Cory Booker: Newark's Mayor Fights for a Revival

Reader Comments
Back to article

Interested in discussing current and emerging Black leaders as well as the continued issues with unemployment? Boston City Councilor-at-large Ayanna Pressley joins our Basic Black broadcast discussion as a special guest panelist tonight, Thursday, at 7:30 pm LIVE at www.basicblack.org of on channel 2 in Boston! You can also participate in a live chat at www.basicblack.org during the show.

saltzmas of MA 4:38PM February 11, 2010

The responsibility of a political leaders and business executives as well as corporate CEO is not in personality, sweet-talk and euphemisn but in thoughtful thinking and concrete action. Mr. Booker stood for what he believed in and did something about it. He was not only doing it to please the community and voters, instead he was doing what he was elected to do, and to help improve the education needs for our kids. Mayor Booker, says what he mean and mean what he says--that is the kind of leadership we need right now in America; whether in the White House or in the Governor office.
America is standing at a bifurcated road and must choose the right path toward the twenty-first century objective or risk being left behind. Greedness and political corruption must be put in check because we all just waitness what both can do to our society. In fact, I do talk about greed in my book--GREEDY SPIDER, which can be view at www.xlibris.com/GreedySpider.html

Bakeh N. Wleh Nagbe, Sr. of NC 8:09PM November 16, 2009

Change is not an overnight occurence especially in a city that has been "down and out" since the 70's. With that being said the accomplishments of Cory Booker are astonshing in the short time he has been mayor.

Crystal of NJ 10:58AM October 26, 2009

I feel his dream is special but the people in his city have other dreams of destruction. I fail to see the drop in crime being the court are backed up by two years. newark police continues to be the joke of the state. newark pd work casual hours and pass the buck on a daily bases. the attraction areas are well kept while the rest live in poverty and crime. i admire his commitment while laugh at his hope to change a city that welcomes and raises criminals.

madison of NJ 2:49AM October 25, 2009