http://www.gscschools.org/gsc/Announcements/12-5-09%20%27Once%20powerful%20teachers%20union%20faces%20tough%20times%20with%20Christie%27.html Statehouse Bureau/Ledger - Record "...Today, after two decades at the top of New Jersey’s political establishment, the world has turned upside down for the NJEA...Corzine lost the election to Republican Chris Christie, who waged a public battle against the NJEA and other public-sector labor unions during the campaign. He says his mandate to bring a new era to Trenton will include a clampdown on the teachers union and education agenda that may advocate changes the NJEA will not welcome, So the 200,000 member union now finds itself in the unusual position..."