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June 4, 2009
Finally, someone challenges Marty (oops, he’s a Republican)
The Brooklyn Paper Politicrasher
Who would have thunk it! Marty Markowitz is the Atlantic Yards critic in the race for Brooklyn Borough President!
Opponents of Atlantic Yards who hoped for a candidate to run against project cheerleader Borough President Markowitz got half their wish this week — a challenger has finally emerged, but he thinks Markowitz hasn’t championed the mega-development enough!
...During an interview with The Brooklyn Paper, D’Ottavio, a sales manager at an auto dealership on Nostrand Avenue, stuck mostly to the Beep’s supposedly lackluster support for Bruce Ratner’s $4-billion basketball, housing and retail development in Prospect Heights — a project that Markowitz has made his signature issue.
“He was very gung-ho about it [at the start], but where is he now?” asked D’Ottavio. “He’s closed his mouth since there have been stories about the economic problems [at Atlantic Yards].”
NoLandGrab: Have Republicans all gone crazy? What ever happened to the Party of smaller government, individual freedom and fiscal responsibility?
Just one question for the GOP standard-bearer: how does championing a subsidy-laden boondoggle "protect mom-and-pop shops" — unless Marisa Lago is your mom and Bruce Ratner is your pop?
Posted by eric at June 4, 2009 11:08 AM