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August 29, 2006
Daniel Does Destroy: Goldstein Seeks End of Hoop Dreams
Neighborhood Retail Alliance
Richard Lipsky is going to tell anyone who will listen that Dan Goldstein plans to stop Bruce Ratner from plopping an arena on his home, but he won't tell you about the alternative.
Ratner, Markowitz and local politicians all supported siting an arena in Coney Island. Now that the Atlantic-&-Flatbush plan is on the table, they've abandoned the idea.
All that is meaningless to Lipsky, who is ready to line up the bulldozers to get Goldstein:
His opposition to the arena, something we are going to advertise far and wide throughout the borough, means that there are now thousands of newly minted volunteers who will be delighted to man the bulldozer when the legal green flag is waived to demolish this obstructionist's abode. He has now gone from being a legitimate critic to just some self-serving crank and a pest.
NoLandGrab: Wow! And we thought we were shrill.
But Lipsky does bring up a good question: Do those "thousands" of people still qualify as "volunteers" if their leadership receives financial support from Ratner?
Disclosure: Richard Lipsky is a paid consultant to Forest City Ratner.
Posted by lumi at August 29, 2006 9:53 AM