You mean he doesn’t leap over tall buildings and rescue kitty cats in a single bound? Awwww….
Via Columbia Journalism Review:
The New York Times’s disturbing story on Newark Mayor Cory Booker’s ties with Silicon Valley is what 21st century corruption looks like.
Booker, the leading Democratic candidate for an open New Jersey Senate seat, has been moonlighting as chairman of yet another social video startup thing—one with the backing of plutocrat patrons like Google Chairman Eric Schmidt, Oprah, and Reid Hoffman, who also give campaign donations to the rising political star.
That blatant cronyism has given public servant Booker an asset called Waywire, which is supposedly worth between $1 million and $5 million, and which he forgot to disclose in his campaign filings until recently (it’s unclear if the disclosure came because of an impending NYT story or if the NYT story came because of the disclosure). Booker also took months to respond to Star-Ledger requests earlier this year regarding how much money he’s made giving speeches. That turned out to be $1.3 million, half of which he has given to local charities.