It didn't hurt that he followed a corrupt local Democratic Party, notorious for spending money to oil the nuts and bolts of its patronage machine. But he won with more than corrupt enemies. Bret Schundler is willing to incur the wrath of the National Education Association, the 2.1 million-member teachers union, by playing David to their Goliath. He tells how and why. Jersey City has a pretty good chance of becoming the second city in America with school vouchers for public and private schools.
Private schools begin at one-third of that cost.
He's not asking for more money, but wiser spending and local control. He may merely be mouthing this year's hot political slogan or kitschy cliche. But here's even money that says Bret Schundler will deliver the revolution, Right there in Jersey City.