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Robert Foraker

Robert Foraker
''Big Brother America Improving quality of life'' The Iraq war can be won through idealism.... crime can also be won through the same. The American people need to look at our war... at home...History has shown our leaders to lack the knowlege or experience to run a war.....Building a better Delaware.''.Delawareans for Rob Foraker Delaware Governor 08''.....History determines our future


Big Brother Newark
In Newark, DE, a small town whose center consists largely of the Univerity of Delaware campus, and the bars and businesses that cater to the waves of undergrads there, a private citizen has taken on the roll of big brother.

As reported in the Wilmington News Journal :

“Robert Foraker has his electronic eyes on a mission: to make downtown Newark a safer place to shop, dine and do business.

The College Park watchdog and former Newark City Council candidate hopes to deter crime by installing surveillance cameras at various businesses on Main Street.

For now, Foraker will be in control of the cameras as the city’s technological Big Brother. By the end of the year, his goal is to place live feed of the downtown area on the Internet. The public and police will be able to view traffic, crime and vandalism around the clock.”

Foraker’s project is not being sponsored or supported by law enforcement officials, but it is not being deterred by them either. His cameras cover not only public businesses, but apartment complexes as well (spurned by the recent tragic murder of a UD student). City officials defend his right to monitor public places, despite concerns voiced by local ACLU representatives about privacy issues.

“Some of the cameras you’ll see, but others will be hidden,” Foraker said in the News Journal article. “They [the residents] have to accept a little bit of invasion of privacy on public streets,” he said. “There are no laws against filming on public streets.”




Robert Foraker
Sunday, June 12, 2005 COMMUNITY WATCHDOG ROBERT FORAKER FORAKER is a self-described community watchdog, and he hopes to bring what he's observed around Newark to the city council. ''I keep an eye on the city and I let police know if there is something wrong,'' he said. ''You watch out for your neighbors. ''My main point is that I want people to be more careful,'' he said. ''I want to see more police on the streets.'' While this is Foraker's first time running for a seat, he is optimistic. ''I'm gonna win,'' he said. And he said that's because of his involvement in the community - he volunteers with the College Park Neighborhood Association - and his drive to make the community safer.Foraker said that despite the results, he was happy that he ran, and plans on doing it again - possibly for the mayor's seat. ''Life goes on after the election,'' he said. ''The experience was good, but next time I'll run a different campaign.'' He said that if he runs again, he would try mass mailings as a way to educate voters about his agenda. posted by robertforaker at 6:43 PM 0 comments Saturday, June 11, 2005 ROBERT FORAKER NEWARK,DELAWARE ROBERT FORAKER FORAKER is a self-described community watchdog, and he hopes to bring what he's observed around Newark