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• [1] CaliforniaTomatoesInJuly February 27, 2008 - 08:54AM

  The One-TIme-Garden-State

  -- without an Ag Dept. I sort of like the ring to what NJ's motto is presumably required to be changed to...

  
  
• [2] hjs from 11211 February 27, 2008 - 10:12AM

  Corzine has taken a first step, making state government leaner. next the governor should offer zero aid to 100's of unnecessary mini-municipalities. this wasteful layer of bureaucracy has one reason for being, to create segregation by zip code. Now many want the State to subsidize, via proptry tax relief, all the unneeded municipalities and counties so they can keep their children away from people of color and the poor. It's time for consolidation, modernization and rationalization, instead of petty tribalism.

  fyi New Jersey currently has 566 municipalities, 616 school districts 186 fire districts, and 21 counties.

  
  
• [3] Johnny S from Cranford, NJ February 27, 2008 - 10:45AM

  New Jerseyans love to gripe about property taxes and think that gutting state government will solve the problem. Of course, that's not the case.

  If we wanted to drastically cut property taxes in a few years we would force our 616 school districts to become, let's say 100 districts. We would limit what districts could pay superintendents and professionals and eliminate a lot of special education services.

  I think most people, whether they admit it or not, would prefer high taxes to lousy schools, or sending their suburban kids to regionalized urban-suburban schools.

  
  
• [4] adsf February 27, 2008 - 11:04AM

  hjs--

  i approve of your theory BUT

  move back to nj, bring some good kids who need school, and then lets see if you still are calling it that.

  
  
• [5] hjs from 11211 February 27, 2008 - 11:13AM

  i perfer a heathly modern city to the sprawl. but it's a nice place to visit. besides i can't afford an SUV

  
  
• [6] John McGrady from Ho Ho Kus February 27, 2008 - 11:14AM

  There is an expression I learned while at Rutgers, called "political hubris." Basically it means ignoring the will of the people once in office. You'd have to be grossly full of it, and display immense apathy, toward a state full of drivers, who are famously vocal about things like removing tolls from the Parkway, etc., to then go and propose Toll hikes. This makes Gov. Cuzhine, one of the grossest perpetrators of arrogance upon the people. This is what we call in NJ, "a one termer." Have a nice rest of your life in corporate America, gov.

  
  
• [7] smidely February 27, 2008 - 11:15AM

  Raise tolls

  Raise gas tax

  Tax corporations

  REDEFINE CORRUPTION AND BAN IT

  
  
• [8] hjs from 11211 February 27, 2008 - 11:16AM

  science bad!!

  burn down the liberty science center, what good is it!

  
  
• [9] Marilyn Murray from Chatham, NJ February 27, 2008 - 11:17AM

  The rebates are like a shell game. We MUST cut spending. Let's make the perks for government workers comparable to the private sector.

  If Corzine really wants to run for president in 2012, he should "Kick ass and take names," and the public employees be damned. He will be a hero to the people of the state.

  
  
• [10] Johnny S from Cranford, NJ February 27, 2008 - 11:18AM

  I call it political bravery that Corzine took it on the chin and proposed a method for raising revenues that chared out-of-staters, addressed the state's crumbling roads and bridges and brought the state's tolls in line with other states.

  Of course NJ drivers want to drive for free... and not pay taxes. And the Republicans will promise both.

  
  
• [11] eric from brooklyn March 18, 2008 - 10:28AM

  i know it was last week when you had the show asking what songs did you never want to hear again, but the theme song for your show has got to change this year please. i'd be more than happy to come up with something else. the twangy guitar and then the over the top pop drum beat kicking in is just too much. :)