(Click on image to enlarge)PT has archived the articles, tables and charts from this series in the belief that the work done by the Record will be useful in the discussion which will be unfolding over the issue of pay and benefits for public employees.
The stories are listed below. The links will take you to PT's permanently archived copies of the articles. Each article also contains -- near the bottom -- a link to the original online source.
1 of 6: "Can N.J. afford the rising cost of teachers and cops?"
..... - "Tables: Tax rate increases"
..... - "Tables: Bergen and Fairfax Counties compared"
..... - "Chart - Tale of one cop's pay"
2 of 6: "Unions drive a hard bargain"
..... - "Timing was everything for NJEA power broker"
3 of 6: "Workers' health care causing pain"
..... - "Editorial - Big bucks"
4 of 6: "Tenure helps good teachers and shelters the bad ones"
..... - "OpEd: Linking pay to property taxes"
5 of 6: "Police contracts cost towns big"
..... - "The high cost of contract arbitration"
..... - "Chart - One town in focus: Hillsdale"
6 of 6: "Tracking tax dollars, blocked at every turn"
..... - "Editorial: Open secret"
Coming: Sunday, July 23, 2006: Reader responses to the series.
David Rebovich, Managing Director of the Rider University Institute for New Jersey Politics, also published an important piece in a post to PoliticsNJ on Sunday, July 16, 2006:
"Government Workers Fight Stereotypes"
PT will be adding pieces to this page -- a sort of link to the links -- as the discussion ensues.
-- Dan Damon
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