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mikevago OP t1_jdyqni8 wrote

This was an exchange I just had online with whoever runs the "Hudson County Chronicles", a "news" outlet that largely exists to spout pro-Fireman propaganda in favor of turning Liberty State Park over to developers. And out of the blue, whoevers' behind the account made this comment about Sam Pesin (who no one had mentioned) which is way, way over the line.

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nuncio_populi t1_jdzi2qm wrote

That is shockingly offensive. Also, Pesin's Friends of Liberty State Park raised money from the community for many of the amenities currently there!

The People's Park propaganda people are so deeply, deeply distasteful.

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mikevago OP t1_je04fsz wrote

Imagine directing that kind of language at a retired kindergarten teacher who's donated countless hours of his time to protect the park, and in defense of a billionaire who owns a country club.

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nuncio_populi t1_je05ssv wrote

Everything People's Park and Fireman's proxies do is garish and focused on division.

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EyesOnImprovement t1_jdzjm13 wrote

Run by Bruce Alston, mortgage fraudster, convicted criminal and serial losing political candidate. Bruce, who has never met a check he didn't like, played a similar role in the airbnb debacle - parlaying the plight of the disadvantaged into a reason to support whichever cause is paying him.

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