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March 23, 2010
Hacked (F**k Ratner) traffic sign is huge news. Go figure.
Atlantic Yards Report
Norman Oder takes The New York Times to task for devoting several paragraphs today to the hacked traffic sign on Flatbush Avenue while having given short shrift to more important stories.
Really, NY Times? You consider this a news story, but, say, bogus claims by the developer and the governor about jobs and tax revenues either get ignored or reprinted without analysis.
...And the Times still hasn’t reported that, despite an announced 10-year buildout, the Development Agreement for the project allows for 25 years, with ample opportunity for extensions.
In other words, the traffic sign might have been hacked to:
Construction
For 25 Years
He also has something we missed, the statement by faux-indignant Ratner mouthpiece Joe DePlasco:
Forest City Ratner spokesman Joe DePlasco, in high dudgeon, tells the Post:
Some irresponsible prankster apparently thinks it's fun to compromise public safety by hacking into the sign and changing the message. It is not funny. It is serious and offensive and, most importantly, a safety issue. We are reporting the vandalism to the Police Department."
NoLandGrab: Oh, please, Joe. Spare us the outrage and the phony concern for public safety. You want to protect the public? Give the city and state back the hundreds of millions in subsidies being pissed away on Bruce's basketball emporium so they can keep open the 20 firehouses on the chopping block and hire more cops. Want to report a crime? Turn in your boss.
Posted by eric at March 23, 2010 9:05 PM