Saturday, March 22, 2008
What would New Jersey be without Moonachie?
If you listen to the governor, a more cost effective place. If you listen to the residents of that small borough, a diminished state full of large, uncaring and bloated municipalities. The governor does have a fiscal crisis on his hands so he is picking on the least politically influential boroughs, demanding they merge into larger units or lose their state aid. This has raised howls of protest from the people who love their little towns and a little dark humor.
A blog called "New Jersey: Politics Unusual" speculated on possible new names for merged towns. For example, if Hillsdale, Mount Airy and Clinton merged, they could rename their new town "Hillary Clinton." And Ho-Ho-Kus could merge with Hoboken and become "Ho-Ho-Ho."Having grown up in a small Jersey borough, I am on their side. It would be a shame to lose a Moonachie to the Misbegotten Sods in Trenton.
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