New Jersey is closed?

["Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rMslade () shaw ca>]

I'm not sure how funny this is (for some I imagine it isn't funny at all) and it is 
only tenuously related to security, but I found it to be just too plain weird not to 
copy.  From the DHS newsletter today ...

As the first workweek under a state government shutdown began, more than half 
the state work force was off the job and those who were working might not get 
paid. Governor Jon S. Corzine imposed the shutdown after lawmakers missed a July 
1 deadline to adopt a new state budget. The impasse among Democrats over a sales 
tax increase left New Jersey with no means to spend money. No budget bills had 
moved through legislative committees yet, and any legislation those panels 
approve must wait a full calendar day before receiving final votes in the Assembly 
and Senate. If no bills move forward Monday, the Legislature couldn't adopt a 
budget before Wednesday morning. New Jersey's courts didn't open Monday, July 
3, lottery ticket sales were shut down, and the same could happen to betting at 
racetracks and the Atlantic City casinos. By Wednesday, state parks and beaches 
could also be closed. Racetracks and casinos, which require state monitoring, will 
be closed Wednesday if no budget is enacted by then. If the shutdown drags on, 
Corzine said, services funded with state aid, such as prescription drug assistance and 
hospitals, will also be hit.  

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07
/03/AR2006070300169.html

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