NEWARK, N.J. – Cory Booker’s starring role in Newark’s lead water crisis was bad enough based upon what we already knew, Save Jerseyans. It just got worse. On Thursday, Politico reported that “a longtime friend and adviser to former Mayor Read More
Cory Booker played a starring role in Newark’s water crisis
By Matt Rooney _ There were water lines throughout Tuesday in New Jersey’s most populous city, Save Jerseyans, as residents queued for water bottles after it was revealed that 40,000 lead-blocking water filers weren’t sufficiently blocking lead. The EPA says Read More
Newark watershed manager gets 8 years for kickback scheme
NEWARK — The former special projects manager of the now-defunct Newark Watershed Conservation and Development Corp. was sentenced Thursday to eight years in federal prison for his role in a multi-million dollar kickback scheme that contributed to the collapse of Read More
Will we finally get to the bottom of Booker’s Newark corruption?
By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog Most of the media ignored this story throughout his 2013 and 2014 U.S. Senate campaigns, Save Jerseyans, but the scandal known as #Watershedgate might finally be coming back to bite Cory Booker Read More
UPDATE: Senators Want Booker Probe
By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog As reported first here earlier today, Save Jerseyans, a bipartisan team comprised of state Senators Ron Rice (D-Essex) and Sam Thompson (R-Middlesex) are determined to get to the bottom of #WatershedGate and Cory Booker’s role Read More
Thompson, Rice to Double-Team Scandals
By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog They’re the ultimate odd couple, Save Jerseyans, but Middlesex County’s Sam Thompson (R) and Newark’s Ron Rice (D) are preparing to take on Newark City Hall together. I’m told the state senators will make an Read More
#MSM Pleads the 5th in Watershedgate
By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog In terms of how deep the rabbit hole may go and how many tax dollars were wasted, Save Jerseyans, I maintain my prior statement that U.S. Senator Cory Booker’s Watershedgate, unfolding as he Tweeted and Read More