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May 23, 2007
Marty's Brooklyn CB6 Purge & Real Community Board Reform
Room 8
Barry Popik wonders:
Why can't the entire community board consist of "public members"? And by the way, did you ever try to go to a community board website and search on how you can join as a public member? Hard to find that stuff, huh?
We revisit these questions in the wake of Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz's purge of at least five longtime members of Community Board 6. These are people who had the temerity to vote against the Atlantic Yards project.
Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion did a similar purge of Bronx Community Board 4, involving members who had rejected the new Yankee Stadium proposal.
Again, these are unpaid positions. We're talking about getting people involved in the community, giving them a voice, and requiring them to sit through hours of some deathly dull stuff. This is how the grassroots democracy is supposed to work?
It's time for a change.
Posted by lumi at May 23, 2007 9:03 AM