Brooklyn is Being Sold Right Out from Under Our Feet
I am buying a home in Brooklyn because I love Brooklyn. Seriously, I do. It’s an easy place to fall in love with and everything is at the tip of my fingers.I am ticked off this morning. I am sick of elected officials who collect a paycheck sitting by and selling out Brooklyn. If you have the priviledge to serve as an elected official in Brooklyn, you should have some respect for the hard working people who put you there.
And Marty Markowitz I am talking to you because you are the Brooklyn Borough President. You consider your job to be ribbon cutting and smoozing with new businesses. Brooklynites want you to consider your job to be representing us.
Ya see Marty long after you are gone, I will still be here living in the Brooklyn that you sold out. I don’t want to live in the mess that is being created now. I want to live in the Brooklyn that I have known all these years. Many people who work in Marty’s office have no concern for Brooklyn because they don’t live in the borough – example: Jon Benguiat, Director of Planning and Development lives in Staten Island.
So stand back and look at Brooklyn: It’s a mess now! There’s partially built buildings all over the place, Downtown Brooklyn is missing businesses off Fulton (yes we noticed), the elderly people in Coney Island are ticked and now the Brooklyn Atlantic/Pacific Street Station is being renamed to the Barclay Station.
Put down the Juniors Cheesecake, stop going to dinner and quit the smoozing. Take care of Brooklyn. This is a great place because of it’s history and it’s people. If we don’t have that, then we are simply like any other borough.
Hugs,
marlene
Topics: Brooklyn | 1 Comment »
July 9th, 2009 at 1:14 am
“Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.” (Doug Larson)