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N.J. Scraps 2nd Slogan in Less Than Year
http://www.comcast.net/news/ ^ | 5 6 06 | associated press

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."


TOPICS: Government; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: 2nd; comeseeforyourself; fuhgeddaboudit; govwatch; in; joisey; less; newjersey; nj; scraps; slogan; than; trenton; weregayerthanyouare; whatexit; year
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To: freepatriot32

"Come see Corzine for yourself."


21 posted on 05/07/2006 12:17:36 PM PDT by Malesherbes
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To: freepatriot32

"New York... Now with 15% less running urine


22 posted on 05/07/2006 12:17:37 PM PDT by last american
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To: Constantine XIII

I guess "Home Of The Universal Fart" is out of the question, then.


23 posted on 05/07/2006 12:17:40 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: freepatriot32
"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.

Apparently there are only 11,000 people in the whole state who care about having a slogan at all, and they voted for the one they wanted, so let them have it. I think it's stupid too, but it's the one they picked.

24 posted on 05/07/2006 12:17:50 PM PDT by nina0113
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To: last american

meant Jersey....


25 posted on 05/07/2006 12:18:06 PM PDT by last american
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To: freepatriot32

NJ: "We'll tax the crap otta' youse"


26 posted on 05/07/2006 12:18:46 PM PDT by RetSignman (( HELP...I'm trapped between these curved things))
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To: freepatriot32
"N.J. Scraps 2nd Slogan in Less Than Year"

Well, this is the sort of thing that happens when you are trying to conceal who you are and have no idea where you're going. Pretty damned transparent and pretty damned sad in my opinion.

27 posted on 05/07/2006 12:19:28 PM PDT by davisfh
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To: freepatriot32

Since it's a motto sponsored by the government of NJ, how about just:

"We'll Win."


28 posted on 05/07/2006 12:19:52 PM PDT by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (Liberals are blind. They are the dupes of Leftists who know exactly what they're doing.)
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To: freepatriot32

How about:

You from Jersey? Hey, I'm from Jersey!


29 posted on 05/07/2006 12:21:03 PM PDT by durasell (!)
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To: freepatriot32
"Owned and Operated by the Education Mafia - - Bend Over"
30 posted on 05/07/2006 12:23:12 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: freepatriot32

New Jersey: "You Want A ##$%##! Slogan? I Got Yer ##$%##! Slogan Right Here!"

New Jersey: "Tell 'em Guido sent ya"

New Jersey: "Ya Got a problem with dat?"

New Jersey: "Now with 10% less toxic waste!"

New Jersey: "We'll look the other way."

New Jersey: "We had a gay governor, so what?"

New Jersey: "Be sure to pick up a complimentary chemical drum on your way out."

New Jersey: "Politicos and wiseguys -- badda-bing!"

New Jersey: "Cuz New York sucks."

New Jersey: "Shoot squealers, not bears."

New Jersey: "Suburb of not one, but TWO big cities"


31 posted on 05/07/2006 12:24:44 PM PDT by BillyBoy (Find out the TRUTH about the liberal Democrat's FAVORITE Republican in IL ... www.nopinka.com)
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To: freepatriot32
"We are proceeding without the slogan."

"We don't need no stinking slogan."
32 posted on 05/07/2006 12:26:27 PM PDT by newheart (The Truth? You can't handle the Truth. But He can handle you.)
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To: Constantine XIII
  1. Toxic waste dump for the nation.
  2. We're not quite as corrupt as New York, but we're working on it.
  3. The third state; only 11 days after Delaware.
  4. Birthplace of tomato eating in America.
  5. George Washington's army kicked Hessian ass here.
  6. If Edison tried to open a lab here today, we'd tax it out of existence.

33 posted on 05/07/2006 12:27:30 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (crime would drop like a sprung trapdoor if we brought back good old-fashioned hangings)
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To: freepatriot32; All

New Jersey-If you are lucky you might make it out alive


34 posted on 05/07/2006 12:27:34 PM PDT by freepatriot32 (Holding you head high & voting Libertarian is better then holding your nose and voting republican)
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To: freepatriot32

"where the sewer meets the sea."


35 posted on 05/07/2006 12:27:39 PM PDT by ovrtaxt (My donation to the GOP went here instead: http://www.minutemanhq.com/hq/index.php)
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To: freepatriot32

Fuhgetaboutit.


36 posted on 05/07/2006 12:27:41 PM PDT by claudiustg (Build a fence. They won't come.)
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To: freepatriot32
"New Jersey: How You Doin'?"
37 posted on 05/07/2006 12:28:30 PM PDT by RichInOC (...somebody was going to post it...why not me?)
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To: All
Click here for a list of funny state slogans for all states.
38 posted on 05/07/2006 12:28:32 PM PDT by Muleteam1
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To: freepatriot32

Come for the toxic waste. Stay for the tumors.


39 posted on 05/07/2006 12:29:13 PM PDT by durasell (!)
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To: freepatriot32

"We are proceeding without the slogan"

'Tis a slogan in itself.


40 posted on 05/07/2006 12:30:17 PM PDT by RoadTest (The wicked love darkness; but God's people love the Light!)
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