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June 1, 2009
Brooklyn Day (2008) vs. Perkins hearing (2009); why FCR's operatives got better results
Atlantic Yards Report
So, why was Brooklyn Day, the Forest City Ratner-sponsored event June 5 at Borough Hall, such a dud, while the FCR-orchestrated response at the state Senate oversight hearing on Friday succeeded in disrupting the event and--in some news accounts--overshadowed more analytical coverage?
Here are a couple of suggestions:
1) It's easier to be against something than to be for something.
2) The above goal is much easier to accomplish when you're committed to being disrespectful.
3) A group is much louder inside a building than outside a building.
4) Probably the most important witness, at least in volunteering vital information, was George Sweeting of the Independent Budget Office (IBO), and he spoke late in the hearing, which meant some in the press had already checked out.
Posted by lumi at June 1, 2009 5:24 AM