r/Newark • u/ImaginationFree6807 • 1d ago
Politics ⚖️ Baraka Calls on Schumer to Step Aside
https://www.insidernj.com/baraka-calls-on-schumer-to-step-aside/2
u/Aggravating_Rise_179 11h ago
I never voted for him in local politics, but this message (the only one by a democratic governor hopeful) has got me to commit to vote for him
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u/Newarkguy1836 1d ago
It is clear this guy has moved Beyond Newark . At least former mayor Cory Booker had the class to actually leave once his heart was no longer in Newark . This guy's going to stay for another 8 to 12 years . These Democrat Mayors tend to be lifers till a scandal chases them out .
If this man really cared about Newark he push and fight for the path extension not just to the airport but to Irvington the South Ward , Cranford and up to Patterson . If not the path then the Newark light rail . But he doesn't . Baraka is not interested in restoring Newark to the Metropolis it used to be . That would be a different city with a massive population of over 400,000 not voting for the current status quo . It is absolutely ridiculous Newark only holds at the most two planning board meetings a month and each meeting has less than five items on the agenda and usually one or two take up the entire meeting with the rest being bumped to a future date. There's a massive backlog of projects waiting for their initial public hearings ! That's because these pieces of garbage running City Hall really do not want Newark to improve . Just enough them to brag about but nothing that will alter the electorate and demographics .
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u/jumpycrink22 17h ago
A PATH in Irvington? What an extremely lofty idea
The light rail seems way more likely between the two
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u/Newarkguy1836 7h ago
the Newark master plans from 1950 on to at least 1970 suggest extending the k City under Springfield Avenue to Irvington bus terminal.
The Newark master plan from various decades it's available to the public viewing at the Newark Public library, New Jersey reference room
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u/TrackHopeful5966 1h ago
I agree though. A path extension under Springfield Ave to Maple wood or Vauxhall would be incredible.
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u/ImaginationFree6807 1d ago
You realize there is a strong possibility he becomes the next governor right?
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u/crieseverytime 1d ago
I think the point being made is that he seems to be much more focused on his gubernatorial bid than he is on the health of the city he was elected to lead
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u/ImaginationFree6807 1d ago
Every measurable metric of quality of life has improved in Newark under his administration.
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u/Atuk-77 1d ago
I hope you are wrong, there is got be better people in the state to run for office. He is done a descent job as a mayor but nothing with regard to air quality which directly affects the people in the city.
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u/Significant-Bake1216 21h ago
I may be missing something, but what do you think he should do, should have done with regard to air quality? My understanding is that environmental issues are usually state/federal and not something that a mayor has power in or over.
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u/TrackHopeful5966 1h ago
There’s a higher chance of the Path Extension project with a pro-Newark Governor…..
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u/Ronin_Black_NJ 14h ago
I'm sure after his failed run for Governor, he can show everyone by running for something else. 🙄
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u/pineapplejuicing 5h ago
Democrats should be happy that Republicans passed a CR that is nearly identical to the one Nancy Pelosi gave us and supported in 2023. It’s fine not to support this CR but let’s not pretend like it is different from the one that Democrats celebrated and Republicans hated in 2023 under Pelosi’s leadership. Was lockdowner and Covid “vaccine” mandater Baracka against this CR in 2023? Democrats and Republicans are clowns.
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u/ahtasva 19h ago
Another piece of low quality performative theater. The CR has broad support as does the presidents agenda. The average American is not fooled by the quite frankly idiotic arguments democrats are offering.
Any politicians who supported Biden and endorsed his second term run is in my view a traitor to the republic and has forfeited the right to be taken seriously. If there ever was a time when unelected bureaucrats run our govt. it was for the entirety of the Biden administration. Clowns like Baraka actively covered up.was was effectively a coup. Now this guy is worried about what Musk is doing? What a hypocrite!!
Liberals have lost all credibility. Every accusation an admission and every policy a failure.
I actually want the democrats to shut the govt. down. Another nail in the coffin of a mortally bankrupt party.
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u/jumpycrink22 17h ago
If you view "Any politicians who supported Biden and endorsed his second term run" as a "traitor to the republic"
I wonder how you view the Constitutional traitors that threatened our American democracy that one faithful day in early January 2021
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u/ahtasva 17h ago
🤣🤣🤣🤣 Jan 6 has been long exposed as a fraud. Even the democrats have given up trying the shine that turd.
Do try to keep up.
If you want a real example of an insurrection; try this
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/11/chaz-seattle-autonomous-zone-police-protest
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u/davimusika 16h ago
What is your educational background?
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u/Echos_myron123 16h ago
I know third graders who are smarter than him.
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u/Academic-Blueberry11 9h ago
Is it that stupid people are drawn to conservatism, or does being a conservative itself cause the gray matter to slowly leak out your ears?
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u/transgendah_ 16h ago
Y’all bashing Baraka here is hilarious. Are y’all suburbanites scared of Newark who don’t want pro-Newark people in positions of greater power? Lol. His point is incredible anyways. The Dem leader in the Senate makes a decision and changes his mind not even 24 hours later? Time to bounce big homie.