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April 26, 2009
Six Hungry Candidates at the Dazzle Me Forum
Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn
This entry is an account of yesterday's forum, where candidates for the City Council in the 39th District (Gary Reilly, John Heyer, Josh Skaller, Bob Zuckerman, David Pechefsky and Brad Lander) presented themselves at the Carroll Gardens Public Library. There are several Atlantic Yards mentions.
Skaller, who believes that big projects like the Atlantic Yards and Yankee Stadium, are a big waste of city money, said that there is a "priority deficit" in the city and there's a need "to spread the pain around." He told the crowd: "The MTA is the heartbeat of the city and there should be no cuts to subways or buses. The city needs control of the MTA not politicians in Albany." ...
About stimulus money for the Atlantic Yards, the candidates all agreed that it was a travesty. "It's absurd," Skaller stated forcefully. "The need for stimulus for small business is greater than any need for Atlantic Yards."
Posted by steve at April 26, 2009 7:30 AM