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June 16, 2008
Sharpton to Ratner: money CAN buy you love
This weekend's Post cover story about Reverend Al's fundraising prowess and his Forest City flip-flop got airplay in the blogosphere this weekend.
Nets Daily, Sharpton Donations Latest Controversy for Ratner
In an investigative report on Al Sharpton’s National Action Network, the New York Post suggests that the civil rights leader changed his tune on Bruce Ratner after the Nets’ owner started making donations to NAN.... Sharpton denies a connection.
Gothamist, A Look at Sharpton Non-Profit's Funding
In the caste of FCR, Sharpton once decried how little workers were paid at the Atlantic Mall; now Sharpton believes FCR's Atlantic Yards is a great boon for the community.
Sharpton denies the shakedown charges, telling the Post, "That's the old shakedown theory that the anti-civil-rights forces have used against us forever. Why can't they come up with one company that says that? No one has criticized me." Instead
NoLandGrab: Ah the "old shakedown theory" — that makes sense, because Bruce Ratner would never play the race card to promote his $4 billion Atlantic Yards project.
Posted by lumi at June 16, 2008 5:14 AM