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November 21, 2008
Brooklyn at Eye Level — the Blog
Here are some more excerpts from interviews of the cast of characters being conducted by "The Civilians":
“...before you had the pioneers, who’d talk and be neighbourly. Then the millionaires came in and they speak sometimes but only to us cause they think we’re in the same class as them, you know, cause we’re owners. Dad says he’s scared of what the ones who buy their houses for 3 MILLION (and it’s their SECOND house, you know, their CITY house) are gonna be” - anonymous long time resident
"It’s ok for my city council and my state senator to give them $100,000 so they can do an environmental to review the project that’s $200,000 but grassroots organization like us we couldn’t get 5 cents. So if we get $50,000 from the developer again for things you’re showing and you’re doing, oh you’re taking the money and you’re running off and you’re doing whatever. This is not a get rich quick scheme.” — Hard working advocate
"Maybe for you life is comfortable for you here, you have a job, you’remaking pretty good money. You like things the way they are. So you don’t want change but when you look at some other people who also live here we need change. We need things to get better." — Hopeful resident
Posted by lumi at November 21, 2008 5:25 AM