Sharpe James Sentenced to 27 Months in Federal Prison

August 5, 2008 By 3 Comments
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Sharpe James (born February 20, 1936) is a Democratic politician from New Jersey, who served as State Senator for the 29th Legislative District and was 35th Mayor of Newark, New Jersey. James was the second African American Mayor of Newark and served five, four-year terms before declining to run for re-election. From June 1999 until leaving his position as Mayor in July 2006, James simultaneously served as Mayor of Newark and New Jersey State Senator. He declined to run for re-election to the State Senate in 2007; his term as Senator expired in January 2008. Prior to politics, James worked as a physical education teacher. Read the rest of his bio from Wikipedia.

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  1. Phil says:
    August 5, 2008 at 4:28 am

    Newark is bad enough as it is without these corrupt leaders behind the scenes making things worse. Sharpe should be ashamed of himself.

    Kids are killiing each other every day on the streets of Newark while Sharpe James fattens his wallet.

  2. CD Junior says:
    August 6, 2008 at 6:25 pm

    Mr. James was an icon and a real role model to the kids. He was one of the first black Mayors of a big city and he was a fixture for something over 20 years in Newark. Of course he was taking advantage of the system like every single other professional politician does. And what he got back from his girlfriend for that 600 grand housing flip one can only imagine… .

    But I could do a 10 times better job at reducing the gun violence in Newark and the city was in flames for a lot of his term. So in one way I have a lot of respect for him… on the opposite hand I see him as a hood who enjoyed the hi life while his people shot it out in the streets.

  3. S. Jameson says:
    August 10, 2008 at 3:42 am

    I think there was a movie about his last race for mayor. I remember when Newark burned bad during race riots in the late 1960′s. There have been some many hopes we could pull these people out of the fires. Sharpe did what he could but in the end everyone found out he was a crook. I can;t wait ti see photos of him behind bars. Instead of focusing on stealing he should have focused on helping the kids.

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