Isaiah’s ‘Bad Boys’ of basketball

Yes, I said the “Bad Boys,” though this team in no way resembles those great Piston teams on which Isaiah Thomas shined. This team has managed to not only be bad on the court — and by bad I mean utterly putrid — but dysfunctional off it. And yet, the team president and coach, the man who built created this debacle in the first place, has the confidence of a clueless owner and the temerity to pretend things are going in the right direction.

Does he think we Knick fans are idiots? Perhaps we are — we certainly seem all too willing to plunk down our credit cards for seats.

Maybe Mike Lupica can take over for Dolan.

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New formula boosts aid to local schools

The governor has unveiled his new state aid formula and it appears that most districts in the state will be receiving something — at least for now. Beyond that, however, it is unclear what the longterm ramifications of the new aid formula will be.

As the Star-Ledger points out in its brief coverage so far, the formula still has to get through both houses of the state Legislature and then pass muster with the state Supreme Court — by no means a guaranteed outcome.

In the shorterm, however, all four of the districts covered by the South Brunswick Post and The Cranbury Press will be seeing increases in aid.

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Inconsistent logic

I’m having some trouble understanding this editorial in The Star-Ledger. If I’m reading this correctly, the clean-elections program wasn’t much of a success — so let’s try it statewide. There seems to be a logical error here.

I think the ultimate point — that it needs to be tried statewide — is a good one. But the way the paper gets there might cause readers to assume the program should be scrapped. That would be an unfortunate and foolish outcome.

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