Better late than never ...

The state League of Municipalities announced today it has formed a committee to recommend changes to the school funding formula, which is grossly unfair to suburban taxpayers. The timing seems odd. Gov. Corzine said last week he will soon be releasing his proposal for revamping it. He is already running about a year behind. Changing the formula was one of his many unkept campaign promises.

The league says its new committee "will be actively engaged in reforming the current School Funding Formula over the next several months." It should be an interesting exercise, sure to pit the suburban mayors against the urban mayors - unless, of course, they decide the way to address the funding inequities is to spend more in the non-Abbotts rather than spending less in the Abbotts, even if the state can't afford it.

Two of the 17 committee members are from Monmouth and Ocean counties: Marlboro Mayor Robert Kleinberg and Stafford Mayor Carl Block. Five Abbott district towns are represented on the committee - Jersey City, Irvington, East Orange, Plainfield and Haddonfield.