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August 18, 2006
Boyland-Ratner Link?
From The Crain's Insider - Friday 8/18/06:
Suspicion is growing that Atlantic Yards developer Forest City Ratner is behind former City Councilwoman Tracy Boyland's bid to oust state Sen. Velmanette Montgomery . Boyland supports the $4.2 billion project, and Montgomery opposes it. Insiders say that Boyland is using the same consulting firm—Knickerbocker SKD—that Forest City used to produce its Atlantic Yards literature. An insider says that Forest City executive Bruce Bender is also helping Boyland raise money. Knickerbocker SKD's Micah Lasher and a Forest City spokesman both declined to comment, but project opponents will connect the dots when Boyland files a campaign finance report revealing vendors she worked with. She has missed two deadlines to do so, but requested filing software from the Board of Elections this week.
NoLandGrab: We told you a month ago that Boyland was the "Ratner Candidate" (we have our sources).
Retaining Knickerbocker SKD isn't exactly a smoking gun (Councilmember Letitia James has used the pr firm in the past), but having Ratner political guru Bruce Bender spend his valuable time fundraising for Boyland is a sure sign that the candidate got the nod from Ratner himself.
Posted by lumi at August 18, 2006 10:26 PM