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July 25, 2006
The Queens blackout: the brutal human costs of Con Ed’s drive for profit
World Socialist Web Site examines the lengthy blackout in Queens and calls for placing the critical utility in public hands, though they are pretty sure their calls will fall on deaf ears:
Of course not only Republicans like Bloomberg will oppose such a demand, but also the Democrats, some of whom have been making demagogic calls for the resignation of Con Ed’s CEO and a criminal investigation into the company’s practices. But these practices are hardly an aberration; rather, they are the rule for an energy industry that is run for profit. The same politicians who invoke “eminent domain” to help real estate developers like Bruce Ratner forcibly evict working class families from their homes and small businessmen from their premises will no doubt invoke the sacred right of “private property” in Con Ed’s defense.
NoLandGrab: Bruce Ratner is becoming the poster child for eminent domain abuse.
Posted by lumi at July 25, 2006 7:17 AM