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Friday, December 28, 2012

Jersey Jazzman: The Selling Out of Newark's Schools: Part I

Jersey Jazzman: The Selling Out of Newark's Schools: Part I:


The Selling Out of Newark's Schools: Part I

If you're really interested in transparency, what better time is there to release secret emails than Christmas Eve?
The City of Newark released dozens of emails to The Star-Ledger late on Christmas Eve to comply with a Superior Court order.
Among the behind-the-scenes details never disclosed, the emails showed theNewark philanthropist Ray Chambers wanted to arrange a million-dollar donation, but a top aide to Mayor Cory Booker dismissed it as too small.
Indeed, the heavily redacted emails provide a window into how Booker’s aides and others courted wealthy donors days before Zuckerberg pledged the