Recent comments in /f/Newark

ahtasva t1_ivl2n0z wrote

Honestly I was being sarcastic. After all what’s the point of having a superhero in your city if he’s on the opposite end of where the crime is happening? 😂😂

On a more serious note; assuming you are indeed walking around in the more dangerous parts of the city, I would urge you to be cautious. Also don’t mess around with car jackers, buddy of mine is in federal law enforcement and apparent that shit is heavily controlled by organized crime. Those guys don’t fuck around.

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regiegeorge t1_ivklwzi wrote

I was just going to comment this exact thing. You know that’s code for he’s never going to be charged. Last time I checked it’s illegal to carry a firearm in NJ. “The suspect is reportedly a part of a program that allows workers at the Newark Department of Public Works”this is code for the father covering his azz. In todays climate only authorized workers should be allowed in any city department. “A program” smh yes because every teen is dying to be at the public works dept.

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DrixxYBoat t1_ivkijy1 wrote

Craziest thing is that we've had the same business administrator for around 20 years now, Valerie Wilson...

But it gets crazier, back in the 00s MTV recorded a documentary following high school kids.

One of the kids was from Newark Science, and had a HUGE issue with the lunch being served. Valerie came in as the school business administrator and made a big show to say she'd figure it out.

~20 years later in 2018, I met with her as a kid from the same school, and had the same exact complaints, (unknowing of her past record) she gave me the same spill as the other kid and promised that I'd see changes in the lunch programme.

I'm not the first to shit on administrators, but c'mon. School catering contracts don't last 20 years

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recnilcram t1_ivjtzvv wrote

F*ck, and I cannot stress this enough, them cars. They are within 3 blocks of 3 train lines, the PATH, the light rail, and literally dozens of bus lines. Would you rather they bulldoze it and put up a parking lot?

Property tax exists. Are they getting a PILOT? That's still money to the City. A parking lot or vacant lot provides much less money to the city. That ground floor retail will generate sales tax.

At a bare minimum, tenants buy food and drink nearby and support local business. Best case, they work local, buy local, and become part of the community.

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