At times your own personal impressions and experiences aren't the same as the way the media is reporting something. Yet all we know in other parts of the country is how the media reports it...
Something I found just a bit ironic was the article focused on the budget problems that New Jersey is experiencing, yet it also stated, emphasis mine:
"Our finances in this state are out of kilter," he said at one stop, a meeting of county officials in the ballroom of a resort hotel. "We can no longer go on spending more than we take in."
Granted no additional details were provided, but that seems to fit part of the impression that not many electeds are joining him in focusing on cost cutting.
