May 11, 2006 - 1:19pm
Rising Star
By Wally EdgeWith the election of Cory Booker as Mayor of Newark, look his close friend and law partner, Elnardo Webster II, to play an increasingly significant role in state politics. The 37-year-old Webster played All-State football at St. Peter’s Prep in Jersey City and was an All-American football player at Rutgers. He played professional football for the Pittsburgh Steelers before an injury prematurely ended his career.
Webster returned to Rutgers to get an MBA and a law degree. He worked for a politically active law firm, Sills Cummis Radin Tischman Epstein & Gross, before forming a new firm with Booker after the 2002 election. He played a major role in the election of Glenn Cunningham as Mayor of Jersey City. Webster also has a sort of political pedigree: his father won 15% of the vote against Frank Lautenberg in the 1988 Democratic U.S. Senate primary.
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You forgot: ego the size of New Jersey.
You forgot: ego the size of New Jersey.
Nice name there, Shore "space in-between" Guy.
Nice name there, Shore "space in-between" Guy.
but from what I hear the ego thing is the truth...but I guess an
but from what I hear the ego thing is the truth...but I guess anyone in politics has to have some sort of ego...
Let's not forget ARROGANT. He earns a large percentage of all mo
Let's not forget ARROGANT. He earns a large percentage of all monies raised from Booker's campaign. His father is a whole lot nicer and respected more so than II. Humble is not in II's vocabulary! Could his long term plan be to challenge or inherit Lautenberg seat after he becomes corporation counsel for the city of Newark? Things that make you go hmm! I smell a power play in the air.
Let's not forget ARROGANT. He earns a large percentage of all mo
Let's not forget ARROGANT. He earns a large percentage of all monies raised from Booker's campaign. His father is a whole lot nicer and respected more so than II. Humble is not in II's vocabulary! Could his long term plan be to challenge or inherit Lautenberg seat after he becomes corporation counsel for the city of Newark? Things that make you go hmm! I smell a power play in the air.