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Have you heard about Halloween in November for New Jersey?

Oct 31, 2012 8:49 PM

Governor Christie has decided to make trick-or-treating take place on Monday, November 5th, Statewide.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/10/n-j-gov-christie-postpones-halloween-after-sandys-damage/
Does the Governor really have to micromanage his state like that? I don't know about other parts of New Jersey, but Sandy hit my town hard! We have leaves everywhere- on the street, on lawns, and even some on top of cars!

Seriously though, I feel really bad about the places that were hit bad. Many of my friends' vacation homes at the beach were destroyed. I just don't think that the Governor should have created problems for all of the unharmed communities, ie: angry mobs of candyless kids.

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Seems silly that he would think everything will be better by the weekend. From the pictures I have seen, cleanup will take weeks, not just a few days. Not sure about the power situation but I would think that should be resolved first before you have kids coming up demanding candy. Just cancel the thing and move on, individual neighborhoods can work on something if they want.

wisenekt wisenekt
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Cancel Halloween? Now that's really terrifying! I think maybe it would be a good idea to keep kids off the streets, which may be dangerous, by increasing the number and scope of the community parties usually held at churches and community centers.

moondrake moondrake
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I think it was a prudent choice to postpone the revelry until more people are in a better position. It gives people something to look forward to that's simple to do. It also keeps kids out of dangerous areas tonight.

And I really don't get the whole, "kids demanding candy" thing. They don't come up with this idea on their own. We, as a society teach them to dress up and celebrate by visiting their neighbors, who in turn, give them candy. They don't just walk up to people and "demand" anything.

thumperchick thumperchick
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In these parts we had our Independence Day fireworks show 2 weeks ago because of the dry summer. That makes me think that a postponed Halloween celebration isn't a terrible idea, but I think another week or two would be better.

jsimsace jsimsace
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Even Oregon, Ohio was delayed until Saturday. No idea why. I thought it was weird. NJ I can see. Ohio? Not so much.

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