Posted on 09/15/2013 7:02:24 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
NEWARK — On a block of Court Street in Newark between the Gigi Foushee Towers public-housing project and the abandoned, decaying Krueger-Scott Mansion is a boarded row house with a "NO LOITERING" sign above the door.
Until a few months ago, the building was owned by Newark's mayor, Cory Booker — now in the home-stretch of a run for the U.S. Senate — who paid $175,000 for it in 2009.
Less than three weeks after Frank Lautenberg said he would retire from the U.S. Senate — formally opening up the race for his seat — Booker sold the property, one of two he purchased while mayor, for $1. The gift to Newark Now, the nonprofit Booker founded in 2003, was "an opportunity to give back to Newark," his campaign said on Friday.
To neighbors who've complained about the overgrown backyard and the squatters who live inside, the property stands as a marked contrast to Booker's public image as an urban crusader, a politician building a national reputation by confronting inner-city blight.
"He bought it and promised to be a good neighbor, but that hasn't occurred," Robert El, who owns the row house attached to Booker's, told The Record of Woodland Park (http://bit.ly/1bl3ipa). "Shortly after he bought it, the squatters started moving in."
James Wigfall, who lives in the housing project around the corner, said the squatters are not a surprise when "you leave a building vacant long enough." Asked what he thought of Booker as a neighbor, Wigfall laughed. "No comment," he said.
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Paid $175,000 and sold it for a buck.
A metaphor for the USA under democrats leadership.
I’m so sick of radical marxists claiming to be democrats. Just tonight looking at some of the legislation democrats are pushing (without a chance of passage) in the michigan legislature.
Senate Bill 464: Define breastfeeding woman as civil rights “protected class”
Introduced by Sen. Rebekah Warren (D)
Senate Bill 467: Repeal voter photo ID law by allowing non-photo IDs
Introduced by Sen. Jim Ananich (D)
Senate Bill 468: Ban non-ferrous metal sales without sheriff’s permission
Introduced by Sen. Virgil Smith, Jr. (D)
Senate Bill 470: Create scrap metal theft offenders registry
Introduced by Sen. Virgil Smith, Jr. (D)
Senate Bill 474: Impose new regulations on “petroleum coke”
Introduced by Sen. Coleman Young (D)
Meanwhile almost every bill being introduced by republicans are to repeal regulations.
I think it’s OK if they are illegal. Illegals are allowed to stay in illegal houses, aren’t they? I think that’s obama-law.
I’ve seen worse looking bad neighborhoods.
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