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Six billboards in Newark, New Jersey, are causing controversy in the city, with the head of the teacher’s union - which paid for the signs - refusing to take them down despite complaints from business owners and the new mayor.
The billboards look like a classified ad, but read, “HELP WANTED: Stop the Killings in Newark Now!,” writes the AP. A smaller line of text on the billboards inform that they have been paid for by the Newark Teacher’s Union, Joseph Del Grosso, president.
The mayor of Newark, Cory Booker, who campaigned last year on a promise of reducing crime, is quoted as saying, “I know if I had tens of thousands of dollars, I wouldn’t use them on billboards. I would use them for after school programs. I would use them to help teachers get supplies.”
Some businesses have complained that customers have shied away because of the signs. Others report no downturn.
There have been 22 killings in Newark so far this year - a comparable number to last year.
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