May Sun, 2001
NEW JERSEYANS REPORT GOOD ECONOMIC TIMES And Expect Them To Stay That Way
Despite market fluctuations and predictions of national economic doom, Garden State residents are economically comfortable these days, and they plan to stay that way. Two-thirds of residents feel the state is in economic good times, according to a recent Star-Ledger/Eagleton- Rutgers Poll, and eight in ten are at least somewhat satisfied with their current standard of living. On neither of these fronts do New Jerseyans expect major changes – most say their personal financial conditions and those of the state economy will stay about the same in the coming year.
April Sun, 2001
NEW JERSEY—A GARDEN OF DIVERSITY NEW SLOGAN EDGES OUT “NJ & YOU: PERFECT TOGETHER” IN POLL MAJORITY TAKE PRIDE IN BEING JERSEY RESIDENTS
One suspects that former Governor Tom Kean might even be happy with the news: there’s a new state slogan in town. Kean, of course, will forever be linked with the tourism slogan “New Jersey and You: Perfect Together,” his famous Brahmin voice touting the state in televised commercials during his governorship between 1982 and 1990. However, Kean also served on President Clinton’s Advisory Commission on Race Relations and has long advocated “the politics of inclusion.”
April Wed, 2001
NEW JERSEY GOVERNMENT GETS MIDDLING MARKS RACIAL PROFILING AND ETHICS LOOM LARGE
In the midst of swirling political controversies in New Jersey engulfing the acting Governor, a United States senator, and a Supreme Court justice, a narrow majority of residents surveyed between April 11th and 17th rated the quality of their state government as good, while more than four in ten rated it as only fair or poor. In addition, New Jerseyans said their government and politicians are no better or worse than those in other states.
April Sun, 2001
THE NEW JERSEY 2001 ELECTIONS–6 MONTHS OUT: McGREEVEY AND DEMOCRATS WELL POSITIONED
With the governor’s office and both houses of the legislature at stake in November’s election, New Jersey’s electorate is leaning Democratic, threatening eight years of Republican ownership of the governor’s mansion and 10 years of Republican control of both houses of the state legislature.