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...issue isn't more or less government," New Jersey Governor James Florio says tersely. "It's dumb vs. smart government." Barely into his sixth month in office, Democrat Florio has been giving lessons to politicians across the country -- and in Washington -- not only about smart government but also about leadership. Using populist rhetoric and unconventional straight talk and tireless stumping for his programs, Florio, 52, has launched the largest barrage of government initiatives in the Garden State since Woodrow Wilson sat in Trenton from 1911 to 1913. More important, he has set out to demonstrate that voters' "common sense...
Faced with a projected 1991 deficit of $3 billion when he took office in January, Florio rejected the back-door approach of relying on increased "user fees" and "sin taxes" (on liquor and cigarettes) so popular among his peers. Instead he became the only Governor of this read-my-lips era to embrace the discarded notion of a progressive tax, which hits New Jersey's wealthiest residents hardest by doubling the bite on their income...
...James Florio won the New Jersey governorship handily on his third try in another featured contest in a set of elections dominated by controversy over race and abortion...
Democratic National Chair Ron Brown claimed victory for Wilder and Dinkins as well as Florio, and GOP chair Lee Atwater, saying that "all politics is local," did not dispute...
...choice groups have pumped time and money into campaigns against Coleman and Courter. Last week NARAL previewed a pair of anti-Coleman commercials it has produced for the Virginia race. In New Jersey the group expects to spend $100,000 on Florio's behalf. The organization also plans to contact 50,000 specially selected G.O.P. and independent voters who might be persuaded to support him solely on the basis of his pro-choice stance. "Abortion is now a dominant issue in American politics," says Kate Michelman, NARAL's executive director. Pro-choice activists are doing everything they can to keep...