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July 31, 2007
It came from the Blogosphere...
Streets Blog, Bike Parking on Steroids
Over half of the people who attend Giants games do not travel by car, a somewhat remarkable fact in car-crazy California. (Note to Brooklyn's Atlantic Yards bosses: Look at what San Fran is doing to encourage people not to bring their automobile to the stadium).
The Knickerblogger, Going To the Horse's Mouth
"Knickerblogger" gets his knickers all in a twist after reading last week's article in the Daily News about negotiations between the Bloomberg administration and Ratner over the special exception in the State's 421-a reform bill:
Note the last line:
A Bloomberg spokesman declined to discuss details of the negotiations but said Forest City Ratner and city officials had hammered out an agreement this week.
Since when is Forest City deciding what a tax break should be? Why negations with Forest City and not the state - the Daily News, perhaps unwhittingly has pointed out the massive corruption & influence of Forest City, perhaps the city, wishing to save time, went to the horse's mouth.
Brooklynian, Another white discharge in the Atlantic Yards footprint
Okay, this is weird. A few months ago, there was a discharge of the emergency fire retardant at the gas station on Flatbush & Dean. I was there and photographed it. ...
Well, it happened again.
Photos and video posted.
Gumby Fresh, Clean Government
A local cleaner gives Gumby Freshy the heebee geebees after hanging an 8x12 photo of Brooklyn's Cheerleader in Chief Marty Markowitz workin' the camera at a gathering of local businessmen. Now the photo is gone and Freshy wonders if the Arena Bagel Brigade had something to do with it.
Posted by lumi at July 31, 2007 6:04 PM