tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306512797303154186.post6887732943105945152..comments2023-10-08T08:48:25.098-04:00Comments on Denison Avenue: RE: Stats on Elderly in OhioTim Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05017729059380972892noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306512797303154186.post-28531729199143638912009-05-26T23:06:57.152-04:002009-05-26T23:06:57.152-04:00I also contacted environmental activist Wilma Subr...I also contacted environmental activist Wilma Subra. This situation is a clear case of environmental injustice. I hope to see it stopped before homeowners paid up on their mortgages lose their homes to the developer or to the damages wrought by sanitary sewage.BBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01263060118396422970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306512797303154186.post-34755115240788040542009-05-24T15:32:08.393-04:002009-05-24T15:32:08.393-04:00Brooklyn Centre gets the Sunday NYT at the library...Brooklyn Centre gets the Sunday NYT at the library--I just contacted the Natural Resource Defense Council for assistance with this matter. I am hoping that this case receives national attention as I am sure that we are not the only community in this country subjected to this form of environmental injustice. I linked the NRDC to this site and I am restating here--I live and work here. Laura McShaneBBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01263060118396422970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306512797303154186.post-15372859743981373112009-05-24T10:04:57.755-04:002009-05-24T10:04:57.755-04:00Good points, all. Are Chris and you getting daily ...Good points, all. Are Chris and you getting daily delivery on the NYT at the house? We've been thinking of getting that by subscription now that Gloria has more time to read and clip for both of us.Tim Ferrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05017729059380972892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306512797303154186.post-22529565796599835462009-05-24T09:45:32.682-04:002009-05-24T09:45:32.682-04:00Because "government," aka the taxpayers, are on th...Because "government," aka the taxpayers, are on the hook for the losses.BBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01263060118396422970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306512797303154186.post-66057460638236512482009-05-24T08:59:22.896-04:002009-05-24T08:59:22.896-04:00From the same article:Developers, for example, con...From the same article:<I>Developers, for example, construct vacant office buildings as an excuse to borrow from state banks. They rake off a cut for themselves, pay bribes to the party officials who deliver the land and reward bank functionaries with sumptuous banquets and trips to Macao. Soon enough, the trophy skyscraper descends into financial disaster, but the developers, bankers and party officials have already extracted their riches, and for long afterward they will still enjoy them. </I> In the case of lower Denison--NRP is benefiting from state and federal funds, call them "banks," if you will, where there is no recourse or accountability for the funds used or the final outcome.BBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01263060118396422970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306512797303154186.post-69883257713489550862009-05-24T08:50:44.487-04:002009-05-24T08:50:44.487-04:00As Chris points out--from the NYT--NRP is operatin...As Chris points out--from the NYT--NRP is operating on this principle:<br /><I>In effect, American banks operated not unlike the Chinese banks they were supposed to modernize. They extracted profits by following a variation of the principle long pursued by their Chinese counterparts: lend without hesitation while extracting your cut, confident that the government is on the hook for the losses</I> <br />Lessons the Teacher Forgot; [Week in Review Desk]<br />Peter S. Goodman. New York Times. (Late Edition (East Coast)). New York, N.Y.: May 17, 2009. pg. WK.1BBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01263060118396422970noreply@blogger.com