Month: September 2009
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34th District Candidates Forum
This is being billed as a “combined pre-primary candidates forum” for Mayor and 34th District council member. So far, only Tony Avella in the mayoral race and Gerry Esposito in the council race are comitted, but Bill Thompson, Diana Reyna and Maritza Davila are all invited. At least, hopefully the council candidates will show. The…
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With regard to the Times
With regard to the Times endorsements today, Real Reform Brooklyn continues to see Atlantic Yards conspiracies at every turn. Norman Oder of Atlantic Yards Report, on the other hand, is suspicious but less willing to call foul when it comes to the Simon endorsement. Being less in the AY loop, I am skeptical, but I…
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Times Endorses Simon, Reyna
The Times is out with its endorsements for City Council, and in the local races, it is endorsing Jo Anne Simon in the 33rd and Diana Reyna in the 34th. In the 33rd, the Times sees a three-way race, with something to be said for Simon, Steve Levin and Evan Thies: There are several excellent…
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Endorsements
There were a few noteworthy – and interesting – newspaper endorsements over the past few days. In the 33rd Council District, Evan Thies has picked up the support of the Brooklyn Paper and the Brooklyn Downtown Star. Meanwhile, the Courier-Life papers have gone for Steve Levin. In the 34th District, Courier-Life endorsed Diana Reyna, while…
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Pictures on the Radio
WNYC ran a brief piece on the 33rd Council District race, focusing on three leading candidates – Steve Levin, Jo Anne Simon and Evan Thies. The station has transcribed the piece in a blog post, complete with pictures. Good thing you can’t see pictures on the radio, because the image above is what you see…
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Jo Anne Simon’s “Questionable” Money
On a more substantive note, Real Reform Brooklyn’s latest broadside against Jo Anne Simon tries to connect the dots between a few Simon contributers and Atlantic Yards. The crux of the argument is that Simon received contributions from three board members of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation (BBPDC), as well as a contribution from…
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Much Better
Real Reform Brooklyn has taken down the photo that came with their stock WordPress template (ironically, a photo of Grand Street in Manhattan) and replaced it with a lovely historic picture of the Brooklyn Bridge. Clearly they are trying to curry favor with me by choosing to go the historic route. (BTW – the photo…
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Real Reform Brooklyn Redesign
Real Reform Brooklyn has redesigned its web site (for the better). We still don’t know who is behind Real Reform Brooklyn, but whoever it is must not be too good on New York City geography. They dumped the old tunnel photo on the masthead and have replaced it with a photo of Grand Street. Grand…
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Ratner Eyeing SHoP for AY Arena?
http://www.observer.com/2009/real-estate/after-dropping-gehry-nets-arena-be-designed-new-york-boutique-shop?page=0