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Biggest Loser in Council Vote Is Democracy -00,'03#3&",*/(/&84&7&3:8&&,%":"5888#300,-:/1"1&3$0. Brooklyn’s Real Newspaper BrooklynPaper.com s (718) 834–9350 s Brooklyn, NY s ©2008 BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DOWNTOWN–NORTH BROOKLYN AWP/14 pages s Vol. 31, No. 43s Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008 s FREE WITH CARROLL GARDENS, COBBLE HILL, BOERUM HILL, FORT GREENE, CLINTON HILL, DUMBO, WILLIAMSBURG, GREENPOINT 5&3.*/"5&% Biggest loser in Council vote is democracy Double-talking EDITORIAL: Yassky blew away his integrity. P. 12 Marty III scares Yassky attacked off competition By Gersh Kuntzman undecided because Yassky is By Mike McLaughlin The Brooklyn Paper. The Brooklyn Paper now widely expected to aban- The Brooklyn Paper And with those words, Coun- Voters are angry about the don his quest to succeed no-lon- It ain’t over until Marty says cilman Bill DeBlasio (D–Park City Council’s 29–22 vote last ger-term-limited City Comptrol- it’s over. Slope) and Councilman Charles week to set aside term limits ler Bill Thompson and run for The controversial term limits Barron (D–East New York) an- and allow Mayor Bloomberg re-election instead. extension cleared the decks for a nounced that they would cam- to run for a third term — and “By doing an end run around third term for Borough President paign for other positions. the people’s strong stance on The suddenly uncompetitive lots of them are taking it out on Markowitz as several leading David Yassky. [term limits], Yassky clearly race for borough president demonstrated that he be- opponents quickly bowed is a textbook example of The Brooklyn Heights lieves his own inter- out despite increasing the motivations behind councilman has be- ests trump the voice scrutiny of the Beep’s having term limits in come the main of the voters,” Dia- ethics and overall re- the first place, good whipping boy for mondstone said. cord. government advo- Brownstone Brook- Hours after the One day after cates said. lyn outrage about historic vote last the City Coun- “The argument the Council’s Oct. Thursday, Yassky cil’s Oct. 23 vote that extending 23 vote to set aside argued before the to extend term lim- term limits will in two prior public term- Independent Neigh- its from eight to 12 fact increase voter limit votes — mostly be- borhood Democrats, Sara Wentworth years, Markowitz an- choice in 2009 is cause this self-proclaimed a reform-minded Car- nounced that he would take a red herring,” said reformer has been shown to roll Gardens political full advantage. Dick Dadey, executive be just another self-serving, dou- club, that he did just the “It was always his dream to director of Citizens Union. “It ble-talking pol, critics said. opposite. serve Brooklyn as borough pres- will result in expected challeng- “Yassky’s real intention was He explained that after long ident, and [he] would be hon- ers deciding not to run, and will always to serve another four years soul-searching, he decided that ored to serve Brooklynites for clear the way for Markowitz” to in office,” said Ken Diamond- he could support a 12-year term another term if the voters al- be easily re-elected. stone, who had planned to run limit if it went before the public low him that opportunity,” his Indeed, DeBlasio, who now for Yassky’s seat, but is now See YASSKY on page 11 Brooklyn Paper Photo Composite / spokesman Mark Zustovich told See MARTY on page 11 'SFTIUBMLPG/FUTJO+FSTFZ &-&$5*0/ Beep staffer wonders if team will ever get to Brooklyn FULL COVERAGE, PAGE 11 By Mike McLaughlin The Brooklyn Paper One of Borough President Markow- itz’s top staffers revealed on Monday that &9*454 130104&% the deal to bring the New Jersey Nets to Brooklyn is as much of a sure thing as Shaquille O’Neal is from the foul line. “I don’t know if we’re going to get the Nets,” the Beep’s Director of Planning and Development Jon Benguiat blurted out on Monday during an unrelated discussion about other Markowitz initiatives. It was unclear if Benguiat’s comment reflect Markowitz’s current thinking about Bruce Ratner may end up moving his New Jersey Nets from the Meadowlands to the Prudential Center in New- Shravan Vidyarthi Shravan the unraveling Atlantic Yards project. But ark (left), which is already home to the New Jersey Devils hockey team, instead of moving to the long-stalled and after an earlier version of this story was unbuilt arena at the corner of Flatbush and Atlantic avenues (rendering right). posted online at BrooklynPaper.com, Bor- ough Hall e-mailed a statement affirming tersection of Flatbush and Atlantic ave- ants for the office space. about Benguiat’s slip. Last week, a com- Markowitz’s belief that the project, which nues is just one stalled part of his delayed Hours before Benguiat made his com- pany spokesman said that the project is The Brooklyn Paper / he has championed since it was unveiled 16-skyscraper residential-and-office At- ment, The Daily News reported that Rat- “critical to the ongoing economic vital- in 2003, would be built. lantic Yards project. ner had actually talked to investors about ity of Brooklyn and the city.” That conviction runs counter to Gar- Lawsuits have contributed to some de- selling all or part of his Nets. Of course, Originally the Nets’ arena, which is den State officials, who have become in- lays, but the larger problem has been the it’s not the first time Ratner has put the slated to be called the Barclays Center, 2B@QDS@BSHBR creasingly confident that the Nets will tightening of the credit markets, an in- Nets on the block. Two years ago , he was slotted to open in 2006 and be fi- The Montague Street Business Improvement District gave away pumpkins to retailers stay in New Jersey. Those officials cite ability to get more public subsidies from tried to sell 25 percent of the team. nanced privately. Now, 2011 is the tar- on Tuesday — and renowned carver Hugh McMahon showed off his singular squash the fact that Nets owner Bruce Ratner’s officials in Albany and at City Hall, and Spokespeople for Forest City Ratner- get and the arena is being funded en- skills to craft one winning and one losing design. proposed $950-million arena at the in- a failure to line up large corporate ten- did not respond to requests for comments tirely with public money. Merry-go-DUMBO for Ohio group 100 Buckeye seniors come to re-live childhood on Jane’s Carousel By Sarah Portlock Jane’s Carousel — the lovingly re- shared childhood memories, summer waterworks came out. ing long enough to take pictures with The Brooklyn Paper stored, 1920s-era merry-go-round that, jobs and prom dates — to the refur- Mickey Rindin, 78, whose father co- the visitors and accept a proclamation Gene Juillierat saw the horse and 25 years ago, was part of Youngstown’s bished version. owned the park, said he remembered from the Youngstown mayor, Jay Wil- started crying. Idora theme park. “This [carousel] is extraordinary, the hours he used to spend polishing liams, who sent his wishes with the “I remember this horse,” the 78-year- Joan Yanchick organized the reunion and it is every bit as good as I imag- the pine floor when he was 15. emissaries. Kristen Joy Watts old from Youngstown, Ohio, said, wip- after she saw a news segment about the ined it,” said Yanchick, noting that four And for June Zordich, 67, the trip The trip came as Walentas is col- ing his face with a handkerchief. “I carousel, which Jane Walentas — wife of generations of her family have ridden brought back memories of her junior lecting signatures to get the carousel used to say, ‘Giddy-up, go.’” DUMBO megadeveloper David Walen- the carousel. “But it was not this beau- prom, riding on the horses in her dress. included in the proposed Brooklyn Juillierat’s reaction was actually tas — purchased at auction in 1984, and tiful before.” “We had our all-city prom at the ball- Bridge Park waterfront development. quite typical last Friday morning in then spent 22 years renovating. The 100-person group ranged in room in the park, so we went on the car- Walentas has said she will donate the The Brooklyn Paper / DUMBO as nearly 100 seniors from Yanchick immediately knew she had age from early 20s to 90s, and when ousel in our gowns,” Zordich said. carousel and a permanent, protective Gene Juillierat broke down in tears when he saw one of the that eastern Ohio city converged on to bring those residents — those who Walentas turned on the carousel, the For her part, Walentas stopped cry- structure to house it. horses he used to ride. “I remember this horse,” he said. 2 DTZ, NBZ, PSZ / iÊ ÀÞÊ*>«iÀÊUÊÜÜÜ° ÀÞ*>«iÀ°VÊUÊ­Ç£n®ÊnÎ{Îxä November 1, 2008 5IF#SPPLMZO1BQFSFOIBODFTQSJOUEJTUSJCVUJPO The Brooklyn Paper steady growth of its award-winning Web of the Year and Columnist of the Year, by In addition to home delivery and news- typical circular distribution, Weintrob said. The Brooklyn Paper will resume home site, BrooklynPaper.com, which has more Suburban Newspapers of America, the larg- box placements in select areas, The Paper’s “Once again, The Brooklyn Paper takes Brooklyn’s Real Newspaper delivery in several Brownstone Brooklyn than 600,000 page views per month. est trade association of community news- print edition will continue to be available the lead, and remains the leading news or- BrooklynPaper.com s (718) 834 9350 s Brooklyn, NY s ©2008 BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DOWNTOWN–NORTH BROOKLYN AWP/16 pages s Vol.
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