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...silver lining in the clouds that rose over the burning blocks of Los Angeles. "What you are starting to see more and more -- and Los Angeles brought it home dramatically -- is that you can't isolate yourself in your little island of self-interest," says New Jersey Governor Jim Florio. "In a place like New Jersey, you can go from Short Hills, a very affluent community, to Newark in the space of 10 minutes...
...Florio learned the hard way, if you bump up too hard against suburban interests, you can quickly go from popular Governor to political chump. Two years ago, the New Jersey Supreme Court directed the state to reduce disparities in school funding between affluent suburban communities and inner cities. In an attempt to comply with the court order, Florio pushed the Democratic-controlled legislature to agree to $2.8 billion in new taxes, including an increase in sales tax from 6% to 7%, along with deep cuts in state jobs and spending programs. He also redirected a portion of state education...
...response from suburban taxpayers was ferocious, ranging from death threats to calls for Florio's impeachment. Last November voters elected veto- proof Republican majorities in both houses of the legislature. They are now trying to reverse most of Florio's program -- while also fumbling for a way to satisfy the same court order that led the Governor to formulate his plan...
Tough love or tough luck. That's the choice that New Jersey welfare families faced after Governor Jim Florio signed a bill intended to get aid recipients out of the home and into the job market. The Family Development Act will eliminate extra payments to women who have additional children while on welfare and will require welfare parents to take part in job-training and education programs. At the same time, it will allow working mothers to earn up to 50% of their welfare-grant level with no loss in benefits. And in a reversal of previous rules...
...Webster case from Missouri, which only weakened Roe, is credited with giving Democrats Jim Florio and Douglas Wilder the edge in their narrow elections that fall...