I have to hand it to Dan Garodnick, our councilman. It takes balls to print a HUGE glossy and expensive mailer (on the people's dime) to pat yourself on the back, while promoting the 63-floor One Vanderbilt building, the spearhead for fundamentally changing the mid-East Side forever with other neighboring high rises that will sink Central Park and Manhattan's East Side streets into shadow, creating even more congestion, more noise, more madness, less sun, less air, but make the REBNY, construction bosses, and wealthy foreign concerns very happy.
But we know that Dan is a puppy dog to real estate. (Check the donations he receives from real estate and his teaming up with Brookfield to acquire Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village, where "affordable housing" will be supposedly maintained for, maybe, 10% of the tenants, but probably 5%, if we're lucky. And "affordable" will not be what any normal person would consider affordable.)
But that's not what goads now.
What goads is why Dan had to spend so much on this self-promotional newsletter. Remember that several years ago Dan jumped on the "green" bandwagon and issued "green" newsletters on non-glossy paper, as he touted the green movement and his being a part of it. That turned out to be--surprise, surprise--bullshit, which Dan is a master at crafting. Those "green" newsletters were not snazzy enough, because he dropped that concept and went with heavier stock, glossy paper, which costs much more. This new newsletter exceeds those costs by being the largest foldout I ever received from a politician! My ruler isn't long enough to measure it!
I'm assuming that the money for this flyer comes from whatever kitty a councilperson receives for such promotions, with the taxpayer ultimately footing the bill. But since this gigantic "newsletter" is all about the Vanderbilt Corridor, I can't but wonder if some extra money wasn't received from big business interests to pump up the mailer's dimensions.
And here's the middle section compared with the size of a dollar bill, rug removed on the floor for better visual impact:
What a waste of money!
Thanks, Dan!
Shiny little jerk
ReplyDeleteWith thanks to Stevie Wonder, adapted from He's Misstra Know-It-All
ReplyDeleteDan's a man
With a plan
Got a counterfeit dollar in his hand
He's Misstra Know-It-All
Playin' hard
Talkin' fast
Makin' sure that he won't be the last
He's Misstra Know-It-All
Makes a deal
With a smile
Knowin' all the time that his lie's a mile
He's Misstra Know-It-All
Must be seen
There's no doubt
Dan's the coolest one with the biggest mouth
He's Misstra Know-It-All
If you tell Dan he's livin' fast
He will say what do you know
If you had my kind of cash
You'd have more than one place to go oh...
9;38 pm: Brilliant!
ReplyDeleteDan never fails to disappoint.
ReplyDeleteMr. Slick
ReplyDeleteDan never fails to disappoint......
ReplyDeleteactually i derived great joy from tearing this filth into itty bitty pieces while joyfully considering the inevitable downfall of elitist politicians who think they can lie to their voters then serve the greedy...
eyes focused on Uncle Andy & Cousin Dan....Preet hurry up with the obvious already!
I may be way of base here but I think the walls are closing in around Prince Cuomo...its a matter of time before Preet catches up to him.
ReplyDeleteYou're way off base. This is New York - decent honest politicians are not here.
ReplyDeleteI always chuck Slimy Dan's newsletters straight down the chute - unread, of course.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see Preet collar Cuomo. That man lives in fear and love it! It would be great if Scumbag Speyer went down too. What a vile and ugly creature. I think STR's blog crashed the other day because the photographs of Cuomo and Speyer together was too much for the server to take. Those two ugly mugs could sink a battleship.
If only Jerry and Mario had masturbated .....
They should do toxicity tests on the building materials for these dick-towers but they won't because the REBNY controls the all NY government officials city state and federal and there is a lot of money to be made by Tishman from deals with China to buy building materials and use them in US cities.
ReplyDeleteCan't say I am surprised Danny says one thing but he does the opposite. Being Green to be on the trendy bandwagon but making slick heavy paper glossy self promotions too.
ReplyDeleteThis guy has to go. He is doing the community wrong.
ReplyDeleteCouncilman Garodnick's deal with Brookfield and the negative results it has had on the community with construction of our open space, rezoning, massive eviction, massive loss of affordable housing, increased commercialization with many businesses operating on the once entirely 100% residential safe property, overpopulation, overstressed infrastructure, dangerous increased traffic and double parking on the once quiet and safe loop roads, transient student and tourist short term rentals, and on and on says it all and more.
ReplyDeleteI do not believe that is what a councilperson office is supposed to be used for.
July 4 @ 8:10 am: you said it all, and said it beautifully. Thank you. This jerk has a couple more years in office then, hopefully, he'll go away forever. I hope he doesn't get to do more damage while he's still around and abusing the public trust in the service of his Masters: REBNY. What a little asshole.
ReplyDeleteomfh, he has no deal with Brookfield. You people keep talking about a deal and a conversion. Stop, you're trying to distract us from lies and false information. There is NO CONVERSION. Never was.
ReplyDelete"omfh, he has no deal with Brookfield."
ReplyDeleteThat's the lie "he" is trying, and failing, to distract attention away from. Failing to mention Garodnick by name doesn't help your denial efforts.
Follow the money.
Generic tower to hide iconic Grand Central Station. City Council and City administration are shameful.
ReplyDeleteSmells of glossy desperation to convince and sell the public on what the public knows is a stinker.
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