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The Daily News has an article in Friday’s paper about how the New York City Department of Education is making plans to lay off 4,100 teachers, while spending over $1,000,000,000 on outside consultants. (And oh, by the way, sometimes the consultants the D.O.E. hires aren’t even Americans.)
Of course this shows just how corrupt Mayor Bloomberg is, as he single-handedly controls the D.O.E. (a change he insisted on a few years ago). In effect, he is funneling public tax monies into the hands of private concerns.
How do New Yorkers feel about it? Well, the News has put an inset poll adjacent to their article. It asks, “Do you think $1 billion is too much for the city to spend on consultants?” As of this writing, fully 96% have answered “Yes, that seems outrageous. The money would be much better spent on keeping teachers in the classroom.”
Isn’t someone who’s elected supposed to pay at least some attention to the will of the people?
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