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September 7, 2006
Atlantic Questions From Pacific
Brooklyn Downtown Star
By Norman Oder
In recent weeks, numerous Brooklynites have received calls from a polling firm based thousands of miles away in Fairfield, California. The campaign season questions from the west coasters are always about local politics, and usually revolve around issues and figures close to the controversial Atlantic Yards proposal in Prospect Heights. While neither the polling firm, Pacific Crest Research (PCR), nor Atlantic Yards developer Forest City Ratner (FCR), will confirm that FCR hired PCR, they won't deny it either.
Twice already in the last several weeks, this reporter has picked up his phone to discover a PCR pollster on the other end; the first a man in Seattle, the second a woman in Utah. Both times the questions pointed back towards a private entity - not a public candidate - with a serious interest in all things Atlantic Yards.
Posted by lumi at September 7, 2006 10:56 PM