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Thursday, July 5, 2007 12:00 AM

Why Cory Booker is mad as hell

Enraged by his city's unfair drug policies, the Newark mayor vows to stop being polite and start making a difference.
By Debra Dickerson

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  • Thursday, July 5, 2007 06:06 AM

    urban renewal

    Newark isn't a city, it's a minimum security prison. So Dickerson's right - why do we bother to enforce all these laws? Why spend all this money to send people to an expensive jail? Might as well just build a wall around Newark. Camden too. Who would notice?

    —dartvader Read dartvader's other letters

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