A View from the Fightin' 11th

Yero

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Monday August 21, 2006 · 6:20 PM PDT

2006/08/21 · 18:20

I remember the first time I met Chris Owens. It was the first time I voted when I moved to Prospect Heights in Brooklyn, NY. He seemed like a nice guy then, but that's not the way I would describe him now.

About three years ago, I realized that the massive, undemocratic, nontransparent planning disaster known as the Atlantic Yards was threatening my neighborhood. I realized that nobody was going to stand up for my neighborhood except for me and my neighbors. I felt a sense of personal responsibility. Some people would call me a NIMBY, but the more I fight the developer who wants to snag the valuable property near my house without political oversight, the more I realize that this is about taking back control of the country. Read More

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