by Lionel Bascom — February 15th, 2007 — 1 comment
When Eliot Spitzer was running for office, he made it clear that if elected, he would spend some of his first days in office taking a second look at the Freedom Tower project at the World Trade Center. Now that Spitzer is governor, he’s changed his mind.
“Too bad,” says Time Magazine, “his short lived misgivings probably represented the last chance to rethink a building so big, bland and bunkered it could have been ordered over the telephone by Stalin.”
Its not clear what that means, but the magazine says that if the Freedom Tower had been put on hold, “who knows, that might even thrown a wrench in plans for the three oversize towers that developer Larry Silverstein intends to raise along the border of the 9/11 memorial.
Its not clear what turned Spitzer’s head but I can tell you it wasn’t some notion that he’d hurt some feelings or worse. Eliot Spitzer is no George Pataki. Or more specifically, Pataki is no Eliot Spitzer so don’t expect the new governor to become a cheerleader for the World Trade Center projects just because his predecessor was one. Its just not his style, so lets look a little deeper this time. Eliot’s no fool.
9:55 PM in Uncategorized, World Trade Center, Related Stories, Freedom Tower News
These comments seem to contradict each other. Is Spitzer taking a reserved look at the construction of this project, or has he changed his mind and is embracing the enthusiasm? I’m confused.
No matter what, the governor of the state of New York needs to have an active involvement in some of the decisions, such as security and the memorial. If this takes more time, so be it. In addition, discovery of more remains of the victims is a serious issue that this new governor seems dedicated to addressing.
Yes, this Eliot Spitzer is not a fool. He seems to be a decent human being.
Jeanne · February 16th, 2007 at 1:18 am