The criticism of A City for Neighbors seems far more politically skewed
than the object of the criticism. Its pamphlet appears to be the
product of thorough research and explanation of votes and issues that
are consistent with its stated agenda. That is a valuable service to
those who are concerned about those issues.
The critics would do better to address the substantive merits of the
pamphlet. If the reporting of votes are inaccurate, that should be
exposed. If the votes were selectively chosen in a manner that misleads
readers about council member's positions, it is really important for
someone to provide information about the other votes. Another approach
that would contribute to substantive debate would be to attempt to
justify (ie rationalize) "The Big Money Agenda" - corporate welfare,
anti-environment, a system that allows monied interests to control the
political process. In the absence of any substantive criticism, one can
only conclude that the critics of the information want to obscure the
truth.
Jordan Kushner
Powderhorn, Ward 8
Steve Cross wrote:
>
> All very good questions. Some of answers are provided in earlier
> postings on this forum. Unfortunately, the answer to most of the
> questions is that "nobody knows."
>
> It is, of course, propaganda. (On the positive side, you can say it is a
> "celebration of every American's right to free speech.")
>
> These kinds of things have a recipe. It goes something like this.
>
> (1) Decide who you like and who you dislike in politics.
> (2) Pick out votes where those you like come out at 100% and those you
> dislike come out at 0%.
> (3) Give yourself a name that kind of vaguely sounds noble and
> preferably sounds like some kind of nonpartisan think tank.
> (4) Print up your "research" under the name of your organizational alter
> ego.
> (5) Mail it out.
> (6) Crawl back into your hole but listen for the sound of fighting
> outside.
> (7) Chuckle
>
> Steve Cross
> Prospect Park
>
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