Posted on 09/14/2010 10:59:53 PM PDT by rightistight
The Mayor of Union City, New Jersey blasted the Imam who wants to build a mosque and community center two blocks from ground zero for being a “slumlord.”
At hastily called news conference Union City Mayor Brian Stack accused Imam Faisal Rauf of neglecting two apartment houses and ignoring numerous citations from the Union City’s Fire and Health Departments. Mayor Stack described the Imam as “unscrupulous” and questioned his statements about wanting to help people and build bridges while his own tenants were living in “shoddy conditions.”
(Excerpt) Read more at liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com ...
Bloomberg may also be responding to the 75% or so of New Yorkers who are dead set against the GZ mosque. He’s come out firmly in favor of it on principle, so what better way to backtrack than to attack the developer?
... Union City Mayor Brian Stack ...
Sorry... I thought the headline said “NY” instead of “NJ”. Computer glasses weren’t on the desk.
Unfortunately, Bloomberg is still way out in leftfield.
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