Lordy, Lordy when you pray to the political goddesses they will answer your prayers. This one took a long time to come, but the goddesses have come through for every Newark voter.
Sharpe James, the legendary Newark mayor who spent a quarter-century as a dominant force in New Jersey politics, was charged this afternoon with defrauding taxpayers by secretly collecting hundreds of thousands of dollars in municipal land sales and billing the city for vacations with female friends.Ending a nearly three-year FBI investigation, a federal grand jury in Newark indicted James on 33 counts that include conspiracy and mail and wire fraud.
Ya'll have no idea how this one man strangled an entire City's development and progress, and its people, for 20 years.
Thank you Political Goddesses. I shall tithe more in next week's offerings.
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Bernita,
I did a book study on a book called Ghetto Schooling that was all about Newark. After reading that book I know while he was not the whole problem, he was not the solution either.
Maybe we can start the Ivy Patch radio show covering NJ politics and discuss it ;-)
Did you know that Cory Booker's mom lives in the ATL? Maybe she can get her son to do the Vine.
Could not of happened to a more deserving guy.
Sharpe James has been the most corrupt elected local official in the county for a long, long time. He makes Bill Campbell look like Ralph Nader. Shirley has done a decent job cleaning up Campbell's mess. Lord bless Booker trying to clean up the mess James left behind in Newark.
Honest, ethical, transparent governance at all times, people. It will win 'ya votes.