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October 17, 2011
Occupy Wall Street Hits Grand Army Plaza
Prospect Heights Patch
by Amy Sara Clark
We're guessing Marty didn't see the irony.
Occupy Wall Street came to Brooklyn today with dozens gathering at Grand Army Plaza to bring the movement to their own borough.
And the most unlikely occupier — if logic counts for anything — was the one in the middle:
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Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz stopped by to show support, both for the right of free speech and assembly and for the mission of the movement.
“I share a lot of those sentiments,” he said, citing the disparity of wealth, the struggles of the middle class and the migration of jobs overseas as some of his top concerns.
As one commenter on the Brooklyn Paper's story wrote:
"He's been the biggest booster of Atlantic Yards, the poster project for 1% abuse, and has stood with the 1% who have sued to undo traffic calming on Prospect Park West. What a hypocritical opportunist."
Couldn't have said it better ourselves.
Posted by eric at October 17, 2011 12:01 PM