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January 5, 2006
Errol Louis responds to "smear," but still fudges the issue
Errol Louis, writing for Our Time Press, and TimesRatnerReporter Norman Oder are trading barbs online over the issue of minority- and women-owned businesses that are receiving contracts from Forest City Ratner for the company's Atlantic Yards proposal.
The latest salvo by Oder involves a contradiction in Louis's argument:
Here [Louis] says he'd "be overjoyed to see any minority- or women-owned businesses — from any borough or city — secure contracts and subcontracts." But in the previous column, he wrote, "At this stage of the game the question should be how and when the dollars will begin flowing into central Brooklyn."
Oder offers an additional post where he considers the late August Wilson's Radio Golf as a cautionary tale of "hard truths on development deals."
Posted by lumi at January 5, 2006 11:32 PM