Some more pics west of 287.
Posted on 06/13/2007 6:45:47 AM PDT by Incorrigible
Wednesday, June 13, 2007 - Millennium Radio New Jersey
[Fairleigh Dickinson Univ., Madison, NJ] -- 54% of New Jersey voters think the Garden State is a better place to live than other states. 20% say it's worse, and 17% say it's just the same. Jersey voters agree on something else: pollution. A sizable majority--62%--say our state is more polluted than others. Perhaps worse, 42% of people around the country agree, and just 17% around the country say New Jersey has the same amount of pollution or less than other states.
As you might expect from the so-called, "attitude capital of the world," New Jerseyans are unconcerned with their image. 57% say they are "not concerned at all" with what people in other states think about New Jersey, while another 15% say they just are "a little concerned.
And what do they think? When asked "what comes to mind when you think of New Jersey?" voters across the country mention, in descending order, "next to New York" and "the shore" as well as casinos and even farming, vegetables and cows far more often than pollution.
So what else is good about New Jersey? 57% say the Garden State has better public schools than other states. As for whether the state has more or fewer dishonest politicians, Jersey voters split: 42% say the state has more than its fair share but 41% think the state has the same as, or fewer than other states. Jersey cynicism--or inside knowledge--is not widely shared: outside the state just 16% say New Jersey has more dishonest politicians than other states.
Asked about street crime, 36% of Jersey voters say there's more of it in their state, but 49% say the state has the same or less than other states. Jerseyans also split on whether there is more organized crime in their state: 40% of New Jerseyans say there is, and 30% nationally agree. But 48% nationally say they don't know, and 38% in New Jersey say there's the same or less of it in their state.
One other thing Jersey voters agree on is taxes: 85% conclude they pay more in state and local taxes than most other states. The rest of the nation doesn't agree however: just 27% nationally say New Jersey pays more in taxes. The Garden State has the highest property taxes in the country, twice the national average and last year, the Legislature approved Governor Jon Corzine's proposal to increase the state sales tax from 6% to 7%.
Two PublicMind polls of 776 registered voters nationwide and 602 registered voters in New Jersey were conducted from May 29 through June 3 and have a margins of error of +/- 3.5 and +/-4 percentage points
By: Kevin McArdle
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“BTW.....you outta see the tomahawk (hatchet) wound those darned Indians left on my girlfriend!”
Oh I know! They’re the real Red Menace!
You made a yummy description!
It’s for real.
Matter of fact, some local yahoo politician is even calling for a boycott of it. Guess it isn’t P.C.
http://www.1010wins.com/pages/575950.php?contentType=4&contentId=605014
S.I. Boro President Cries Foul Over Ice Cream
I’ve used the chair everytime I’ve brought one in. Average size I’ve caught in my life, I would say about 12 pounds.
Some more pics west of 287.
What? You don’t like the all-male “tea dances” at the Hotel Chalfonte, or the crack whores a few blocks away?
Too bad this beautiful highland area is connected with the rest of the swill that is New Jersey.
Not exactly a family kind of place, unless its a crime family.
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