Newark Mayor Cory Booker says he went without food for long periods throughout his first day on the SNAP Challenge. The normally caffeinated mayor also complained he couldn’t afford coffee or Diet Pepsi. Booker started a weeklong Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) challenge Tuesday, testing his ability to survive off a $30 food budget for […]
Mayor Cory Booker said he will live on food stamps for a week starting Tuesday. Following a debate about the role of government on Twitter, Newark Mayor Cory Booker has accepted a challenge to live on food stamps for a week after Thanksgiving. Booker confirmed on his own Twitter accountthat he has accepted the “SNAP Challenge” to […]
Newark mayor Cory Booker has been ubiquitous in social media. Even before Hurricane Sandy, he saved his neighbor from a burning building, helped a pedestrian who was hit by a car, and shoveled snow from a constituent’s driveway. After Hurricane Sandy he invited Newark residents to come over and watch DVDs. Now, Booker has written a classic tweet that […]
