Master Dissembler Kevin Rampe did a little lip service duty last week in front of City Council, announcing that the demolition of 130 Liberty Street would not begin until this summer at the earliest, and warned that any timeline speculation on completion would be foolhardy. I could bother to provide the myriad links detailing Rampe’s checked history regarding the management of this process, but I feel lazy today, and suffice it to say, this is the kind of man you wouldn’t want dating your daughter.
But everyone is mouthing positive feedback to the recent developments, which include revisions to the plan to accomodate concerns about contaminants and remediation, as well as a significant increase in budget (to the point where it will now likely cost more to remove the building than it did to build it).
There are, of course, anti-American cranks out there, so evil that they have compiled a whole list of suspect documents, many authored by lawyers, and insurance companies, and other insults to the American way, all of it an attempt prevent the marking of our tragedy with spec office space (and if it’s a penny — sorry, square foot — less than seven million, Mr. Rampe will be sure to let you know what kind of terrorist supporter he thinks you are). They even go so far as to use inflammatory quotes:
“Twenty or thirty years from now, when those New Yorkers start falling over dead, some young government bureaucrat will get all choked up apologizing for what the EPA and others didn’t do. That’s what they did here.” –Asbestos Miner Les Skramstad, of Libby, Montana, whose has four family members with asbestosis [Andrew Schneider in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch 1-13-03]
So I’m not sure whether we should be glad or angry that the EPA is continuing in its stance of not saying exactly what it is they do, or intend to do, about any of this, but I’m sure if you asked them, they’d be happy to tell you there is no threat to your health, past or present. From the safety of their offices in DC.
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EPA: Still confused by that ‘Protection’ part.
Master Dissembler Kevin Rampe did a little lip service duty last week in front of City Council, announcing that the demolition of 130 Liberty Street would not begin until this summer at the earliest, and warned that any timeline speculation on completion would be foolhardy. I could bother to provide the myriad links detailing Rampe’s checked history regarding the management of this process, but I feel lazy today, and suffice it to say, this is the kind of man you wouldn’t want dating your daughter.
But everyone is mouthing positive feedback to the recent developments, which include revisions to the plan to accomodate concerns about contaminants and remediation, as well as a significant increase in budget (to the point where it will now likely cost more to remove the building than it did to build it). There are, of course, anti-American cranks out there, so evil that they have compiled a whole list of suspect documents, many authored by lawyers, and insurance companies, and other insults to the American way, all of it an attempt prevent the marking of our tragedy with spec office space (and if it’s a penny — sorry, square foot — less than seven million, Mr. Rampe will be sure to let you know what kind of terrorist supporter he thinks you are). They even go so far as to use inflammatory quotes:So I’m not sure whether we should be glad or angry that the EPA is continuing in its stance of not saying exactly what it is they do, or intend to do, about any of this, but I’m sure if you asked them, they’d be happy to tell you there is no threat to your health, past or present. From the safety of their offices in DC.