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February 17, 2006
Beer war brewing
Brooklyn Papers:
This week, several opponents of Bruce Ratner’s arena, residential and commercial mega-project, called for the boycott, citing brewery owner Steve Hindy’s increasingly public support for the developer.It started last week, when Hindy invited arena booster Borough President Markowitz, Ratner vice president Jim Stuckey, former NBA star Darryl “Chocolate Thunder” Dawkins and four Nets cheerleaders to the brewery to watch the Nets-Cavaliers game on TV and open a few brewskies.
Days after the party, the blogosphere slammed Hindy, calling him a toady and suggesting that his Brooklyn Brown Ale should be called “Brown-Nose Ale” for the manner in which he was supposedly sucking up to Ratner, who already sells Hindy’s products at Nets home games in New Jersey.
Posted by amy at February 17, 2006 7:48 PM