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May 28, 2010
Things That Make You Say WTF:Jay Z has breakfast with Mayor Michael Bloomberg,Mikhail Prokhorov & Bruce Ratner
Global Fusion Productions
This whole super hype about Jay Z being coowner & poster child for the Nets & their soon to be Brooklyn based arena makes me say WTF. For those of us who live in New York City, we all know that our Mayor is punch drunk with power & the pursuit of more of it with his countless deal making which often do not benefit the average New Yorker, but rather only benefits his fellow business cohorts while giving him more global exposure & raises his Bloomberg brand. Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, Mayor Bloomberg & Real Estate developer/former majority owner of the Nets- Bruce Ratner all have a mutually beneficial relationship in their global business circles, so where exactly does Jay Z from Marcy Projects fit into this circle?
...Jay Z really is a little to nothing stake holder in the Nets, but because he’s from Brooklyn & looks like many of the people in the the Brooklyn neighborhood that developers through their government influences & “shut out the people” deal making have successfully taken from the people thru eminent domain in the glory of capitalism & gentrification, he has become the face of the Brooklyn arena project to make the people of Brooklyn feel & think one of their own has their back & best interests at heart. This is all nothing new in deal making & using commonalty to attain public sympathy & trust, but come on Brooklyn are any of you buying this?
Posted by eric at May 28, 2010 9:20 AM