May Sun, 2003
NEW JERSEY VACATION PLANS – READY FOR TAKEOFF
War, terrorism, a bad economy? Fuggedaboudit! New Jersey is going on vacation. The latest Star-Ledger/Eagleton-Rutgers Poll found that most residents plan on taking time off for fun and sun this summer. And many are traveling out of state to do so.
May Sun, 2003
GOVERNOR McGREEVEY: “NOT DEAD AT ALL. THANKS FOR ASKING.”
Trying to find anyone inside of Trenton with something nice to say about Jim McGreevey lately has been a little like trying to find Saddam Hussein. Republicans are openly enthusiastic about the prospect of running against McGreevey in two years; some Democratic leaders are quietly whispering about a primary challenge to the Governor. But the ordinary citizens of New Jersey have now spoken and their voice should be read as a note of caution to the ambitious: The current assessment is: “He’s OK—not great, but not a disaster either.” Or, back off--he ain’t dead yet.
March Sun, 2003
“QUALITY OF GOVERNMENT” RATINGS DECLINE STEEPLY IN NEW JERSEY
For it shows there has been a dramatic decline in the public trust--in how New Jerseyans describe the quality of their government over just the last two years. In April 2001, positive ratings of excellent or good outnumbered negative ones of only fair or poor by a margin of 54 to 43 percent. Now just 38 percent of state residents boast that theirs is a government of at least good quality—only one percent describe it as excellent. Fully 60 percent offer critical assessments.
February Thu, 1987
IRAN-CONTRA ARMS AFFAIR HURTS REAGAN IN NEW JERSEY JOB RATING DROPS; TRUTHFULNESS OUESTIONED
Ronald Reagan’s stature in New Jersey is being dragged down by the Iran-Contra arms affair, even before the release of the Tower Commission report expected to be critical of the President’s handling of the controversy.