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May 30, 2007
Marty defends CB 6 sackings
NY Daily News
By Jotham Sederstrom
A week later, the spin is in:
You can cross Marty Markowitz if you want, but give him a courtesy call first.
Following a week of public scrutiny for his decision not to reappoint nine Community Board 6 members, the borough president vehemently denied his actions were in retaliation for their opposition to aspects of the Atlantic Yards project.
"I was not given the courtesy by the members of this board to contact me - as the person who appoints them - and say, 'Marty, we want to vote against Atlantic Yards,' " Markowitz said.
In his first public comments since fallout from the community board debacle and revelations that he accepted a free cruise on the Queen Mary 2, Markowitz insisted that in both cases he was just doing his job.
Movie cliché: Markowitz is cast as the paternalistic Don, "But you don't vote with respect. You don't offer friendship. You don't even think to call me Godfather."
Posted by lumi at May 30, 2007 9:20 AM