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July 14, 2009
It came from the Blogosphere...
Noticing New York, Waiting for What Thompson Will Say Specifically about Atlantic Yards
Michael D.D. White wonders when (if?) Democratic Mayoral candidate Bill Thompson is going to let the current Mayor have it over Atlantic Yards.
City Comptroller and candidate for mayor, William Thompson, kicked off a five borough tour in Brooklyn Saturday morning.
...We are waiting because it is obvious that Thompson will soon have to say a lot more and get specific about Atlantic Yards. And as we said when we wrote previously, it should be easy for him to come up with some stiff criticism: The project which was always bad has gotten so much worse.
Meanwhile, a few notes about Saturday morning. Mostly what was important was who was there. (Marty Markowitz was not.)
Click through for the who's who, and their positions on Bruce Ratner's boondoggle.
NETSARESCORCHING, Lawrence Frank Broken Down
Does Nets' coach Lawrence Frank owe his job to Atlantic Yards opponents?
Frank’s Staying. Let’s say that the Nets start the year 0-15, Lawrence Frank isn’t going anywhere. Despite what the Nets’ front office says, Bruce Ratner was definitely behind the decision to keep Frank, because there is no way that Ratner is going to pay two coaches’ salaries next year. Since we found out Frank was staying, Ratner’s money situation has only gotten worse.
NBA.com, Atlantic Division breakdown
NBA.com columnist Fran Blinebury picks the Nets — for last.
Up in the air -- Everything about the future of the franchise seems to be floating. Team owner Bruce Ratner is up to his eyeballs in financial problems with his development company, the move to Brooklyn is in limbo and execs Rod Thorn and Kiki Vandeweghe have all their eggs in the basket of landing LeBron James next summer.
...But, of course, nothing that happens next season means anything. It's all about the summer of 2010 and landing King James. If the Nets don't win the LeBron Sweepstakes -- and the odds are longer than winning the lottery -- they'll be stuck at the bottom for a long, long time.
Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn, Ratner's Nets Now a Doormat
DDDB offers congratulations to the Nets' owner for that last-place prognostication.
Kudos Bruce, you've officially turned a contender into a doormat in only five years!
Nets Daily, State Expects to Market Arena Bonds Soon
Nets Daily boils down Atlantic Yards Report:
The Empire State Development Corp., Bruce Ratner’s partner in Barclays Center, plans to issue tax-exempt bonds for the arena even before the Court of Appeals rules on the critics’ eminent domain case. The ESDC has a Dec. 31 deadline to sell the bonds. The plan is to market them beginning in September. The court appeal will be heard Oct. 14. The bond sale is expected to generate as much as $650 million.
Posted by eric at July 14, 2009 10:38 AM