Let me be real clear: Raj Mukherji’s push to dismantle our elected school board and replace it with an appointed one isn’t about education — it’s about control. It’s a slap in the face to the people of Jersey City, and I won’t stay quiet while political power players try to hijack our democracy.
This community fought too damn hard to get local control of our schools back. We lived through state control. We lived through being dictated to, underfunded, and ignored. And now that we’ve finally got the reins back — with a board elected by the people — Raj wants to snatch that power away and hand it over to political insiders? Not on our watch.
Let’s call this what it is: a power grab. Raj Mukherji, who’s more interested in building his political empire than in building up our students, wants to eliminate elections so he and his buddies can install hand-picked cronies.
