Middletown Mayor Blasts Murphy For Cutting Suburban School Funding

Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden issues the Oath of Office to Middletown Mayor Tony Perry while Allannah Perry holds the Bible. January 1, 2019

During his budget address on Tuesday afternoon, Governor Phil Murphy bragged that in 2018 the state “began the process of finally fulfilling our obligations to our public schools…”

Not so fast, Governor, says Middletown Mayor Tony Perry:

Middletown lost $1.2 million in state aid last year – that doesn’t lower property taxes or invest in our students. That only increases the burden on suburban districts which are forced to bear the brunt of politically motivated policies like this. https://t.co/zuJHknICTH

— Tony Perry (@TonyPerryNJ) March 5, 2019