DSWright Posts

Current mayor of Newark and soon-to-be Senator of New Jersey, Cory Booker came to national prominence on the back of strong progressive rhetoric and incredible stories from the streets of his city. Turns out, a whole lot of that was just hot air.

Newark Mayor Cory Booker has gotten himself in some hot water on the eve of a primary election. The New York Post reveals that Booker took confidential payouts while in office from a law firm that received work from the city. The law firm paid Mayor Booker every year and received more than a total of $2 million in legal fees from the city of Newark and related agencies.

I live in South Jersey, so yeah, Sandy is about to make my life uh interesting.
So before the power/interweb goes out let me reiterate a point that is not made often enough in the climate change debate - Big Business is not united in their denialism.

One sector that is particularly immune to fossil fuel propaganda is the global insurance and reinsurance industry - because unlike consumers or politicians they are on the hook when the reality of Climate Change strikes.