From: "Mark" 

Yea, I agree that all states are stupid in varying degrees in a variety of
arenas, but Jersey has been consistently stupid for way too long. Last
year, off the top of my head, I think we had a 50,000 net loss in
population, which I expect will be closer to 75,000 for the current year.

Due to the variety of extenuating circumstances/family considerations that
all of us have in our personal lives at various times, I don't think I'll
make it outta here this year, but I may make it 100,000 + 1 in '08. Enough
is enough.

I'm thinking SC or NC for the destination, or hell, maybe Wyoming and I'll
trade in the sunscreen for cross country skis  Though I will
investigate first; many states that one would think would be outside the
socialist realm of influence aren't as reliable as they once were...



"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in
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> Michigan is getting a bit stupid also. It seems an unintended consequence
> of laws on adultery could lead to life in prison for adulterers. I don't
> think they could afford all the prison space if they uphold that law :-)
>
>
> http://freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070115/COL04/701150333
>
> In a ruling sure to make philandering spouses squirm, Michigan's
> second-highest court says that anyone involved in an extramarital fling
> can be prosecuted for first-degree criminal sexual conduct, a felony
> punishable by up to life in prison.
>
> "We cannot help but question whether the Legislature actually intended the
> result we reach here today," Judge William Murphy wrote in November for a
> unanimous Court of Appeals panel, "but we are curtailed by the language of
> the statute from reaching any other conclusion.
>
> "Technically," he added, "any time a person engages in
sexual penetration
> in an adulterous relationship, he or she is guilty of CSC I," the most
> serious sexual assault charge in Michigan's criminal code.
>
> No one expects prosecutors to declare open season on cheating spouses. The
> ruling is especially awkward for Attorney General Mike Cox, whose office
> triggered it by successfully appealing a lower court's decision to drop
> CSC charges against a Charlevoix defendant. In November 2005, Cox
> confessed to an adulterous relationship.
>
> Murphy's opinion received little notice when it was handed down. But it
> has since elicited reactions ranging from disbelief to mischievous
> giggling in Michigan's gossipy legal community.
>
> The ruling grows out of a case in which a Charlevoix man accused of
> trading Oxycontin pills for the sexual favors of a cocktail waitress was
> charged under an obscure provision of Michigan's criminal law. The
> provision decrees that a person is guilty of first-degree criminal sexual
> conduct whenever "sexual penetration occurs under circumstances involving
> the commission of any other felony."
>
>
>
> ""Mark"  wrote in message
> news:45abfe73$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>
>> Jersey is lost. My only solace is my county and the county next door vote
>> right on the big stuff, but it's not enough to save us with 20 or so
>> counties! 
>>
>> Gov. Corzine wants to do AhnuldCare(tm) here too; I really don't think
>> I'm going to hold out much longer.
>>
>> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote
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>> news:45abeb80$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>> The key words are that it was "unanimously passed by
state lawmakers.
>>> How does this relate to controling property taxes?
>>>
>>> http://washingtontimes.com/national/20070112-115026-7662r.htm
>>>
>>> TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- For World War II veteran Sam Stia, a legislative
>>> proposal that would cease requiring New Jersey schools to teach about
>>> Veterans Day and Memorial Day can be summed up in two words.
>>>
>>>    "That's wrong," Mr. Stia, 83, said from his
Hamilton home, where he
>>> flies an American flag at half-staff to honor fallen soldiers.
"We're
>>> just giving our flag away and our patriotism away."
>>>
>>>    Mr. Stia and other veterans are steamed about the proposal, which
>>> state lawmakers unanimously passed last month. It now awaits action by
>>> the governor. It was included as part of a larger measure designed to
>>> help control property taxes, mostly by abolishing some laws on school
>>> purchasing and public hearings.
>>>
>>>    Other holidays about which schools no longer would be required to
>>> teach include Columbus Day, Thanksgiving, Arbor Day and Commodore Barry
>>> Day, which commemorates Revolutionary War hero John Barry.
>>>
>>>    New Jersey schools must observe the holidays under a 1967 law
>>> designed to promote "the development of a higher spirit
of patriotism."
>>> Florida, Nebraska and Washington are among states with similar laws.
>>>
>>>    New Jersey American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars groups have
>>> asked Gov. Jon Corzine to veto the bill so schools still have to teach
>>> about Memorial Day and Veterans Day.
>>>
>>>    "It's not right. They're not going to know the
sacrifices that were
>>> made so they can enjoy the protections that they have,"
said Hank Adams,
>>> New Jersey VFW adjutant and an Army and Coast Guard veteran.
>>>
>>
>>
>
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