Hmm, I'm not sure I get this, Booker is the Mayor of Newark, and he came to
Fair Lawn? What the heck? Does he know the building he's giving his speech in, the
Un-Community Center, voters had no right to vote on its construction or spending and the mortgage isn't paid? Hasn't Newark and Booker and the redistribution of wealth plan he supports done enough damage? Who pulls Bookers strings in Bergen County?

It was fun to watch him talk about his "success" in Newark. Students still under performing, crime is still high, traffic is worse. His list of failures is long.

OMG, what a God send it would be to have Booker as Governor instead of the hate spewing windbag we now have. Yeah, let's see Christie haul his large carcass into a burnig building to save a life....hahaha.....

But character assasination aside, Booker has said what needs to be said about this state and this country's morality and politics..........
"History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
"What bothers me is the good people that we all have in our lives who don't think it's important to get involved."
Corey Booker
Same message, different words.

He's inspirational when he talks, and he is capable of backing up his words. Whatever he decides, he's got my support - after the first 24 hours of following him on Twitter, and seeing how he was able to use social media to stay in touch and help people convinced me he's the real thing. When all Christie could manage is a terse "Stay off the beaches" as he headed for vacation, Mayor Booker was online, telling people the police were coming or utilities had been contacted, that help was on the way. What a difference.

Like Frelingheysen, yeah that would work.
Rider, anyone who runs into a burning building has so MUCH more fortitude than any of these political clowns......crying from a political podium is child's play in comparison. True courage and intellect are rare.

He doesn't need to run for any other office because of all the destruction done here in Newark. Mostly all of those who says he's done good for the city, don't live here. Yes he's the mayor but spends a lot of his time out of town, a known fact. He doesn't like criticism so that's why he did it there instead of Newark.

Like what? Tell us about all this destruction he's done? You are from Newark and you are responding to a Parsippany Patch article. Please explain.

We all want to know.

If Cory Booker is a media fantasy you need to tell us.

No response Sistateacher makes you look stupid and NOT credible.

These Town halls have turned into side-shows and stand-up comedy's and the crowds are getting dummer and dummer everytime. What next Jim Jones and
kool-aid?

I spent the afternoon in Newark on business yesterday, the shiny veneer of new Newark when scratched shows the same ugly under course. I drive on Mc Carter highway and see millions of dollars in wasting amenities like pavers on sidewalks deteriorating for lake of maintenance . Light poles stolen for aluminum, weeds grown up like an urban vacant lot, trash cans that have not been emptied since they were placed, and this is the gateway to the city

I'm a long time resident of Newark and I've seen politians come and Go! As for Cory Booker he's done absolutely NOTHING for Newark. In April of 2010 during his re-election; Cory Booker promised Newark Resident that he would keep Newark Streets safe; but as soon as he got elected the Very next month he laid-off 167 Police Officers knowing Crime in Newark was at it's highest. Than 6 months later he laid-off over 300 permenant CIty employees who lived and work in the City of Newark; and met all requirments through Civil Service to be in their LONG time positions. But the worse part is; he than hire all provisional employees who don't live in Newark or nothing about Newark residents or their needs. The bigger picture is none of them even past the Civil Service Test needed for the position or had the necessary creditials. But Cory Booker cares NOTHING about Newark and that's why he hired his friends and associates from outside and gave them high paying jobs that he took from the residents of Newark. He took from Newark and NOW Newark is at it's highest deficit EVER! The New York Times posted an article on Cory Booker that had ALL true facts and his wrong-doings to Newark residents. The Star Ledger also puts Cory Booker in his true light. The article reads "THE FLIP FLOP MAYOR". (please note EVERYTHING I"ve said has PROOF - Just pull it up on the computer) "nice chatting with you"

As Democrats go, Cory Booker is not a bad sort - certainly better by a mile than a corrupt Mexican-coddling creep that currently disgraces our state in the U.S. Senate. As for Booker running against Christie, if his political and administrative skills match his courage and willpower, I'll welcome the challenge.

Can Booker be elected statewide without the support of teachers? That's the question. Because his education policies are essentially the same as Christie's.

If you have to have someone tell you what is wrong with Newark you are deluded. So in other words Booker is another great speaker who accomplishes nothing hmm sounds familiar.

Basically this article tells us what we already knew...Booker had no plans of staying in Newark and, quite frankly, he "checked-out" a long time ago! Booker will never run against Chris Christie for two reason: 1) the two have worked so closely for so long that they are almost indistinguishable and 2) Booker's extremely poor performance in Newark would give Christie a lot of ammunition! Booker would rather run for Senate against a lesser known NJ Republican then face a ferocious Chris Christe! As for the Mayors performance at this event, he is undoubtedly a fantastic public speaker and this was an obviously friendly audience; I would like to see him give the same lecture in Newark and see the response!

'a ferocious Chris Christe"? You mean a publicity seeking gasbag who can't function other than at the level of a schoolyard bully? His only accomplishment was to make NJ a cheaper place to live if you make $500,000 a year - and to increase taxes on everyone that makes less. He's the bloated posterboy for extremist Rebulican policies that want to send NJ back into the social era of the Gilded Age. As for Booker, he sent most of the hanger's-on from the James administration packing, streamlined the city government and bought redevelopment without city cash into downtown. Gotta laugh at the person talking about gateway's pavers, that James contracted for with his corrupt buddies with no intentions but to throw them some work for kickbacks. If you are going to attack Booker for them, how about attacking the forces of politics in Newark that he tossed out, too?

did this group pay a fee to use this building as other groups have to? to open and cool this building cost us the tax payers money, the boro manager is looking to make money for the town is this one way we might be on the short end.. I do not see this as a town meeting/ ZAK can we get some information if they paid a fee. THANK YOU.

Corey Booker is a carpet bagger.

Well qualified. Does the right thing when faced with difficult choices. He is better than anyone who ran Newark for at least the last 40 years..

Booker has been a good mayor. He has no chance against Christie.

@Selene I went to sleep, I had to work today. He has sold all the resources of the city which is total destruction. Please don't make things personal, this is politics.

I'm sorry Diego he has not been a good mayor. He needs to not be elected to any other political office.

Booker is an empty suit who has achieved some transient celebrity. Just an old time smooth-talking politician. What does he stand for? Barack Obama? Give me a break - that just makes him Nancy Pelosi. He has demonstrated nothing, but he is the flavor of the moment and, sadly, that is enough for our undereducated electorate.

I hear ya glen rock guy but good luck at seeing your taxes go lower they never will, you want a lower property tax bill? move to another state. I cant wait to get the hell out of here

It may not be fashionable to say but mt thoughts are this. Booker is doing a good job in a difficult situation. He will probably succeed when he tries for higher office. He happens to be a Democrat. Christie is also doing a good job in a difficulty situation. He is probably at the highest level of elected public office that he can reach. He happens to be a Republican.
Neither one of them is suspected of doing anything that will get them thrown in jail. Quite a feat for New Jersey politicians.

Redrider - I agree with you - we need to elect new people to Town Council this November in Green Brook. Taxes increased by 6.5% this year and some people are paying even more due to reassessment.

You're right about the reassessments. It's just that it's been a shocking 3rd quarter bill for many. I'm so disappointed and don't know when it's going to end. Green Brook has raised taxes more than any other Somerset County town over the past decade according to statistics published in the Star Ledger. It keeps on going....

Hey Glen Rock, why don't you go to some of your council and board of education meeting and see just is being done with your money for a change. My taxes has only gone up because of the mismanagement of fund in the mayor's office as well as the overpaying of a School Supt. that doesn't deserve half the money Parsippany is paying him. He really is a greedy pig, go se where your tax dollars are being wasted and on what, you'll really be surprised. The Gov. had nothing to do with it, he has tried as well as many taxpayers to get rid of this worthless greedy pig, but most of the long standing idiots on the board keep him one and tried to put one over on the Gov. and extend his contract 8 months before it expired, but got nailed. He has now refused to give back money he was overpaid and has cost the taxpayers over $ 38,000 in legal fees. Then we have a do what he wants mayor, both are costing us millions of dollars in wasted funds. Check out some waste in your town, you will be surprised to know where your money is going.

The mayor has issues controling the cities budget. Why should I as voter trust him with the much larger state budget?

Hey Paul Brown: Before you start name- calling and putting down our President, remember who started this probem in the first place with his spending billions on a war that was not valid. Killing innocent people because of his wanting to make a name for himself. He should have sent his two prima donna daughters into battle. AND as far as taking off time from his duty as President, check out GWB's record on vacations and times at his million dollar ranch, etc. etc. He is to blame for what we are going throught today. Do you notice how he has disappeared from the face of the earth????? Think about it if you have the brains to do it.

Actually Scondo, a surprisingly large percentage of the public still think the Bush admin is mostly responsible for many of our current problems, especially the economic issues, and especially the budget deficit. 43% of people think Bush is "mostly responsible for the federal budget deficit", to 14% for Obama.

Shockingly insightful if you ask me, considering that much of the general public doesn't give much thought to the subject.

The numbers are here...
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/22/would-romney-be-another-bill-clinton-or-another-george-w-bush/

And my point is that after 4 years it is time for the current ownership to take ownership, quit the whinning, belly up to the bar and come up with a plan, any plan, some plan and say this is what they are going to do and move on. This crew seemingly is incapable of any thing except coasting for 4 years.

Actually, Paul is just shows how politically charged the United States is, in fairness to Obama he had a choice, turn on the faucet of deficit spending and hopefully prime the pump or risk sending the world spinning off into a cataclysmic depression. He chose to try and keep it afloat. I can live with that , because the alternative is so dismal, but he should stand up and say: This is what I did so that your kids can eat tonght and we will need to dig ourselves out, and there is only one way and that means that everyone puts shoulder to wheel, Public sector you can't have 25 and out retirement, you can't have benies up the whazzoo, Fat dumb and happy folks sucking off SSD, get ready to go back to work, your back acke and your depression are no longer payable cases. Section 8 housing folks no more, Tax reform, you bet.
He needs to get out and lead and not continue with the shallow politics, and sadly none on the national scene seem to be able to do that.

FAIR LAWN TAXPAYERS

THIS GROUP PAID NO FEE TO USE OUR CENTER! BORO MANGER YOU ARE LOOKING TO INCREASE $ for the town change the rule this was not a town meeting. our council menbers say one thing but do thr other lead by example end the free ride.