Cory Booker
NEWARK, NJ - MAY 08: Newark Mayor Cory Booker congratulates 90-year-old WWII veteran Willie Wilkins at the Newark City Hall on May 8, 2013 in Newark, New Jersey. Booker, who has declared that he will run for New Jersey's open U.S. Senate seat in 2014, honored the 90-year-old WWII veteran on the 68th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day. At the ceremony, Wilkins received his dog tags, which were recently unearthed in a French garden, some 67 years after he lost them in France during WWII.
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At the end of the day we have a state that more Democrats and Republicans ... This is up to them and not a few people.
We will always be overly vigilant and pro-active when it comes to the safety of our kids
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Cory Booker Expects New Jersey Democrats To Unite Behind Barbara Buono
N.J. -- Newark Mayor Cory Booker is calling on Democrats in New Jersey to unite behind the party's gubernatorial candidate in an effort to stop party infighting that has become a dominate theme in the campaign. Booker told The Huffington Post Friday that with 1:11 PM from The Huffington Post Read more »
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Not commenting on Sweeney fight, Lesniak focuses on primary; as Cryan, deprived of primary, fights Sweeney
of the bearing of Juan Peron. Mayor Jamel Holley enlisted the aid of gubernatorial candidate Barbara Buono and Newark Mayor Cory Booker to build up the chief protagonist: state Sen. Ray Lesniak (D-20), whose place on the balcony could not disguise the fact 11:52 AM from Politicker: New Jersey Read more »
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Civic Engagement Gets a Boost in San Francisco From Civic Hero App
pot holes can be easy if your mayor is Cory Booker, but for the rest of us tweeting a pot hole often does little to help. That’s why I am really excited about Civic Hero – it’s an app that lets you report on local issues to your city government. But it doesnt’ from mediabistro.com Read more »
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Booker administration files complaint to dissolve watershed, alleging financial impropieties
Alleging possible illegal transactions, Newark Mayor Cory Booker's filed paperwork in Superior Court today that could allow the city to perform a close audit of the Newark Watershed Conservation and Development Corporation and officially dissolve the agency, from NJ.com Read more »
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Newark Mayor Cory Booker On The Power Of Physical Face Time
“In a world where it means so much to take a man by the hand and sit beside him, to look frankly into his eyes and feel his heart beating with red blood; in a world where a social cigar or a cup of tea together means more than legislative halls and magazin from Fast Company Read more »
