In the past year Quentin Walsh has made numerous accusations about financial impropriety against the WW-P school board even though his wife has served on the board for the last seven years. In particular, on numerous occasions he has accused the school board of violating the 2 percent cap on taxes, which would be illegal. He has been told by the external district auditor that his claims are false. He has complained about the district surplus to the Plainsboro township committee and has been told that the district surpluses are reasonable for the size of the district budget.
Finally, he has complained to Governor Chris Christie that the district has violated the 2 percent budget cap. The governor asked the Mercer County office to investigate Walsh’s complaint. As your newspaper reported, the county office investigated Walsh’s complaint and told him that his accusations were false. Every reasonable person will agree that the Christie administration would seriously investigate a complaint of financial impropriety by any public school district.
When Governor Christie’s representative tells you that your accusations are incorrect, any reasonable person would step back and reassess his arguments. However, Walsh wants to double down and run for school board from Plainsboro. This gives the voters of Plainsboro an opportunity to settle the argument. Their votes will decide whether they agree with the vision of the current school board that has made the district one of the best districts in the state or Walsh’s unreasonable vision.
K. Joshi
Plainsboro
