New from me: A longtime friend and adviser to @CoryBooker is alleged to have directed the former head of the city’s watershed, who’s now in prison, to solicit political contributions from agency contractors in the late 2000s.
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POLITICO Morning Money. Formerly POLITICO New Jersey. Bay Area native. RTs and Likes ≠ endorsements. email: [email protected] Signal: 925.216.7576
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- Replying to @samjsuttonThe plant was exhibiting signs of distress under Booker. Those issues were raised at the watershed’s board meetings. Booker was ex officio chair, but he never attended. That lack of oversight allowed the corruption, which was extensive, to take root, per the comptroller’s report.
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