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August 5, 2005
Foreign Policy? Just Get Tips From the Cabby
The NY Times
By Clyde Haberman
Haberman rattles off some suggestions of how the newly appointed US Ambassador to the UN, John Bolton, might get acquainted with the island natives:
Don't just hang out in diplo-land, [Clinton's UN ambassador Bill Richardson] advised Mr. Bolton. "You have to engage the city," he said.
In that spirit, we'd like to offer Mr. Bolton some tips on possible places to visit and people to meet.
For instance, he might want to get together with the developer Bruce C. Ratner and also with critics of Mr. Ratner's plan to build a sports arena in Downtown Brooklyn alongside skyscrapers that may rise 60 stories.
Mr. Bolton could advise them on acceptable heights for buildings. He knows a thing or two on that score. It was he who once said of the United Nations: "The Secretariat building has 38 stories. If you lost 10 stories today " - and here he sliced the air with his hand to show how to do it - "it wouldn't make a bit of difference." The man is a born urban planner.
NoLandGrab: Never one to leave a stone unturned, Ratner has probably already lined up Bolton's political support.
Posted by lumi at August 5, 2005 10:00 AM