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January 25, 2006
Pittsburgh: New Urbanism(?) from governor's pals
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Our dear governor
On Monday we were finally allowed to see who will, without a doubt, be the eventual "winner" of the slots license lottery, as Cleveland-based Forest City Enterprises unveiled its (admittedly) grand proposal for a casino at Station Square ("Casino just part of plan for Harrah's," Jan. 24 and TribLIVE.com).
Of course, what is lost in all of this is that there never really was a "competition" to win the slots license, as Gov. Rendell has long since promised the slots license to his campaign contributors at Forest City.
NoLandGrab: Brooklyn isn't alone in the face of sham auctions with the participation of good buddies of the governor.
Hey, it could be worse for Brooklynites; the Bruce is only spending more than a half a billion dollars to bring basketball to Brooklyn, while the mothership, Forest City Enterprises, wants to build a slot machine parlor (aka, giant casino crack house).
Posted by lumi at January 25, 2006 7:43 AM