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March 27, 2008
It came from the Blogosphere...
Power and Politics - I am Not the Yellow Peril, Hillary's hardball tactics backfire
Sometimes the wrong Rat(t)ner gets fingered for the Atlantic Yards boondoggle:
And it's true that these people are no joke - Maureen White was the former finance Chair of the DNC,Steve Rattner was behind the Atlantic Yards project in New York, Susie Thompkins Buell founded Espirit, and Haim Saban created the Power Rangers franchise. These people give massive amounts of money to the party, but it doesn't mean that their voices should count for more than the millions of voters.
NoLandGrab: Atlantic Yards developer Bruce Ratner and his family also give "massive amounts of money" to New York politicians, but their contributions are directed to those whose political support is necessary for the approval and funding of Atlantic Yards.
Dr. Bagelman's Hour of Hate, my city was gone
According to one blogger, there's something worse than Atlantic Yards:
For all the Atlantic Yards project gets maligned for not being sensitive to the needs of the community, at least it's a centrally-located commercial space that's being repurposed. The West Side yards project is like something you'd cook up in SimCity.
Posted by lumi at March 27, 2008 4:51 AM