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July 25, 2007
He never saw a chop he didn't want to bust
NY Daily News
By Dennis Hamill
Deep within Hamill's column honoring the birthday of a Bayside, Queens community stalwart lies proof that the world needs community activists more than it needs newspaper columnists:
So, I'd always stop and chat with Skala in the street, usually about developers who were overstepping their bounds. Every week, the local papers carried his letters to the editor about local issues or about his strong opposition to the war in Iraq.
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I have not always agreed with Skala. He has not always agreed with me. Sometimes, he'd stuff my own columns through my letter slot with comments.When I wrote a column supporting the new basketball arena at Atlantic Yards in Brooklyn, Skala wrote in the margin: "How would you like it if they were taking your home via eminent domain?"
Posted by lumi at July 25, 2007 8:45 AM