Posted on 08/30/2010 4:51:52 AM PDT by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
He's the religious leader of the planned, controversial Ground Zero mosque -- but across the Hudson, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf is known as an alleged slumlord.
At buildings in Union City and Palisades Park, where Rauf reportedly got tax dollars to renovate low-income apartments, tenants yesterday said their gripes about their lousy housing conditions have been ignored.
"Why doesn't he help the tenants he has before he builds a new place, claiming he wants to help people?" said a disgusted Jamie Barillas, who lives in a Rauf-owned apartment at 2206 Central Ave. in Union City...
Tenant Vilma Then chided Rauf as greedy.
"All he likes is money," she said.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
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If I read this correctly, the imam received govt. funds to purchase these buildings. IIRC just recently there was an article on FR about the fact that he could get govt. funds for the Cordoba Mosque. There ought to be a law or a limit. People who get govt. funds, and do not maintain their buildings in top condition should never be allowed more funds for more buildings. No matter what kind of buildings. No matter where. Once is bad enough. Cheat the taxpayers once, shame on you. Cheat us twice, shame on us.
She's one with the W0n.
Would be interesting to see these roach infested apartments on TV, wouldn’t it?
This is what our Government (Obama) sends to the Middle East as our representative?
WTF?
If it is so disrespectful of Glen Beck to hold a rally 47 years after M.L. King, why is it ok to build a mosque on Ground Zero less than 10 years after 911?
Quick Democrats, call 'em 'bigots', THAT'LL learn 'em to impugn the good name of a tax cheat and petty larcenist who's beloved of The Won!
As a “community organizer”, didn’t Obama manage to secure government funding to fix up low income apartments, which somehow never got fixed up?
Ahh, the Tony Rezco scam...
No wonder Obama is all for this...
Mark
Don't be silly... You know that the ONLY people allowed to gather to exercise their Constitutional Rights or protest are leftists! It's part of the rules.
Mark
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The Record newspaper of Hackensack reported that Rauf won taxpayer-funded support for his New Jersey buildings from powerful politicians in the state, including Sen. Bob Menendez when he was the mayor of Union City.
Looks like Rauf has some very good political connections that make it possible for him to get cover for his most recent abomination. It would be nice to see what his contribution recod is. Indeed, I have this strange suspicion (no specific sources or cites) that he may have masterminded a lot of laundering of illegal Islamic money for Obama and the DemonRats.
Wouldn’t surprise me in the least.
I AM stealing that!! :)
I suspect that the Imam is going to find the oncoming wave of public attention to be most unwelcome....stick a fork in Cordoba House, it’s done.
I suspect within a few days those tenants will be whistling a different tune.
Yep, sure did, but you won’t any of this in the MSM.
No peace in Chicago’s Altgeld Gardens: What Obama and Jarrett left behind
By Michelle Malkin • October 12, 2009 12:38 PM
http://michellemalkin.com/2009/10/12/no-peace-in-chicagos-altgeld-gardens/
The failure to make the communities safe for families and kids touches not only Obama, but his closest advisers — including real estate mogul/Daley operative/consigliere/city planning commissioner/Habitat Company chief Valerie Jarrett.
Daley/Jarrett’s “Plan for Transformation” for Chicago public housing was like Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize “achievement”– far more aspirational than concrete:
Interesting article.
The same person owes over $200,000 in back taxes on the building/site where he wishes to build the Hi-jackers Memorial. That is only for 1/2 the building. Con Edicaon owns 1/2 of the building.
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