September Sun, 2002

GOVERNOR McGREEVEY FALL REPORT CARD:MEETS EXPECTATIONS BUT COULD DO BETTER

While James E. McGreevey’s job approval rating has slipped somewhat in the lastfew months, the news from the latest Star-Ledger/Eagleton-Rutgers Poll is not all bad forNew Jersey’s chief executive. While fewer than half of the state’s residents give theirgovernor positive marks on his job performance, most acknowledge that the state isfacing serious budgetary problems and few residents hold McGreevey responsible forincreases in local property taxes. On the whole, most residents say he is doing as well asthey expected.

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September Sun, 2002

THE SOPRANOS A “HIT” IN JERSEY

Like diners, toll roads, and Jimmy Hoffa’s final resting place, television’s “TheSopranos” has become a fundamental part of the New Jersey landscape, with many stateresidents eagerly awaiting the show’s fourth season. According to the latest Star-Ledger/Eagleton-Rutgers Poll, just over half of all New Jersey adults have tuned into the HBOseries at least once since it premiered in 1999. This includes one-in-five residents who say theynever miss an episode of the hit show that follows the trials and tribulations of a New Jerseymafia family.

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