Posted on 05/07/2006 12:02:59 PM PDT by freepatriot32
TRENTON, N.J. - New Jersey: We're Not So Good With Slogans.
The state has jettisoned "Come See For Yourself," its second attempt at a tagline in less than a year. It was the product of a statewide contest set up by then-acting Gov. Richard J. Codey last fall, after he rejected a consultant's offering: "We'll Win You Over."
State tourism officials said legal issues led them to scrap the latest slogan, explaining that West Virginia and other states previously used "Come See For Yourself."
"We are proceeding without the slogan. We will revisit the next steps at the end of the year," Karen Wolfe, a spokeswoman for the state Commerce, Economic Growth and Tourism Commission, told The Press of Atlantic City for Saturday editions.
Codey, now state Senate president, dismissed "We'll Win You Over" because he said it reminded him too much of when he was single and asked girls out on a date.
"Come See For Yourself" was the top choice among more than 11,000 telephone and online votes cast by residents for five finalist entries in the contest. Codey unveiled the slogan with great fanfare in January, saying the Garden State's catch phrase "should hint at our true beauty."
But at an annual tourism conference in Cape May County last month, the slogan was absent from all state promotional materials. The slogan is also missing from this year's tourism television commercials, featuring a song by rocker Jon Bon Jovi.
Tourism officials said they won't pick from any of the four other finalists: "Love at First Sight," "The Real Deal," "The Best Kept Secret" or "Expect the Unexpected."
Unintended brilliance out of the mouths of Hucks. You're still here indeed.
There are a few classics here.
At least our pizza doesn't suck!
There never was a chance that I'd live in Jersey for anymore than 1 month at a time. I decided that I'd never live north of the Red River, east of the Mississippi, south of the Rio Grande or west of Odessa, Texas.
The longest stretch of time was 1 year in Pennsylvania and some in Florida, Jersey, Cali, Hawaii, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Colorado and Virginia...
Am I a sissy for choosing Texas?.... really don't care...that's what makes our country so great. My best friend is from Jersey but I'd rather be a landscaper in Texas than a CEO in Jersey. I just couldn't live in ......never mind.
I just can't stand liberal pussies, and there is a high density of that in the northeast. You can have my spot in New Jersey... I won't be coming to claim it anytime ......ever.
New Jersey, The Shallow Grave State.
New Jersey-Our Crooks Are More Honest Than Our Politicians
We're The Land Of Sewage, Slums And Suckers
Our Toxic Waste Fumes Look Pretty At Night
New Jersey-The Body Buried In The Garden State
New Jersey-Imagine What Old Jersey Is Like
New Jersey-Where Wise Guys Walk With Pride
New Jersey-Land Of A Thousand Toxic Lakes
How come revenue is not what was expected and now the budget shortfall is even larger
So how come you voted for a Governor who promised property tax relief and then.....ooopppppssssss, so sorry, so sad.
I voted for Forrester, you dope.
The unemployment rate in NJ is 4.7%, exactly the same as the nat'l rate, and that represents a slight DECLINE from February. You're just wrong on everything, and obnoxious too, but besides that, you're probably really worth listening to.
Talking point? Get out of your political bubble and join the real world. Ppl in the real world don't have "talking points." For cryin out loud. By the way, the unemployment rate in NJ is 4.7%, same as the nat'l avg. What do you think of that? 4.7. Is that a good number or a bad number?
New Jersey is like New York but without the glitter
You promised to leave........
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
Surely you know better than to start throwing statistics around as proof that New Jersey isn't a cesspool of a state. There are all sorts of explanations for our so-called "great" unemployment rate- our high population density means that there's always going to be a high demand for low-tier service jobs, the government in this state is massive and always hiring, and a significant part of the population works in New York, DE, and PA.
The only "political bubble here" is how someone- no less a Republican- actually has the gall to try to defend the second worst managed state in the country. Hell, you'd probably launch a giant Spin Zone in defense of California if you lived there.
Of course, I bet you're one of those limousine Republicans that this state is famous for having, which is why, once again, you see nothing wrong in that nice little bubble of yours.
New Joisey -- where only the mobsters have guns.
"Some nice spots are crammed in
Between Newark and Camden"
New Joisey: Better Than Your Average Landfill.
"New Jersey: We Mean Well"
New Joisey: Nature's Bathroom
New Joisey: It's All Uphill From Here.
I've been here for 40 years (Bergen and Sussex County) and as much as I love the state for what it used to be, now it's just a liberal cesspool with lots of lipstick to make it look nice.
I hate living here; it ain't the New Jersey I grew up in.
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