Coda
If it looks like a tax hike, and smells like a hike …
GREG BEAN
      So, it looks like Gov. Jon Corzine has started shooting the cocker spaniel. As longtime readers might remember from the last time I used the term, shooting the cocker spaniel is an old technique used by administrators facing budget cuts they really don't want to make.
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Red State/Blue State
We watched the television and screamed, 'He's back!'
DAVE SIMPSON & GREG BEAN
      A political discussion between Red State conservative Dave Simpson - a former reporter, editor, publisher and columnist - and Greg Bean, Blue Stater and executive editor of GreaterMedia Newspapers. Let us know what you think.
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