "rush through environmental regulations" -- whatever that means.
Local news?
From the looks of the local-news section, there was plenty of room for a story on the Hackensack schools superintendent.
The only other Hackensack news is a huge photo of two vehicles burning on Byrne Street after a power line fell (L-6).
Below that is another filler photo, this one about a stove fire in Paramus.
'Army of hacks'
A brief on Uber drivers forming a new labor organization in New York City to win better treatment and pay refers to them an "army of homemade hacks" (L-9).
Surely, that's an insult, considering that many Uber drivers in the city have years of experience as livery drivers or work for Uber to supplement their income from other driving jobs.
The true hacks are the reporter and editors who handled the story, which is from an unnamed news service.
Better Living
What are readers to make of today's Better Living cover story on grown men racing miniature radio-controlled racing cars in Hackensack (BL-1)?
And why does the piece carry the byline of Maag, a transportation reporter?
On BL-2, Restaurant Reviewer Elisa Ung promotes another spot for Callahan's mystery meat hot dogs.
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