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February 7, 2005

N.J. GOV STILL WOOING JETS

NY Post: NJ acting Gov. Richard Cody wants the chance to keep the Jets in NJ.

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NoLandGrab: Cody has given the NJ State Exposition Authority permission to try to keep sports teams in NJ. Under former Gov. McGreevey this was not the case. McGreevey even nixed a proposal to move the Nets to Central Jersey, thus leading to Ratner's purchase of the team. Since Cody is not running for election to the seat vacated by McGreevey, the question remains of how aggressively the next governor will try to keep the Nets in NJ if things stall out in Brooklyn.

Posted by lumi at February 7, 2005 6:49 AM