Weather: 82° Rain showers in the morning with thunderstorms developing for the afternoon. High 82F. Chance of rain 100%. There is a marginal risk of severe weather today.
- Klein's real Kosher Ice Cream Recalls Soft Serve on the Go Cups Because of Possible Health Risk due to potential listeria contamination, the product, sold at convenience stores and other outlets, is packaged in an 8-ounce clear plastic cup, and all flavors have been recalled.
- Flood advisory 4 pm Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly across portions of the advisory area. Rainfall totals up to 1 to 2 inches are possible. - Some locations that may experience flooding include... Toms River, Lakewood, Jackson,
- R' Aaron Lang reacts on Twitter: For 20 yrs the DOE can't figure out Lakewood's funding. The commissioner needs more time. Yet, State Auditor in the OLS, on its own initiative, does a simple statewide school funding report, and lo and behold, Lakewood stands out. They figured out the problem in what, 20 seconds?
- The $3.4 Million that Lakewood township gave fron the municipal tax dollars to the BOE for non mandated services is more than the $3 Million tax increase that was approved by Ray Coles and the committee on Lakewood tax payers. The township is under no obligation to fund the BOE especially for nonandated services. The Boe has its own budget.
More upsetting the township gave away over $5 Million in tax abatements this year alone and the tax increase would not have been necessary.
- Heavy traffic on Cedarbride ave and other roads as construction goes on during bein hazmanim
-Today’s current average mortgage rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage is 7.48%, down 0.03 percentage points from the previous week.
- Petirah of Mrs. Eidel Abramchik A"H, she was 105 a holocaust survivor she eas from bluzhev chasidim The Levaya will take place 10:30 am at the Lakewood chpel 613 Ramsey Ave, kevura in E"Y
- Dissing R' Aaron lang at the Lakewood BOE meeting there was mention that a audit by the Office of Legislative services recommended more funding for Lakewood spokesman says it has nothing to do with the lawsuit that Rab Aaron Lang has been fighting for by himself. The Lakewood scoop followed up with an article about it giving credit to many askanim in Lakewood and not a mention or word of R Aaron Lang. The attorney again went on to say that although the boe has gotten state loans nevertheless the district is still providing a thorough and efficient education and only the legislature can increase funding and not the court
- Letter R' Aaron Lang sent to Lakewood leaders and media Here
- The possibility of Ukraine sealing its borders to the city of Uman for Rosh Hashanah next month has been raised in response to Israel’s deportation of Ukrainian tourists, as 10% of Ukrainian tourists visiting Israel have been deported, prompting the Ukrainian government to express its concerns and threatening to retaliate by shutting the border for Uman pilgrims.
- At least 36 dead in Maui as Hawaii wildfire spreads through historic town
- Bde; Petirah of Mr Andrew Friedman from LA after he collapsed at a wedding in Lakewood the Levaya will take place in LA watch Live Here
A few Re'eh related thoughts
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Absolutely disgusting the way BOE, the lawyer, some askanim, and poop are treating Reb Lang. Bad enough they refuse to join him, bad enough they deny the issues, that wasn't enough. They still need to be ingrates when some funding does come through. Not a even a tiny thank you. Horrible behavior.
ReplyDeleteHow about letting us know who received The tax abatements? It would be nice to know who is on the receiving end of our largesse.....
ReplyDeleteCheck FAA for that info
DeleteHow disgusting that the self declared askanim and Fakewood poop propaganda treat the selfless citizens of Lakewood with the highest degree of kafoy tov and take credit without a mention of those who put in blood and sweat.
ReplyDeleteIt's incomprehensible to fathom that these are the people in charge of our children's education.
And the Lakewood Vaad is silent
The only way to bring change is to vote out the incumbents who made the mess and are beholden to the powers that be.
ReplyDeleteThere are 4 new candidates running for BOE 3 open seats vote for them.
For township vote out mayor Coles makes no difference who u vote for
Don't vote for Shain, he's a spoiler vote, not the first time he's done something like this.
DeleteShain needs to stay in for now just in case one of the three drop out. The deadline to take a name off the ballot is August 31.
DeleteThe document was initiated by the State Auditor in the Office of Legislative Services (OLS) on its own for the purpose reporting on School Funding. It was not about Lakewood per se. They looked at many districts, if not all. Lakewood stood out for its financial problems and recommendations were included in the report. The report was supposed to be confidential. It was given to certain legislative leaders. Ostensibly, it was leaked by someone in the legislature. The OLS did not give it to Michael. A Lang
ReplyDeleteAaron Lang is a walking kiddush Hashem. May Hashem bentch him with parnassa and brocha and kol tov.
ReplyDeleteThe oilam wishes they can help Reb Lang in his selfless avodah for the klal. What can we do?? How can we get word out to the broader Lakewood community to vote in the new candidates?
Maybe the olom can chip in and buy ads on the billboards in support of him...
DeleteOutdoorpoop won't allow political ads he disagrees with to run on billboards.
DeleteI think Aron Lang is a צדיק ורע לו, but I disagree with the specific point he made here.
ReplyDeleteThe report that came out is a purely financial one, and it's easy to see that Lakewood is being short-changed in terms of funding. The State Education Commissioner is an education person, and what they purport to be studying is not whether Lakewood is being short-changed in funding but rather whether Lakewood is providing an adequate education, which is a more complex matter.
These matters are related because R' Lang's lawsuit maintains that the scale of the funding shortage is such that it makes it impossible for Lakewood to provide an adequate education. He hopes to force the state to alleviate the funding shortage via this argument and I certainly hope he is successful. But that said, it goes beyond simply saying that Lakewood is being short-changed, which is a much simpler matter.
Exactly. A Lang
DeleteMaybe someone would like to start a rayzeit campaign so that all that appreciate and support mr lang in his ongoing work can assist him at the very least financially
ReplyDelete1. What exactly are we demanding of the BOE? I don't understand the background here, so a quick two sentence explanation about what the current BOE has been doing wrong and how the new candidates will fix it.
ReplyDelete2. Firing MI was not the solution, as we saw last time he was fired. He must be fired and other things put in place to prevent the problems he caused last time. What are those safeguards?
3. Which of the candidates has pledged to help us through the eitzos of A. Lang, not the Va'ad, Mr. Kotler, Mr. Inzelbuch, or anyone else with a conflict of interest?
When someone can publish the answers in clear concise language, publicize it in town. Let people know that an alternative is possible.
1) The BOE opposes the litigation. They hold that the matter should not be solved in the courts. 2) This is not about Michael. 3) The three "Fixing the Formula" candidates support the litigation. BOE members tell the attorney what position to take and hel has to listen to his clients.
ReplyDeleteIf there ever was a time for achdus, it is now.
What’s the difference between “litigation” and “thru the courts”?
DeleteBOE members are scared of inzelbuch and BOE superintendent. Problem can be solved both by court and litigation they aren't exclusive of each other.
ReplyDeleteInzelbuch needs to be removed from his current positio. The board needs to create a special position of "attorney for special needs" for Inzelbuch, and another attorney should be hired overall to handle the rest of BOE legal.
You got to ask yourself what's being hidden from the public? why are they afraid of proper oversight?
legislation not litigation
DeleteLitigation means through the courts. Same thing. Once you get a court ruling the legislature will have to act because it will be a constitutional ruling, which is the supreme law of the state. As you can see from the legislative hearings in April and the recent OLS report, they are open to more funding. We already got the T & E ruling and now only have to connect that to the funding law, which is the easy part. The problem is that not only the State is trying to somehow reverse the T &E ruling by saying education improved, so is the BOE. It is totally not true, and the record is closed anyway.
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