« Why the Atlantic Center mall is blighted (and it's not the design), as per ESDC | Main | Eradicate Many of Our Existing Parking Spaces by Rezoning to "No Parking or "No Standing" »
August 9, 2006
BOUTON IN SPORTS DISS
NY Post
By Rich Calder
Ex-Yankees ace Jim Bouton - who exposed the lives of major leaguers in the controversial book "Ball Four" - is looking to expose plans to build an NBA arena in Brooklyn and a new Yankee stadium in The Bronx as a waste of taxpayer dollars.
"Now we have the Steinbrenner and Ratner projects trampling on neighborhoods, ignoring citizens and giving public subsidies to millionaires at the expense of schools, hospitals and fire departments," the pitcher said in a statement yesterday announcing he had joined the advisory board of Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn.
Posted by lumi at August 9, 2006 9:15 PM