Jersey Story via Canada: Local Mayor to N.J.Devils- You don't need to stay in touch (Montreal Gazette)

This New Jersey item was called to our attention through Red Fisher in the Montreal Gazette:

" Mayor won't root for home team"

Talk about holding a grudge! East Rutherford mayor James Cassella is rooting for the Senators instead of his hometown Devils. "I wish the Senators well," Cassella told the Ottawa Sun. "They treated me nicer than the Devils, so why should I be rooting for them? They (the Devils) deserted us. The hospitality there (in Ottawa) was extraordinary and I would love to come up to Ottawa again." For those of you who came in late, the mayor is a tad bitter because the Devils are moving into a new arena in Newark next season, a city Cassella described as being in a "70 per cent depressed state."

http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/sports/story.html?id=6d7a2f6f-a250-45f5-bbe0-380307fe34e1