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Rob Foraker:

My ideas on making our government work for everyone will change the impressions of our leaders. Our schools become more violent everyday. Our kids want guidance from parents,teachers and local leaders. Our parents need to become involved in schools. Our schools need to be involved with parents. Funding programs for better schools is essential to our future

[Big Brother Program] evolves in Delaware http://cycleservice1.ww.com Citizen run video program. Breaking News, political campaigns, multimedia, nation, world, technology, headlines Governor hopeful switches parties Robert Foraker of New Castle, a pizza delivery man and gubernatorial candidate, on Tuesday filed papers with the Commissioner of Elections to change his party affiliation from the Democratic Party to the Independent Party of Delaware.

Posted on August 22, 2007

Hottest Blogs: World News Politics News Blog World Wide News http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=526891Robert Foraker ''Big Brother America. 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 http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/org/robforaker/ 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.

Advertisement Governor hopeful switches parties Robert Foraker of New Castle, a pizza delivery man and gubernatorial candidate, on Tuesday filed papers with the Commissioner of Elections to change his party affiliation from the Democratic Party to the Independent Party of Delaware. Pizza guy vows to deliver Del. from crime Long shot launching campaign for governor By BETH MILLER, The News Journal Posted Monday, July 16, 2007 Robert Foraker totes pizzas at Marino's Pizzeria in Bear. He has views on other policy problems, but says crime affects nearly all issues. (Buy photo) The News Journal/FRED COMEGYS Robert Foraker cruises crime-ridden areas with a video camera. If political volunteers run on pizza -- as all those old crusts and empty delivery boxes would suggest -- maybe it's not so strange that the aroma of a fresh pepperoni pie wafts continually through Robert Foraker's campaign headquarters.

This is no ordinary storefront that has launched Foraker's unlikely run to be Delaware's next governor.

His campaign headquarters IS a pizzeria.

"I would have to bet this is a first in Delaware -- and maybe nationwide," said Sean Marino, one of the owners of Marino's Pizzeria at Eden Square Shopping Center in Bear, where Foraker, 50, has been a deliveryman for five or six months. "I gave him the green light. I give him the benefit of the doubt."

It's unlikely many Delaware voters will do likewise, but it's a free country and anybody who qualifies can run for office.

In this case, Foraker has jumped squarely into what may be the state's most interesting race of 2008: the Democratic gubernatorial primary. With 14 months to go, party officials already have more candidates than they want in the fray, with two popular state officeholders -- Lt. Gov. John C. Carney Jr. and Treasurer Jack A. Markell -- running.

Foraker isn't concerned with what party leaders want.

"I'd bring a lot of people back down to earth," he said. "I'd bring Delaware politics back down to earth. There's a 100 percent chance of that happening "Our police force needs better tools to solve crime," he said. "These [cameras] are our baby sitters. This footage will be available for anyone. It will show anything suspicious or out of the ordinary."

The Newark Police Department is aware of Foraker's plan but is not partnering with him, acting Police Chief William Nefosky said.

"I'm not sure of the need for the cameras at this time," Nefosky said. "It may be beneficial, but right now, it's not something we're going to get involved in."

Using surveillance cameras isn't unique to Newark. In Wilmington, a private nonprofit group called Downtown Visions partners with police to monitor a downtown surveillance system. The cameras cover the entire downtown district and some sections of the east and west sides of Wilmington  http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=526891