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January 13, 2009
Political cover in reverse...
Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn
So, let's see here:
Last week Forest City Ratner says: We are tying to cut costs on our billion dollar arena (probably by removing Frank Gehry as its architect).
Today, Borough President Markowitz says: Forest City Ratner should cut costs on their billion dolllar arena.
Today Forest City Ratner responds to Markowitz: Hey, Markowitz is right, we should cut costs on our billion dollar arena and we can't wait to talk (wink, wink) with him about it.
Have you ever seen such a sloppy and silly attempt at political cover?
NoLandGrab: Forest City Ratner's foundering p.r. effort is a far cry from what New York Magazine's Chris Smith just a couple years ago called "the most sophisticated political campaign the city has seen in a very long time." It's a bit reminiscent of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, which expected to sew up the nomination in the first few primaries, but was unprepared for the long haul when things didn't go as planned.
Posted by eric at January 13, 2009 8:23 PM