Attached is the text of the message. It will be available today, beginning at noon, and will run through the weekend. More New Jerseyans are working than ever before. Unemployment is at its lowest rate in ten years. More than 315,000 new jobs have been created in the state, and our welfare roles are at their lowest level in three decades.
Quality of life is as strong as our economy.
Our crime rate is the lowest in a quarter century, and our state is well on its way to preserving one million acres of open space and farmland. Culture and arts are flourishing in cities like Newark, New Brunswick and Trenton. Our economic health is vibrant. Our quality of life is high. But you can't take these things for granted, just as you can't take good health for granted.