From: "Mark" 

Yes, I do think adapting to Wyoming would be too much for me! Looks like,
sigh, Virginia is out too, at least this county:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/15/AR2007011501290
.html
"Over the years, residents of the Fairlington neighborhood in
Arlington County have grown accustomed to the site of a tall, lanky figure
going through the trash bins outside their homes.

No matter-- it's just their county board president, Paul Ferguson, making
sure they've recycled their cardboard toilet paper rolls properly."

"Robert Comer"  wrote in message
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> South Carolina is one of the higher taxed states and the economy isn't the
> best. Greenville, near Charlotte, Mount Pleasant, and to a lesser degree
> Anderson aren't bad economy wise.
>
> Wyoming's **cold** and *windy*, so I wouldn't recommend it at all. Taxes
> are pretty favorable though!
>
> --
> Bob Comer
>
>
> "Mark"  wrote in message
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>> 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...
>> > coasts if the Dems promise not to move inland >
>>
>>
>> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote
in message
>> news:45ac3a6c$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>> 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 in message
>>>> 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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