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July 31, 2006
Push poll (likely from FCR) boosts Boyland against Montgomery in Senate race
Atlantic Yards Report
Central Brooklynites are getting push polled over Atlantic Yards (time and time again).
This time Norman Oder's number was up. Let's see if Oder took the bait or took notes...
Sometimes the news just falls into your lap. When I got a call yesterday from a pollster from Pacific Crest Research, the name rang a bell. The same company conducted a push poll last year to gauge and change attitudes regarding Forest City Ratner’s Atlantic Yards (AY) project, almost certainly on behalf of the developer.
I was asked numerous questions, some quite general, but most focused on the race between last-minute challenger Tracy Boyland and longstanding State Senator Velmanette Montgomery for the 18th Senatorial District.
The point of the push poll apparently was to see if the information provided--including leading statements, with incorrect information--would nudge listeners into supporting Boyland, who backs the AY project, against the incumbent, who opposes the AY project.
...Finally, after about ten minutes on the phone with C.J., came the money shot: “Boyland says Montgomery is siding with people who have million-dollar brownstones and want to preserve their exclusive neighborhood instead of looking out for her own constituents.”
NoLandGrab: "Stupid gits!" We recommend that future call lists be scrubbed of the following names "Dan Goldstein," "Patti Hagan," and "Norman 'the Mad Overkiller' Oder," unless they're fixin' "to have an argument".
Posted by lumi at July 31, 2006 8:02 AM