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Columbia Pulls a Kelo
in response to reader comment: Driving Force, Spitzer or Pataki or . . . ?

Submitted by MDDW, Jan 19, 2008 00:00

Regarding the focus on Governor Spitzer's current responsibility for the Atlantic Yards megadevelopment, (yes Pataki was responsible in earlier days), the important point right now is who is responsible now as people look to for appropriate recourse to halt the project now. Far more people have a better sense of the project and its problems now than when it was being rushed through with misinformation and misdirecting hype. As the number of New Yorkers grow who are appropriately informed about the project and who therefore oppose it and are looking for the ways to halt the project, it is Governor Spitzer who is hiding being a veil culturing "plausible desirability" while actively supporting the project in many of the most crucial ways. There is perhaps little to positive to say about Governor Pataki's involvement with the project except he was more honestly out in the open about his support for it than his successor.

(Among other things, people should also be thinking in terms of the City Council withdrawing funding which would make hundreds of millions of dollars available for worthwhile use.)

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See this recent related article also in the Sun An Unnecessary Abuse By DICK CARPENTER January 15, 2008 http://www.nysun.com/article/69517 [MORE]

MDDW

Jan 18, 2008 23:31

Throughout the years, I find myself taking note about possibilities such as the use of eminent domain and the possibility... [MORE]

Investor Llew

Dec 27, 2007 09:48

Mr. White seemed to pitch the Atlantic Yards project at the feet of Gov. Spitzer.  But, in its seminal stages,... [MORE]

anon3utu

Dec 25, 2007 17:04

Regarding the focus on Governor Spitzer's current responsibility for the Atlantic Yards megadevelopment, (yes Pataki was responsible in earlier days),...

MDDW

Jan 19, 2008 00:00

So what is this about having no say in what happens to the Atlantic Yards in Brooklyn? This is from... [MORE]

Bruce Rosen

Dec 23, 2007 00:15

Would someone please discuss the Museum of Modern Art's skillful manipulation of not only eminent domain but zoning and public... [MORE]

Bruce Rosen

Dec 22, 2007 12:56

I just read an article today about how many City Council members are taking funding from the real estate industry.... [MORE]

spag

Dec 21, 2007 16:04

in the past few years it has become apparent that big business has purchased a large portion of our goverment.... [MORE]

mrmocman

Dec 21, 2007 10:56

Eminent Domain is no longer about replacing slums with hospitals (if it ever was). It' s now the latest trick... [MORE]

Ron Moore, Chair Manhattan Libertarian Party

Dec 21, 2007 10:20

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