From Eric Dondero:

How soon til the cries of "meanie," and "scrooge" and "Mr. Grinch," start flying from Government Unions? Or, from Democrats talking about "cuts in school lunch programs," or "bigger class sizes," or more "homeless out in the streets"?

From NJ.com, March 11:

Gov. Chris Christie today will create a commission to privatize as many as 2,000 state jobs beginning next January, officials said Wednesday night.

The Republican governor today plans to sign an executive order creating the task force to cut the size and cost of the state payroll. Three officials familiar with his plans last night said the commission will identify which jobs or agencies would be operated by the private sector and how that would be accomplished. The officials declined to be named ahead of the announcement.

Privatizing jobs would require layoffs. By beginning them in January, Christie would not be subject to a deal between former Gov. Jon Corzine and state worker unions that would require the state to pay millions in raises to remaining workers if he orders layoffs before then.

Well, that didn't take long...

Maryann Woods-Murphy, the state’s teacher of the year is representing the NJ Teachers Association (Morris Politics):

“Many local schools will have to increase class size, lay off teachers and cut important programs. … And the even larger cuts you propose for the next school year will make it even harder for children to succeed.”