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March 15, 2006
The battle for Brooklyn turns to beer
The Brooklyn Brewery boycott and Ratner suit lands in the Jossip pages:
Then we saw this story, pointing out that there has actually been a push to keep people away from Brooklyn lager. (We think.) It's sort of long and complicated, but it all starts with Bruce Ratner, the developer who has a $3.5 billion plan to rebuild a portion of downtown Brooklyn to create a Nets arena and 7,300 units of housing.
Some weirdo, who is very determined to stop the stadium from being built, went ahead and sent a bunch of forged e-mails, claiming they were from Ratner. They were sent to the president of Brooklyn Brewery, Steve Hindy, who has supported the development, claiming the new stadium would carry the brew. Now Ratner's taking the case to court, with the only current evidence being a fragment of a March 3rd e-mail.
Posted by lumi at March 15, 2006 6:09 AM