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Article: NJ Governor honors Howard Stern: Highway rest area named after
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- The Filipino Express
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- February 12, 1995
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Arlyn Tobias Gajilan
Filipino Express, The
02-12-1995
NJ Governor honors Howard Stern: Highway rest area named after. controversial radio `shock jock'
WHEN A POLITICIAN KEEPS A CAMPAIGN promise the electorate usually cheers. But New Jersey's Filipino American community is less than happy about Governor Christine Todd Whitman's decision to honor her election promise to rename a highway rest stop after radio `shock jock' Howard Stern.
Holding true to a pledge she made during an appearance on Stern's show in 1993, Whitman last week authorized that a plaque bearing his name be installed at a rest stop off Route 295 near Camden in Burlington Country.
"Governor Whitman should be ashamed of ...