N.J. Scraps 2nd Slogan in Less Than Year

http://www.comcast.net/news/ ^ | 5 6 06 | associated press

[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."

[theDentist]

How about: "New Jersey. Hey, bury him over here."

[RoadTest]

""Now with 10% less toxic waste!" "

Somebody should Photoshop a NJ license plate with this one!

[ErnBatavia]

The Palm Springs tourist bureau really wanted to use "Give in to the desert - you're surrounded"....fortunately they decided to drop that idea.

[RonDog]

See also, from a PREVIOUS thread about proposed new slogans for the Garden State:

New Jersey selects new tourism slogan (Come see for yourself)
Reuters ^ | 1/12/06 | Inspector Clouseau and Pepe LePew
Posted on 01/13/2006 7:52:05 AM PST by Diddle E. Squat

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - New Jersey announced a new tourism slogan on Thursday in an effort to shrug off the state's grim reputation for traffic jams, mobsters and toxic waste dumps.

"New Jersey: Come See for Yourself," was the winning entry in a statewide contest that attracted some 7,800 entries. The public was asked for suggestions after Acting Gov. Richard Codey rejected "New Jersey: We'll Win You Over" -- a slogan devised by an image consultant at the cost of $260,000 -- as too negative.

State officials earlier rejected sardonic entries including: "Come Out to New Jersey: It's Not as Bad as it Smells" and "New Jersey: Hey, at Least it's not West Virginia."

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To: Diddle E. Squat

"New Jersey: Our new governor only acts gay."

8 posted on 01/13/2006 7:57:03 AM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)

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To: Diddle E. Squat

I Came, I Saw, I Left.

28 posted on 01/13/2006 8:11:08 AM PST by Minutemen ("It's a Religion of Peace")

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To: Murtyo

How about:
"New Jersey: Who farted?"

33 posted on 01/13/2006 8:16:19 AM PST by SJSAMPLE

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To: Diddle E. Squat

"Joisey, come smell da wawdah."

38 posted on 01/13/2006 8:25:36 AM PST by dighton

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To: trickyricky

New Jersey where the State Tree is the Toll Booth

52 posted on 01/13/2006 8:41:18 AM PST by Ouderkirk (Funny how death and destruction seems to happen wherever Muslims gather...)

CLICK HERE for the rest of that thread

[Ouderkirk]

New Jersey where the State Tree is the Toll Booth

[avile]

"where blue staters rule"

"what the country is in for in 2006"

[JRochelle]

Indiana has a new slogan too.

Restart your engines.

No, I'm not making that up.

[GreenHornet]

"Welcome to New Jersey.......Take the cannolis."

[blau993]

"I'm From new Jersey -- Squeeze My Tomatoes."

[martin_fierro]

"New Jersey: What's It To You?"

[Ed_in_NJ]

"Joisey: Ya can't put it in woids."

[SelectiveJNJ]

Look...you guys know NJ like you know Iraq! All you hear about is the corruption, places like the Turnpike, Camden and Newark....there are some really nice and lovely areas in NJ....just know one hears about them :-)

[jwh_Denver]

"New Jersey: The Dry Heaves State.

[aculeus]

New Jersey: You gotta problem with that?

[Lunatic Fringe]

"Kiss her where it smells... take her to New Jersey."

[Huck]

I'd say "NJ kicks ass."

And screw all you losers makin fun of Jersey. Funny how the same ppl making lame toxic waste jokes are probably big supporters of the kind of policies that lead to toxic waste dumps. Most of you have probably never been here. We've got great restaurants, beaches, mountains, lakes, rivers, sports, arts, woods, farms, fishing, hunting. And yes, a ton of businesses which means a ton of jobs. That's why us NJers make so much money. So screw YOU!

[Still Thinking]

"Jersey, the slogan state."

[Pete'sWife]

New Jersey:

It's Probably Buried Here

[Cementjungle]

where the sewer meets the sea.

We have a winner!

[myrabach]

I still like... "What Exit?"

[Revolting cat!]

"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.

How about: "We be too stoopid to have a slogan!"