Satanic_Doge t1_jbgm5ca wrote on March 8, 2023 at 10:10 PM

Reply to comment by Nwk_NJ in Murphy liquor license plan will destroy neighborhood favorites (Opinion) by Newarkguy1836

I teach in Newark. All of my students hate Ras Baraka.

Nwk_NJ t1_jbgnbt7 wrote on March 8, 2023 at 10:18 PM

Interesting. Why?

Satanic_Doge t1_jbgqi0v wrote on March 8, 2023 at 10:39 PM

To be honest, I'm not 100% sure. From what I can gather, they feel like he's dishonest and doesn't actually do anything that helps them. I'm not informed enough to have a good opinion on the matter, but I do know enough to be suspicious of the city government and its...competence.

I know he was a former teacher and school principal, so he has to care at least a little bit, ya know? You don't do that kind of work to get rich.

Nwk_NJ t1_jbgzsj5 wrote on March 8, 2023 at 11:44 PM

I think he cares, I'm just not sure he's up to it and the myriad of facets it entails. But thats interesting. I guess all politicians eventually get that rep

xmrseanx t1_jbjnm41 wrote on March 9, 2023 at 3:07 PM

Too bad they weren't around for Sharpe James dynasty. He kept Newark a violent wasteland for like 2 decades in order to cover up his and his cronies criminal behavior. They'd be praying for a Mayor like Ras Baraka that actually cares about this city and the people in it like we were back then.

Satanic_Doge t1_jbjw31j wrote on March 9, 2023 at 4:02 PM

We talked about that in class actually in the context of Cory Bookers first run for mayor in 2002. They have no idea about so much of this history, up to and including the 1967 revolt.