tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post7351410364967162167..comments2023-08-20T07:06:14.115-04:00Comments on Thurber's Thoughts: Notes from RightOnline #6Maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12677808307727487766noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post-27315960178238474962008-07-19T14:32:00.000-04:002008-07-19T14:32:00.000-04:00It wasn't until I lived in New Jersey that I fully...It wasn't until I lived in New Jersey that I fully understood many of the local government problems that we have in Ohio. Our government is structured a lot like Jersey's system of government (small very powerful cities with lots of entrenched interests) and the northern half of the state is politically like Jersey. <BR/><BR/>Jersey can get away with it because its suburbs naturally draw the wealth of New York and Philadelphia. We don't have such a luxury and have to work very hard for the people and businesses we retain.<BR/><BR/>Although I have to laugh...Jersey has it much worse in some regards. There's no law, for instance, prohibiting someone from holding multiple offices simultaneously. You *can* find someone whose mayor of a town, county freeholder and state representative...<B>simultaneously</B>. Oh man, that would be awful here. :-)Kadimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341840022248976546noreply@blogger.com