Spring Valley, NY - Ousted East Ramapo S.B. Treasurer Replaced By Long Time Critic

Spring Valley, NY - James Rose, the recently ousted treasurer of the East Ramapo school district, said that he's fine with the Board of Education's decision to replace him with long-time district critic Israel Bier.
"There's just always a lot to do," said Rose, who remains the district's business administrator. "I am only pleased to have someone else taking over a fraction of that workload."

The board's abrupt appointment of Bier, a former school board member, on stunned many who attended the meeting. Some criticized the board's decision to pay $25,000 to Bier for duties that Rose had performed for no additional compensation.

Board member Richard Stone said last week that Bier had more "depth of knowledge" than Rose.
For more than a decade, Bier has been a vocal critic of rising school taxes. As an Orthodox Jew, he and others have often argued that it's difficult for them to afford the yearly school tax increases along with their children's yeshiva tuition. Members of the Orthodox Jewish community hold seven of the board's nine seats.
Rose said that Bier "will represent the board's interests and agenda and do that better than I could."