>Ridgewood officials say rift between Governor Christie and teachers to blame for budget defeat
Saturday, April 24, 2010
BY EVONNE COUTROS
The Record
STAFF WRITER
https://www.northjersey.com/news/91992934_Christie-NJEA_fight_blamed_for_defeat.html#
RIDGEWOOD — Officials say the public fight between Governor Christie and the New Jersey Education Association — and the unwillingness of teachers to take a wage freeze — were to on Tuesday.
“We lost,” Board of Education Vice President Robert Hutton said. “The turnout at the polls in Ridgewood was over the top as board of education elections go. In the overall scheme,the governor and the NJEA warfare was brought to the forefront in this election.”
https://www.northjersey.com/news/91992934_Christie-NJEA_fight_blamed_for_defeat.html#
Our own Ridgewood Blog Poll suggested that most readers favored “a teacher wage freeze”
Yes 273 (69%)
No 120 (30%)
