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March 9, 2010
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Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn, March 11. 12:30. Groundbreaking Ceremony To Bury the Soul of Brooklyn
Thursday, March 11. 12:30pm
Groundbreaking Ceremony To Bury the Soul of Brooklyn
What: Groundbreaking to Bury the Soul of Brooklyn
Who: Three foot tall bobblehead Bloomberg, Markowitz, Pataki, Spitzer, Paterson, Schumer, Cuomo, Prokhorov and Ratner
Where: Outside of Freddy's Bar, 485 Dean Street (corner of 6th Avenue)
When: Thursday, March 11. 12:30pm SHARP
Forest City Ratner will hold a ceremonial groundbreaking for the developers billion dollar Barclays Center Arena. The Atlantic Yards Project was once supposed to bring 2,250 units of publicly subsidized "affordable" housing. On Thursday, March 11, the developer, Mayor and Governor will shovel dirt for an arena that will house nobody and will be a money loser for New York City. There are no designs, renderings or models for any other part of the project.
Join Bloomberg, Markowitz, Pataki, Spitzer, Paterson, Schumer, Cuomo, Prokhorov and Ratner as they convene a Groundbreaking to Bury the Soul of Brooklyn.
Prior to their own Boondoggle Celebration at 1:30, three-foot tall bobblehead versions of the Atlantic Yards enablers will shovel dirt to bury the soul of Brooklyn. This event will feature Borough President Markowitz's Proclamation Marking the Events of the Day.
The Groundbreaking to Bury the Soul of Brooklyn will take place at 12:30 pm on Thursday, March 11 in front of Freddy's Bar in the project footprint at the corner of Dean Street and 6th Avenue.
It is not to be missed.
The Huffington Post, Why I Will Be Protesting Atlantic Yards Thursday
Steve Ettlinger will be protesting. Will you?
They may have scheduled a ground-breaking ceremony, but I just don't think the fat lady has sung yet, as far as the Atlantic Yards-Forest City Ratner-NY State boondoggle/landgrab goes.
Too much smells so bad it just can't be left alone. We've got keep on top the process, looking for the sources of those smells.
Some may ask what my motivation is. I can't speak for the over 50 civic groups and over 7,000 petition signers, nor for the 4 or 5,000 regular donors to Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn, but I think we all share some concerns.
Curbed, Bobblemania at Atlantic Yards
How will the Atlantic Yards agitators at Freddy's Bar commemorate the Barclays Center ceremonial groundbreaking on Thursday? By holding their own "ceremony" at the exact same time, featuring "three-foot tall bobblehead versions of the Atlantic Yards enablers" (including Mayor Bloomberg, Bruce Ratner and Russian oligarch Mikhail Prokhorov) that "will shovel dirt to bury the soul of Brooklyn." That sounds even better than the beer can guillotine. Admit it, Ratner, you're going to miss these guys.
FREE WHITEWATER, Eminent Domain Abuse: Billionaires vs. Brooklyn’s Best Bar
It’s true that libertarians believe that government solutions are less effective and productive than private ones. It’s also true that business sometimes colludes with government to pressure other businesses. It’s an unfair partnership by which some businesses take opportunities from others, all the while allowing government to claim that it supports business.
Government favoring some businesses over others is neither fair nor efficient.
Here’s an eminent domain abuse story from New York that highlights one aspect of the undesirable partnership between government and business.
Posted by eric at March 9, 2010 5:31 PM