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Originally posted by: The Actuary
Really needed to declare the ENTIRE state in a state of emergency from the flooding? It is preposterous. Is the state so feeble that it cannot operate with a little water in Trenton? It is the expected response fr the tax and spend folks.</end quote></div>
RTFA, TA.
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If no progress is made on budget talks, Gov. Jon S. Corzine is expected to sign an executive order sometime after midnight that would begin what one Cabinet member called "an orderly shutdown of government." All state services deemed nonessential would close either immediately or over a period of three to four days.</end quote></div>
Sounds to me like the legislature is standing up to Corzine's tax and spend ways, and he's going to use the casinos as pawns in a game of chicken with the legislature.