Say it ain't so, Joe.
That man of the people, former Newark Mayor Sharpe James along with his former mistress, were just convicted of corruption. He faced five charges, to include fraud and conspiracy. She faced 13 - the aforementioned, plus tax evasion and fraudulently obtaining government subsidized housing assistance.
Oh no! Real estate deals? Government fraud? I can't believe it. The guy who was mayor for so long, I cannot remember his predecessor, was caught with his fingers (well, not just his fingers) in the till.
I remember, while attending nearby Seton Hall University, James ran against the current mayor Cory Booker. All of the cronies were out in full force saying the most disgusting things about Booker. Booker, a decent man, lost and the man who wouldn't even pay his own bus fare (a hilarious anecdote in its own right) kept his position as corrupter-in-chief.
I've said it before - "This is what you want. This is what you get."
Now the disgraced former mayor, after 20 years of greasing palms, can assume a new position in the State of New Jersey and keep right on working it.
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