Bill Clinton Helping Spearhead Post-Terrorism Revival of His Adopted City (MAJOR BARF ALERT!)

AP ^ | 11/2/2001 | VERENA DOBNIK

[Irma]

By VERENA DOBNIK
The Associated Press
11/2/01 5:54 AM

NEW YORK (AP) -- Former President Clinton called for a strong push for renewal and rebirth in New York City, telling a Harlem audience that this is a "do, do, do" city, battling "don't, don't, don't" terrorist threats.

"New York is a city of doers," Clinton said Thursday, addressing members of the Association for a Better New York at the Apollo Theatre, near his Harlem office.

Clinton warned that in addition to the families of victims of the terrorist attacks, "there are going to be more indirect victims of this tragedy." Specifically, he said, thousands are losing their jobs, "many of them immigrants, many of them, ironically, Muslims."

To garner the needed economic energy, the former president is working with financially powerful groups like the Association for a Better New York, a coalition of private business leaders. He urged quick movement to encourage economic development.

Clinton said the restoration of the Apollo, which for decades launched stars like Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder, would be part of New York's revival in the wake of the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center.

Derek Johnson, a former AOL Time Warner executive and the Apollo board's president, said the capital campaign to finance the refurbished Apollo is "an economic development catalyst."

"I like to describe us as the little engine that could," he said.

The audience at the Apollo included some of New York's most prominent black residents, including state Comptroller Carl McCall and former Mayor David Dinkins.

The ex-president joked to the group that he "always dreamed of being on this stage at night -- but I didn't expect to be speaking," he said, adding that he's been practicing his saxophone.

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[Irma]

The ex-president joked to the group that he "always dreamed of being on this stage at night -- but I didn't expect to be speaking," he said, adding that he's been practicing his saxophone.

Would someone PLEASE use the hook on this guy!

[Norb2569]

Cluck Finton!!!

Norb in Jacksonville

[AmericaUnited]

"New York is a city of doers," Clinton said Thursday as he looked out over his audience, trying to size up which females he could "do".

[Irma]

I see he's trying to check out if blonds really do have more fun. His hair was gray last month.

UGH! The expression on that woman's face (the one with the glasses) is disgusting! It's obvious she's captivated by him. OMG.....

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Former President Bill Clinton, Right, Talks to a Group of...
Thu, Nov 01 07:15 PM
Former President Bill Clinton, right, talks to a group of business people following his speech to the Association for a Better New York at the Apollo Theater Thursday, Nov. 1, 2001 in New York. Photo by Mark Lennihan (AP)

[SES1066]

The Clintons have this crying need for attention - surely it is a pathological need. If Clinton [either one] was a rabbit, the best bait for the trap would be a microphone and camera lights. One of the reasons that Hollywood loved them is that they were "birds of a feather", egomaniacs and publicity hounds.

[Irma]

Well that's the same thing I said and I did quit paying attention to him for a very long time......but he's STILL around. I'm afraid the more we ignore him, the louder he'll scream. Arrrggghhhh!

[Peter W. Kessler]

The best thing clinton could do for NYC is move back to Little Rock.

Doesn't he have a library to build or something?

[GenXFreedomFighter]

Yes, and the federal court just decreed that the guv-mint could seize the land from its owner to build that li-berry. Klinton's always true-to-form, isn't he?

[Irma]

Doesn't he have a library to build or something?

Funny you should mention that. Looks like the last legal roadblock has been lifted from his AK land grab and things are rolling again for his presidential LIEbrary (Barf Alert AGAIN!)

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Former President Bill Clinton Speaks to a Crowd of Invited...
Thu, Nov 01 08:09 AM
Former President Bill Clinton speaks to a crowd of invited guests at the Greater Little Rock, Ark., Chamber of Commerce building as he stands near a projected image of his proposed presidential library and policy center in this Aug. 3, 2001, file photo. The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday Nov. 1, 2001, upheld Little Rock's method of seizing land for the Clinton Presidential Library, eliminating the last legal roadblock that stood in the way of construction. Photo by Danny Johnston, File (AP)

[cweese]

"I like to describe us as the little engine that could," he said. "

...i wonder how many times he's told willard jr. that???...

[openotherend]

More Crinton do-do.

[Irma]

Here's the story:

Arkansas High Court Clears Way for Clinton Library

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) - Former President
  Bill Clinton's planned presidential library overcame a final
  legal hurdle on Thursday when the Arkansas Supreme
  Court rejected a complaint about the way the city acquired
  land for the project.

  The $200 million museum and academic center had been
  stalled by a legal case brought by local businessman Eugene
  Pfeifer III, who challenged the city's right to take his land
  after he turned down an offer to sell for $400,000.

  Pfeifer claimed the city had circumvented state law on
  annexation. Pfeifer has said the price the city offered for his land was fair but that he
  opposed the library location, adjoining a renovated warehouse district in Little Rock.

  A state court ruled against Pfeifer earlier this year and on Thursday the state Supreme Court
  upheld that ruling by a vote of 6-0 with one abstention.

  "We believe that the city's proposal and supporting documentation make it clear that
  Pfeifer's entire property was properly taken by the city for the presidential park," the
  Supreme Court said.

  The court's decision clears the path for a groundbreaking for the library later this year.

  With completion planned for 2004, the Clinton library will be the largest of the nation's 12
  presidential libraries and will encompass 28 acres along the Arkansas River in Little Rock's
  Market District.

  As governor of Arkansas, Clinton lived in Little Rock for 12 years before being elected to
  the first of two terms as president in 1992.

  Plans for the library include a glass and steel building extending over the river that will house
  Clinton's presidential archive, and a second building that will be used as a graduate-level
  school of public service.

[Semper Paratus]

How can we miss him if he won't go away!

[Irene Adler]

Thank you for posting the pic of the plan for the Clinton Lib. An outhouse with a half moon carved into the door would have been a lot better design, IMO.

[kassie]

He gets more press in N.Y. than Arkansas.

[Irma]

Clinton LIEbrary

 

[Irma]

More Crinton do-do.

Yep....everything he does smells, doesn't it?

[TroutStalker]

That's a rather white looking crowd with willie at the Apollo.

[Irma]

The audience at the Apollo included some of New York's most prominent black residents, including state Comptroller Carl McCall and former Mayor David Dinkins.

I guess some there just didn't make the photo.....dunno.