We Remember 911

"We've Got To Stop The Mosque At Ground Zero"

If we let 'em build it, can't ya see,
they'll turn 9/11 to a mockery.
Courtesy of Brad Blog

NY Governor Patterson Stands Up for Fallen of 911

NY Governor Stands Up for the Fallen: Paterson Suggests Alternative Site For Controversial Ground Zero Mega Mosque

Finally, a politician in office has the stones to stand for what's right. He may be blind, but he's the only one who sees.
Paterson Suggests Alternative Site For Controversial Mosque By: NY1 News

By: NY1 News

Governor David Paterson says he understands why some people are objecting to plans for amosque near the World Trade Center side and is offering an alternative to the developers.

Paterson says he has no objections to the controversial mosque and Islamic community center planned at 45 Park Place, he's also volunteering another site on state-owned property for it to be built.

Paterson would not specify where that site would be, but said there needs to be greater dialogue to try and allay everyone's fears.

"I don't have any objection to it being built there, but I'm very sensitive to the desire of those who are adamant against it to see something else worked out,” said the governor. “And frankly, if the sponsors who are looking for property anywhere at a distance that would beseech that, it would accommodate a better feeling among the people who are frustrated, I would look into trying to provide them with the state property they would need."

One prominent mosque supporter rejected the governor's trial balloon, saying Paterson's remarks validate the idea that all Muslims are responsible for what terrorists did on September.

NY1 News

Mayor Bloomberg Mocks the Victims of 911

The legal team for The Coalition of the Preservation of Ground Zero pointed out to the Chair of the LMCBLC that the LPC was rushing to make a decision without having the full vote from the board, which is scheduled to meet later this month, after the LPC is scheduled to vote on the matter this Tuesday, July 13. The few board members simply said that this is the procedure. The facts, however, are undeniable. The LPC has had the Property “calendared” for landmark consideration since 1989, tabled for 22 years. Only within the last two weeks has it provided the public notice that it would be making a decision. It is doing this without full public input, and in the dead of summer, when many people aren't around to provide input.

One phone call from the Mayor's office could get this vote scheduled for next week tabled, so that the legal team for the Coalition for the Preservation of Ground Zero could prepare the case for landmark status. Considering the sudden rush to schedule this all-important vote, it seems a small accommodation.

The LMCBLC is also completely ignoring the significance of the Property in light of the 9/11 attacks, given the properties' proximity to Ground Zero and the fact that pieces of one of the planes landed in the building. The LMCB actually favored landmark status several decades ago, and now the increased historical and cultural significance of the property is being completely disregarded. The rush to deny this property landmark status so that a mosque can be constructed for the tenth anniversary of 9/11 — when the Freedom Tower that has been kicked around for nearly a decade as a political football will still not be finished — is disrespectful to the public at large, and especially to the 9/11 victims and their families. At the very least, due process demands that this vote be delayed so that the community has a full opportunity to be heard.

The only thing worse than Bloomberg's pernicious callousness, in his refusal to meet with the 911 families on this issue, is the media's silence -- Bloomberg Media.