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May 2, 2006
Park Slope PTA sponsored by Ratner
For the second year in a row, Forest City Ratner is sponsoring PS 321 PTA's annual fundraiser.
Some wonder who the Park Slope PTA wouldn't take money from, while others note that the PTA funds the desperately needed after-school and arts programs for the nearly overcrowded school in one of Brooklyn's more affluent neighborhoods.
Whatever your take, you gotta admire the chutzpah of Amy Bender, wife of Ratner's Executive VP Bruce Bender. Not every spouse would use his/her position as PTA Co-President to grease palms and buy some friends for Ratner.
This, we hope, will spark a debate, and maybe we'll be treated to one of those famous scrums on the Park Slope Parents message board. It's innocent little sponsorships like this that we find the most hurtful…
Posted by lumi at May 2, 2006 7:37 AM