Tag: Village Council and Board of Education

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False Claim #1: “Thousands of voters enter our schools on each election day.” 

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the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, “One Village One Vote”, is not the first to promote “the dangers of taxpayers voting in public schools”. School safety during voting is a false claim made for years by “educators” looking to hide from tax payers what is going on in public education. Recent protests demonstrate the need for more parent involvement in the education process not less. Administrators clearly do not want parents near schools so the lack of learning will not be challenged.

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False Claim #2: “Ridgewood voter turnout is higher in November.” 

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the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ,  the “One Village One Vote” campaign is  filled with misinformation and  if it passes, residents will lose their right to vote on BOE budgets. The  “One Village One Vote” campaign is a blatant attempt to to remove taxpayer oversight form the school budgeting process .  The $115 million school budget account for approximately 2/3 of the Village property tax bill.

The most offensive part of this claim is the idea that because many residents choise not to vote , that means no one should get that right .

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