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May 27, 2006
Newsky: StopYassky Out-y!
It's not as big time as the unmasking of Deep Throat, but speculation over the identity of the blogger behind StopYassky.com has become fodder for local political online forums as the race for the 11th US Congressional District has heated up. Some commentators have bristled at the tone of the web site, while others have felt that it raises valid points.
Several people have claimed ownership and others have been outed.
Suspicion fell on Gary Tilzer of Yvette Clarke's campaign, then it definitely wasn't "Gatemouth," who fingered someone he ID'd as "fat ugly smelly toothless bastard." Others speculated that David Yassky's camp was running a reverse, putting up something inflammatory so they could pin it on the Chris Owens or Clarke campaigns.
Yesterday, Daily News columnist Errol Louis (via Ben Smith's blog, Daily Politics) outed Lucy Koteen of Fort Greene, citing her Blogspot handle, "stopyassky." Some outing — NY Observer reporter Matthew Schuerman points out that Blogspot members can remain anonymous if they want. It's not clear how Louis uncovered this, but it was most likely from a comment posted on Norman Oder's blog, Atlantic Yards Report.
The question for serial-letter-writer Koteen would be which organization she was seeking to give a boost: Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn, The Sierra Club of New York, The Fort Greene Association or La Leche League (a local breast-feeding advocacy group)?
Some things we don't get:
If the threat to longtime project critic Chris Owens comes from splitting the black vote with Atlantic Yards supporters Carl Andrews and Yvette Clarke, why would a neighborhood activist go after Yassky? (Point also made by "Gatemouth.") Where're StopAndrews.com and StopClarke.com?
What was Errol Louis doing hanging out in Blogspot? Is he setting up his own anonymous blog? Trying to unmask "Norman Oder?" Or, boning up on facts about Ratner's Atlantic Yards scheme?
Posted by lumi at May 27, 2006 7:31 AM