September 16, 2009 Philadelphia Inquirer by Matt Katz
Gov. Corzine sat with his hands clasped last night as a Camden minister asked hundreds of city residents to stand if their homes or churches were next to abandoned buildings.
Most of the crowd at St. Joseph's Pro Cathedral on Federal Street rose to their feet.
Then the Rev. Willie Anderson asked whether anyone had heard gunshots at night, and nearly everyone else stood up.
By the time Anderson had finished listing his concerns - broken infrastructure, dirty streets, inattentive officials, and poor education - all the residents were standing, clapping, or raising their hands to the ceiling.
The city's largest civic organization, Camden Churches Organized for People (CCOP), last night made its third major public plea in a decade to try to exact more state assistance for Camden from a governor seven weeks from a tough reelection battle.
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