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NJ Slogan: The Winner Is...

Acting-Guv Codey was pulling for "New Jersey: Love at First Sight." I was pulling for "New Jersey: The Real Deal."  ...

Acting-Guv Codey was pulling for "New Jersey: Love at First Sight." I was pulling for "New Jersey: The Real Deal." 

We both lost. Four thousand voters have spoken. The winner? "New Jersey: Come See For Yourself."

Perhaps this Jersey Boy is just a sore loser. But when tourists enter New Jersey from Delaware they see chemical plants; from New York they see the swampy industrial soup that is the Meadowlands; and from Pennsylvania they see Camden. Welcome to New Jersey! Come See For Yourself! Yep, they'll say. We just did. Exactly what we expected.

Christopher Swope was GOVERNING's executive editor.
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