TheCigSmokingMan
Rift Surfer
The \"World Trade Center\" Conspiracy...
Don't know if this is a conspiracy or bunch of strange coincidences and or the worst business decision in history...
Let's review....
David Rockefeller championed the World Center....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_Center
"The World Trade Center in New York City (sometimes informally referred to as the WTC or the Twin Towers) was a complex of seven buildings in Lower Manhattan, mostly designed by American architect Minoru Yamasaki and engineer Leslie Robertson and developed by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. It was initiated in 1960 by a Lower Manhattan Association created and chaired by David Rockefeller, who had the original idea of building the Center, with strong backing from the then-New York governor, his brother Nelson Rockefeller.[2] The World Trade Center, New York, like most all World Trade Centers located around the globe, belonged to the family of World Trade Centers Association. Larry Silverstein held the most recent lease to the complex, the Port Authority having leased it to him in July 2001.[3] The complex, located in the heart of New York City's downtown financial district, contained 13.4 million square feet (1.24 million m²) of office space, almost four percent of Manhattan's entire office inventory at that time.[4]"
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey runs and owns the World Trader Center...
History
In the early years of the 20th century, there were disputes between the states of New Jersey and New York, over rail freights and boundaries. At the time, rail lines terminated on the New Jersey side of the harbor, while ocean shipping was centered on Manhattan and Brooklyn. Freight had to be shipped across the Hudson River in barges.[4] In 1916, New Jersey launched a lawsuit against New York over issues of rail freight, with the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) issuing an order that the two states work together, subordinating their own interests to the public interest.[5] The Harbor Development Commission, a joint advisory board set-up in 1917, recommended that a bi-state authority be established to oversee efficient economic development of the port district.[6] The Port Authority of New York was established on April 30, 1921,[7] through an interstate compact between the states of New Jersey and New York. This was the first such agency in the United States, created under a provision in the Constitution of the United States permitting interstate compacts.[1] The idea for the Port Authority was conceived during the Progressive Era, which aimed to reduce political corruption and aimed for efficiency in government. With the Port Authority at a distance from political pressures, it was able to carry longer-term infrastructure projects irrespective of the election cycles and in a more efficient manner.[8] Throughout its history, there have also been concerns about democratic accountability, or lack thereof at the Port Authority.[8]"
World Trade Center site
Main article: World Trade Center site
As owner of the World Trade Center site, the Port Authority has worked since 2001 on plans for reconstruction of the site, along with Silverstein Properties, and the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation. In 2006, the Port Authority reached a deal with Larry Silverstein, which ceded control of the Freedom Tower to the Port Authority.[26] The deal gave Silverstein rights to build three towers along the eastern side of the site, including 150 Greenwich Street, 175 Greenwich Street, and 200 Greenwich Street.[26] Also part of the plans, is the World Trade Center Transportation Hub, which will replace the temporary PATH station that opened in November 2003.
The Port Authority to NY/NJ leases the World Trade Center, their HQ, to Larry Silverstein shortly before September, 11, 2001 on July, 24, 2001. ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Silverstein
"However, Vornado withdrew and Silverstein's bid for the lease to the World Trade Center was accepted on July 24, 2001,"
The deal was described in a press release on July 24, 2001: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Silverstein
"Silverstein Properties, Inc., and Westfield America, Inc. will lease the Twin Towers and other portions of the complex in a deal worth approximately $3.2 billion – the city's richest real estate deal ever and one of the largest privatization initiatives in history. [4]"
The lease agreement applied to One, Two, Four and Five World Trade Center, and about 425,000 square feet of retail space. Silverstein put up only $14 million of his own money [5]. Silverstein was also given the right to rebuild the structures, should they be destroyed. [6]
The World Trade Center is destroyed on September 11, 2001.
[/b]Larry Silverstein has the right to rebuild the WTC and collect 5"-8" Billion[/b]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Silverstein
"In total, Silverstein was awarded nearly $5 billion in insurance money following the destruction of the Twin Towers [14]. He plans to use some or all of the settlement to rebuild. [15] The World Trade Center had a total of 24 insurance policies. In 2007, 6 years after the attacks, Silverstein and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey filed a $1 billion lawsuit ($250 million in unpaid claims and $750 million in damages) against Royal & Sun Alliance Group Plc and its U.S. affiliate.[16]
Silverstein's lease with the Port Authority for the World Trade Center requires him to continue paying $102 million annually in base rent.[17] He is applying insurance payments toward the redevelopment of the World Trade Center site.[18]"
<Wow... That's alot of insurance policies of for the destruction of the WTC... And they paid off!!!>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Authority_of_New_York_and_New_Jersey
Footnote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Authority_of_New_York_and_New_Jersey
The Bayonne Bridge, opened in 1931, was built across the Kill van Kull, connecting Staten Island with Bayonne, New Jersey.[9]
Footnote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Silverstein
After the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the United States Congress approved $8 billion in tax-exempt Liberty Bonds to fund development in the private sector at lower-than-market interest rates. $3.4 billion remained unallocated in March 2006 designated for Lower Manhattan, with about half of the funds under the control of Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the other half under the control of former Governor George Pataki.
Footnote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Silverstein
At the time, economic growth was concentrated in Midtown Manhattan, with Lower Manhattan left out. One notable exception was the construction of One Chase Manhattan Plaza in the Financial District, by David Rockefeller who led urban renewal efforts in Lower Manhattan.[9]
In initial plans made public in 1961, the World Trade Center was slated to be built on a site along the East River.
Footnote:
[edit] References
^ Hess, Diane. "Moody's to sell headquarters to Silverstein", New York Business, November 21, 2006.
<Is somebody going to BLOW UP MOODYS?... >
Who are the board members of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey?
Board of Commissioners
Anthony R. Coscia
Chairman
Current Term Expires: 7/01/2011
Appointed by: R. J. Codey
Anthony Coscia was appointed to the Board of Commissioners and elected Chairman in April 2003. Chairman Coscia is currently a partner in the law firm of Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, LLP, one of the region's oldest and most respected law firms. He holds a seat on the firm's Executive Committee. Mr. Coscia has specific experience in the area of corporate, financial and real estate transactions and has worked extensively with various governmental and regulatory agencies. From February 1992 to March 2003, Mr. Coscia served as Chairman of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority. He is a director of the Interchange Financial Services Corporation and is a member of the Governor's Jobs and Economic Growth Commission, the New Capital Sources Partnership, and the Fannie Mae Regional Partnership Advisory Board. In addition, he sits as a trustee on the New Jersey Network Foundation as well as Cerebral Palsy of North Jersey. Chairman Coscia is a graduate of Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and received his law degree from the Rutgers University School of Law.
Anthony R. Coscia
Chairman
Henry R. Silverman
Vice-Chairman
Current Term Expires: 7/01/2011
Appointed by: G. E. Pataki
Henry Silverman was appointed to the Board of Commissioners in June 2002 by Governor Pataki. He was elected Vice-Chairman of the agency in May 2007. Mr. Silverman is the Chairman and CEO of Realogy Corporation, the world's largest residential brokerage franchiser and the largest U.S. residential real estate brokerage firm. From 1997 through August 2006, he was the Chairman and CEO of Cendant Corporation, a global provider of consumer business services, primarily within the travel and residential real estate sectors before its decision to separate into four new companies in July 2006. Realogy Corporation is comprised of the business units from Cendant's former Real Estate Services Division. Previously, Mr. Silverman was an investor in and manager of private equity. He currently serves as chairman of the Business Roundtable's Fiscal Policy Task Force. He is also a trustee of New York University and its School of Medicine and Medical Center and a Director of the NYU Child Study Center. Mr. Silverman is also a Trustee of the University of Pennsylvania and, a member of JP Morgan's National Advisory Board and a member of the G-100. Mr. Silverman graduated from Williams College and subsequently from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
Henry R. Silverman
Vice-Chairman, New York
Virginia S. Bauer
Commissioner, New Jersey
Current Term Expires: 7/01/2012
Appointed by: J. S. Corzine
Virginia S. Bauer was appointed to the Board of Commissioners in June 2007 by Governor Corzine. Virginia S. Bauer served as CEO and Secretary of the New Jersey Commerce, Economic Growth & Tourism Commission from December 2004 to July 2007.
In her role as Commerce Secretary, Ms. Bauer was the state's lead advocate for business - from strengthening New Jersey's business attraction and retention programs to managing the Urban Enterprise Zone Program and maintaining the Garden State's standing in the global marketplace to promoting the state as a premier vacation destination.
She worked with fellow Cabinet officers to resolve businesses regulatory disputes, identify appropriate job creation incentives, and obtain financing. In particular, she formed a job creation partnership, "New Jersey Works for You," with the Economic Development Authority and the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
Ms. Bauer is the former Director of the New Jersey Lottery. Under her leadership, the agency achieved a $2.2 billion sales year in Fiscal 2004, the Lottery's best sales year ever.
Ms. Bauer, a widow of a New Jersey victim of the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center, is a mother of three from Red Bank, NJ. She has been a key activist on behalf of the families of the 9/11 victims, after her husband David, a Cantor Fitzgerald employee, was killed in the World Trade Center.
Virginia S. Bauer
Commissioner, New Jersey
Bruce A. Blakeman
Commissioner, New York
Current Term Expires: 7/01/2008
Appointed by: G. E. Pataki
Bruce A. Blakeman was appointed to the Board of Commissioners by Governor George Pataki in 2001. Mr. Blakeman is a Member of Abrams, Fensterman, Fensterman, Eisman, Greenberg, Formato & Einiger, LLP. Previously, he was a partner in the law firm of Robert M. Blakeman & Associates in Valley Stream, New York. He serves on the Board of Directors of The Nassau Lawyers' Association of Long Island, Inc. and is also President of Madison Strategies, Ltd., a strategic consulting firm. Mr. Blakeman was elected to the Nassau County Legislature and served as its Presiding Officer and Majority Leader from 1996 to 1999. Prior thereto, Mr. Blakeman served as Councilman on the Hempstead Town Board. In 1998, Mr. Blakeman was the Republican candidate for State Comptroller.
Mr. Blakeman is a member of the Board of Directors of North Sea Insurance Company, a property and casualty company licensed in New York, New Jersey and several other states. He previously served on the Board of Directors of ACCPAC, a Silicon Valley software company where he served on the Budget and Finance Committee. In addition, Mr. Blakeman was President of the Tobacco Settlement Local Development Corporation controlling $78 Million in tobacco settlement funds for Nassau County from 1999 to August, 2004.
A graduate of Arizona State University, Mr. Blakeman holds a Juris Doctorate Degree from California Western School of Law and a Certificate in Homeland Security Management from Long Island University. He also was an adjunct assistant professor of Business Law at Hofstra University.
Mr. Blakeman is a frequent commentator and panelist for topics such as homeland security, law, government, politics and transportation in a variety of media outlets, including Fox News Network, CNBC, WLIW (PBS) and Court TV.
Bruce A. Blakeman
Commissioner, New York
Michael J. Chasanoff
Commissioner, New York
Current Term Expires: 7/01/2010
Appointed by: G. E. Pataki
Michael J. Chasanoff was appointed to the Board of Commissioners of The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey by Governor Pataki in April 1999. He is founder and Managing Partner of Chasanoff Properties, a real estate development firm, and formerly was Director of the Frontier Insurance Company. Mr. Chasanoff served as a Director of the 1995 Special Olympics World Summer Games and The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Mr. Chasanoff has also been a Director of several harness racing entities through the years, including the Hall of Fame. He currently serves on the Board of the Cardiovascular Institute of Mount Sinai Medical Center. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale College.
Michael J. Chasanoff
Commissioner, New York
Christine A. Ferer
Commissioner, New York
Current Term Expires: 7/01/2007
Appointed by: G. E. Pataki
Christine Ferer was appointed by Governor George Pataki to the Board of Commissioners in June 2004. Ms. Ferer is currently the Chairman and CEO of Vidicom/Citybuzz a media services firm that produces and distributes broadcast and web programming for media outlets, not for profit organizations and corporations which she founded in 1982. Ms. Ferer currently serves on the boards of the 92nd Street Y, Association for a Better New York, The Jacob Javits Convention Center, and Global Green USA. Ms. Ferer received her Masters Degree in Urban Affairs at Boston University.
Christine A. Ferer
Commissioner, New York
Charles A. Gargano
Commissioner, New York
Current Term Expires: 7/01/2012
Appointed by: G. E. Pataki
Charles Gargano was appointed by Governor George Pataki in April 1995 as Commissioner of the The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. He served as Vice-Chairman of the agency from April 1995 to May 2007. From 1995 to January 2007, Mr. Gargano served as Commissioner of the Department of Economic Development and Chairman and CEO of the Empire State Development Corporation. He also served as Chairman of the 42nd Street Development Corporation, Moynihan Station Development Corporation, Convention Center Development Corporation, and several other subsidiaries of Empire State Development. He began his career in public service in 1981 when he was named Deputy Administrator of the Federal Urban Mass Transportation Administration by President Ronald Reagan. In 1988 he was appointed Ambassador to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago by President Reagan, and then was re-appointed in 1989 by President Bush where he served until 1991. Mr. Gargano, a professional engineer, previously has had a successful career as an engineer and principal at J.D. Posillico Engineering and Construction, a company he helped build into one of Long Island's heavy construction firms.
Charles A. Gargano
Commissioner, New York
David S. Mack
Commissioner, New York
Current Term Expires: 7/01/2009
Appointed by: G. E. Pataki
David Mack is a senior partner of the Mack Company, a real estate development firm. He was appointed to the Board of Commissioners of The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey by Governor Pataki in August 1997. He devotes his time to a number of organizations including the UJA of Greater New York, Israel Bonds, New York Holocaust Memorial Committee, Hofstra University, and the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System Foundation. He is a Board Member of the Palm Beach County United Way/Palm Beach Community Chest and Palm Beach Civic Association. He has also served in numerous political and public service jobs as well, most recently as a member of the Board of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority as Vice Chairman.
David S. Mack
Commissioner, New York
Raymond M. Pocino
Commissioner, New Jersey
Current Term Expires: 7/01/2009
Appointed by: J. E. McGreevey
Raymond Pocino was appointed to the Board of Commissioners in June 2002 by Governor McGreevey. Mr. Pocino is a 50-year member of the Laborers International Union of North America (LIUNA). He was appointed manager of LIUNA's Eastern Region Office in April 1995 and later won election as a LIUNA Vice President in September 1996. He was re-elected to a second five-year term as vice president at LIUNA's 22nd International Convention in September 2001. In his dual positions as Vice President and Eastern Regional Manager, Mr. Pocino directs and oversees activities that affect the working lives of some 40,000 laborers in the New Jersey, Delaware, New York City and Long Island geographical area. Previously, Mr. Pocino served four terms as President and Business Manager of Construction & General Laborers Local 172 in Trenton, NJ and four terms as a commissioner and chairman of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority. Mr. Pocino also serves as Vice President of the NJ State AFL-CIO and serves as a trustee of both the NJ Alliance for Action and New Jersey SEED.
Raymond M. Pocino
Commissioner, New Jersey
Anthony J. Sartor, Ph.D., P.E., P.P.
Commissioner, New Jersey
Current Term Expires: 7/01/2007
Appointed by: D. DiFrancesco
Anthony J. Sartor was appointed to the Board of Commissioners in March 1999 by Governor Whitman. Dr. Sartor is currently the President and Chief Operating Officer of KeySpan Services Inc., the unregulated division of KeySpan Corporation in Warren, New Jersey. Prior to his appointment to the Port Authority Board, he served from 1992 to 1999 as a Commissioner of the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority. A pioneer in the environmental engineering field since the 1960s, Dr. Sartor received his Ph.D. and Masters degree from the University of Michigan in Chemical Engineering and his Bachelors degree from Manhattan College. He is listed in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in American Science and Engineering, American Men and Women of Science, as well as many other national and international directories.
Anthony J. Sartor
Commissioner, New Jersey
David S. Steiner
Commissioner, New Jersey
Current Term Expires: 7/01/2008
Appointed by: J. E. McGreevey
David S. Steiner was appointed to the Board of Commissioners by Governor McGreevey in January 2003. Mr. Steiner is currently the Chairman of Steiner Equities Group, LLC a real estate development firm specializing in industrial office parks and commercial facilities in New Jersey and 14 other states and based in Roseland, New Jersey. Mr. Steiner recently built Steiner Studios, an unprecedented 280,000 square foot, $118 million state-of-the-art film and television production facility, situated on a 15-acre site at the historic Brooklyn Navy Yard. Mr. Steiner has worked with federal agencies such as the EPA and with Congressional committees and organized lobbying programs relating to land use regulation and industrial development. He is highly active in public service. Previously he served as vice president of the Washington Institute for Far East Policy. Mr. Steiner graduated from Carnegie Institute of Technology with a degree in Civil Engineering.
QUESTIONS:
Before the WTC 911 Attacks... Weren't the Commissoners of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey?
The members of the Hudson County Democratic Committee the HCDO and various local Hudson County and New Jersey state officials?
Why the change?
It doesn't sound like the Port Authority dumped the towers for peanuts to Larry Silverstein just before the attacks so he can collect 5 Billions?
Nah! That's just crazy!!!
The Port Authority didn't know the attack was COMING on 9/11?
Nah! That's just crazy!!!
Larry Silverstein didn't take 24 insurance polices because he knew that the towers were going to be attacked and collected 5 billion DOLLARS.
MOSSOUD and ISRAEL INTELLIGENCE AGENTS weren't in New Jersey watching the attack laughing and cheering and VIDEO TAPING as reported 60 Minutes...
Nah! That's just crazy!!!
Larry Silverstein and David Rockefeller don't have connections to AIPAC, ISRAELI, UNITED KINGDOM, MOSSAUD, AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITIES and the MILITARY INDUSTRAIL COMPLEX...
An intelligence agency such as the FBI could not find links to all these people via CONFERENCES, PARTIES, GROUPS, ORGANIZATIONS, MEETINGS, LUNCHES, VACATION DESTINATIONS, PHONE CALLS, MEETINGS and SECRET SOCIETIES such as CFR and TRILATERAL COMMISSION and THE BILDERBERGERS ETC...
Nah! That's just crazy!!!
And how Larry Silverstein doesn't seem to belong to ANY GROUP or SOCEITY... CONVENIENT? Isn't It?
Nah! That's just crazy!!!
That there was a MASSIVE CONSPIRACY to DESTROY THE WTC on 9/11?!!!
Nah! That's just crazy!!!
Something to think about... <And investigate...>
TheCigMan
Don't know if this is a conspiracy or bunch of strange coincidences and or the worst business decision in history...
Let's review....
David Rockefeller championed the World Center....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_Center
"The World Trade Center in New York City (sometimes informally referred to as the WTC or the Twin Towers) was a complex of seven buildings in Lower Manhattan, mostly designed by American architect Minoru Yamasaki and engineer Leslie Robertson and developed by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. It was initiated in 1960 by a Lower Manhattan Association created and chaired by David Rockefeller, who had the original idea of building the Center, with strong backing from the then-New York governor, his brother Nelson Rockefeller.[2] The World Trade Center, New York, like most all World Trade Centers located around the globe, belonged to the family of World Trade Centers Association. Larry Silverstein held the most recent lease to the complex, the Port Authority having leased it to him in July 2001.[3] The complex, located in the heart of New York City's downtown financial district, contained 13.4 million square feet (1.24 million m²) of office space, almost four percent of Manhattan's entire office inventory at that time.[4]"
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey runs and owns the World Trader Center...
History
In the early years of the 20th century, there were disputes between the states of New Jersey and New York, over rail freights and boundaries. At the time, rail lines terminated on the New Jersey side of the harbor, while ocean shipping was centered on Manhattan and Brooklyn. Freight had to be shipped across the Hudson River in barges.[4] In 1916, New Jersey launched a lawsuit against New York over issues of rail freight, with the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) issuing an order that the two states work together, subordinating their own interests to the public interest.[5] The Harbor Development Commission, a joint advisory board set-up in 1917, recommended that a bi-state authority be established to oversee efficient economic development of the port district.[6] The Port Authority of New York was established on April 30, 1921,[7] through an interstate compact between the states of New Jersey and New York. This was the first such agency in the United States, created under a provision in the Constitution of the United States permitting interstate compacts.[1] The idea for the Port Authority was conceived during the Progressive Era, which aimed to reduce political corruption and aimed for efficiency in government. With the Port Authority at a distance from political pressures, it was able to carry longer-term infrastructure projects irrespective of the election cycles and in a more efficient manner.[8] Throughout its history, there have also been concerns about democratic accountability, or lack thereof at the Port Authority.[8]"
World Trade Center site
Main article: World Trade Center site
As owner of the World Trade Center site, the Port Authority has worked since 2001 on plans for reconstruction of the site, along with Silverstein Properties, and the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation. In 2006, the Port Authority reached a deal with Larry Silverstein, which ceded control of the Freedom Tower to the Port Authority.[26] The deal gave Silverstein rights to build three towers along the eastern side of the site, including 150 Greenwich Street, 175 Greenwich Street, and 200 Greenwich Street.[26] Also part of the plans, is the World Trade Center Transportation Hub, which will replace the temporary PATH station that opened in November 2003.
The Port Authority to NY/NJ leases the World Trade Center, their HQ, to Larry Silverstein shortly before September, 11, 2001 on July, 24, 2001. ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Silverstein
"However, Vornado withdrew and Silverstein's bid for the lease to the World Trade Center was accepted on July 24, 2001,"
The deal was described in a press release on July 24, 2001: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Silverstein
"Silverstein Properties, Inc., and Westfield America, Inc. will lease the Twin Towers and other portions of the complex in a deal worth approximately $3.2 billion – the city's richest real estate deal ever and one of the largest privatization initiatives in history. [4]"
The lease agreement applied to One, Two, Four and Five World Trade Center, and about 425,000 square feet of retail space. Silverstein put up only $14 million of his own money [5]. Silverstein was also given the right to rebuild the structures, should they be destroyed. [6]
The World Trade Center is destroyed on September 11, 2001.
[/b]Larry Silverstein has the right to rebuild the WTC and collect 5"-8" Billion[/b]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Silverstein
"In total, Silverstein was awarded nearly $5 billion in insurance money following the destruction of the Twin Towers [14]. He plans to use some or all of the settlement to rebuild. [15] The World Trade Center had a total of 24 insurance policies. In 2007, 6 years after the attacks, Silverstein and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey filed a $1 billion lawsuit ($250 million in unpaid claims and $750 million in damages) against Royal & Sun Alliance Group Plc and its U.S. affiliate.[16]
Silverstein's lease with the Port Authority for the World Trade Center requires him to continue paying $102 million annually in base rent.[17] He is applying insurance payments toward the redevelopment of the World Trade Center site.[18]"
<Wow... That's alot of insurance policies of for the destruction of the WTC... And they paid off!!!>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Authority_of_New_York_and_New_Jersey
Footnote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Authority_of_New_York_and_New_Jersey
The Bayonne Bridge, opened in 1931, was built across the Kill van Kull, connecting Staten Island with Bayonne, New Jersey.[9]
Footnote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Silverstein
After the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the United States Congress approved $8 billion in tax-exempt Liberty Bonds to fund development in the private sector at lower-than-market interest rates. $3.4 billion remained unallocated in March 2006 designated for Lower Manhattan, with about half of the funds under the control of Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the other half under the control of former Governor George Pataki.
Footnote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Silverstein
At the time, economic growth was concentrated in Midtown Manhattan, with Lower Manhattan left out. One notable exception was the construction of One Chase Manhattan Plaza in the Financial District, by David Rockefeller who led urban renewal efforts in Lower Manhattan.[9]
In initial plans made public in 1961, the World Trade Center was slated to be built on a site along the East River.
Footnote:
[edit] References
^ Hess, Diane. "Moody's to sell headquarters to Silverstein", New York Business, November 21, 2006.
<Is somebody going to BLOW UP MOODYS?... >
Who are the board members of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey?
Board of Commissioners
Anthony R. Coscia
Chairman
Current Term Expires: 7/01/2011
Appointed by: R. J. Codey
Anthony Coscia was appointed to the Board of Commissioners and elected Chairman in April 2003. Chairman Coscia is currently a partner in the law firm of Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, LLP, one of the region's oldest and most respected law firms. He holds a seat on the firm's Executive Committee. Mr. Coscia has specific experience in the area of corporate, financial and real estate transactions and has worked extensively with various governmental and regulatory agencies. From February 1992 to March 2003, Mr. Coscia served as Chairman of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority. He is a director of the Interchange Financial Services Corporation and is a member of the Governor's Jobs and Economic Growth Commission, the New Capital Sources Partnership, and the Fannie Mae Regional Partnership Advisory Board. In addition, he sits as a trustee on the New Jersey Network Foundation as well as Cerebral Palsy of North Jersey. Chairman Coscia is a graduate of Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and received his law degree from the Rutgers University School of Law.
Anthony R. Coscia
Chairman
Henry R. Silverman
Vice-Chairman
Current Term Expires: 7/01/2011
Appointed by: G. E. Pataki
Henry Silverman was appointed to the Board of Commissioners in June 2002 by Governor Pataki. He was elected Vice-Chairman of the agency in May 2007. Mr. Silverman is the Chairman and CEO of Realogy Corporation, the world's largest residential brokerage franchiser and the largest U.S. residential real estate brokerage firm. From 1997 through August 2006, he was the Chairman and CEO of Cendant Corporation, a global provider of consumer business services, primarily within the travel and residential real estate sectors before its decision to separate into four new companies in July 2006. Realogy Corporation is comprised of the business units from Cendant's former Real Estate Services Division. Previously, Mr. Silverman was an investor in and manager of private equity. He currently serves as chairman of the Business Roundtable's Fiscal Policy Task Force. He is also a trustee of New York University and its School of Medicine and Medical Center and a Director of the NYU Child Study Center. Mr. Silverman is also a Trustee of the University of Pennsylvania and, a member of JP Morgan's National Advisory Board and a member of the G-100. Mr. Silverman graduated from Williams College and subsequently from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
Henry R. Silverman
Vice-Chairman, New York
Virginia S. Bauer
Commissioner, New Jersey
Current Term Expires: 7/01/2012
Appointed by: J. S. Corzine
Virginia S. Bauer was appointed to the Board of Commissioners in June 2007 by Governor Corzine. Virginia S. Bauer served as CEO and Secretary of the New Jersey Commerce, Economic Growth & Tourism Commission from December 2004 to July 2007.
In her role as Commerce Secretary, Ms. Bauer was the state's lead advocate for business - from strengthening New Jersey's business attraction and retention programs to managing the Urban Enterprise Zone Program and maintaining the Garden State's standing in the global marketplace to promoting the state as a premier vacation destination.
She worked with fellow Cabinet officers to resolve businesses regulatory disputes, identify appropriate job creation incentives, and obtain financing. In particular, she formed a job creation partnership, "New Jersey Works for You," with the Economic Development Authority and the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
Ms. Bauer is the former Director of the New Jersey Lottery. Under her leadership, the agency achieved a $2.2 billion sales year in Fiscal 2004, the Lottery's best sales year ever.
Ms. Bauer, a widow of a New Jersey victim of the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center, is a mother of three from Red Bank, NJ. She has been a key activist on behalf of the families of the 9/11 victims, after her husband David, a Cantor Fitzgerald employee, was killed in the World Trade Center.
Virginia S. Bauer
Commissioner, New Jersey
Bruce A. Blakeman
Commissioner, New York
Current Term Expires: 7/01/2008
Appointed by: G. E. Pataki
Bruce A. Blakeman was appointed to the Board of Commissioners by Governor George Pataki in 2001. Mr. Blakeman is a Member of Abrams, Fensterman, Fensterman, Eisman, Greenberg, Formato & Einiger, LLP. Previously, he was a partner in the law firm of Robert M. Blakeman & Associates in Valley Stream, New York. He serves on the Board of Directors of The Nassau Lawyers' Association of Long Island, Inc. and is also President of Madison Strategies, Ltd., a strategic consulting firm. Mr. Blakeman was elected to the Nassau County Legislature and served as its Presiding Officer and Majority Leader from 1996 to 1999. Prior thereto, Mr. Blakeman served as Councilman on the Hempstead Town Board. In 1998, Mr. Blakeman was the Republican candidate for State Comptroller.
Mr. Blakeman is a member of the Board of Directors of North Sea Insurance Company, a property and casualty company licensed in New York, New Jersey and several other states. He previously served on the Board of Directors of ACCPAC, a Silicon Valley software company where he served on the Budget and Finance Committee. In addition, Mr. Blakeman was President of the Tobacco Settlement Local Development Corporation controlling $78 Million in tobacco settlement funds for Nassau County from 1999 to August, 2004.
A graduate of Arizona State University, Mr. Blakeman holds a Juris Doctorate Degree from California Western School of Law and a Certificate in Homeland Security Management from Long Island University. He also was an adjunct assistant professor of Business Law at Hofstra University.
Mr. Blakeman is a frequent commentator and panelist for topics such as homeland security, law, government, politics and transportation in a variety of media outlets, including Fox News Network, CNBC, WLIW (PBS) and Court TV.
Bruce A. Blakeman
Commissioner, New York
Michael J. Chasanoff
Commissioner, New York
Current Term Expires: 7/01/2010
Appointed by: G. E. Pataki
Michael J. Chasanoff was appointed to the Board of Commissioners of The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey by Governor Pataki in April 1999. He is founder and Managing Partner of Chasanoff Properties, a real estate development firm, and formerly was Director of the Frontier Insurance Company. Mr. Chasanoff served as a Director of the 1995 Special Olympics World Summer Games and The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Mr. Chasanoff has also been a Director of several harness racing entities through the years, including the Hall of Fame. He currently serves on the Board of the Cardiovascular Institute of Mount Sinai Medical Center. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale College.
Michael J. Chasanoff
Commissioner, New York
Christine A. Ferer
Commissioner, New York
Current Term Expires: 7/01/2007
Appointed by: G. E. Pataki
Christine Ferer was appointed by Governor George Pataki to the Board of Commissioners in June 2004. Ms. Ferer is currently the Chairman and CEO of Vidicom/Citybuzz a media services firm that produces and distributes broadcast and web programming for media outlets, not for profit organizations and corporations which she founded in 1982. Ms. Ferer currently serves on the boards of the 92nd Street Y, Association for a Better New York, The Jacob Javits Convention Center, and Global Green USA. Ms. Ferer received her Masters Degree in Urban Affairs at Boston University.
Christine A. Ferer
Commissioner, New York
Charles A. Gargano
Commissioner, New York
Current Term Expires: 7/01/2012
Appointed by: G. E. Pataki
Charles Gargano was appointed by Governor George Pataki in April 1995 as Commissioner of the The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. He served as Vice-Chairman of the agency from April 1995 to May 2007. From 1995 to January 2007, Mr. Gargano served as Commissioner of the Department of Economic Development and Chairman and CEO of the Empire State Development Corporation. He also served as Chairman of the 42nd Street Development Corporation, Moynihan Station Development Corporation, Convention Center Development Corporation, and several other subsidiaries of Empire State Development. He began his career in public service in 1981 when he was named Deputy Administrator of the Federal Urban Mass Transportation Administration by President Ronald Reagan. In 1988 he was appointed Ambassador to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago by President Reagan, and then was re-appointed in 1989 by President Bush where he served until 1991. Mr. Gargano, a professional engineer, previously has had a successful career as an engineer and principal at J.D. Posillico Engineering and Construction, a company he helped build into one of Long Island's heavy construction firms.
Charles A. Gargano
Commissioner, New York
David S. Mack
Commissioner, New York
Current Term Expires: 7/01/2009
Appointed by: G. E. Pataki
David Mack is a senior partner of the Mack Company, a real estate development firm. He was appointed to the Board of Commissioners of The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey by Governor Pataki in August 1997. He devotes his time to a number of organizations including the UJA of Greater New York, Israel Bonds, New York Holocaust Memorial Committee, Hofstra University, and the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System Foundation. He is a Board Member of the Palm Beach County United Way/Palm Beach Community Chest and Palm Beach Civic Association. He has also served in numerous political and public service jobs as well, most recently as a member of the Board of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority as Vice Chairman.
David S. Mack
Commissioner, New York
Raymond M. Pocino
Commissioner, New Jersey
Current Term Expires: 7/01/2009
Appointed by: J. E. McGreevey
Raymond Pocino was appointed to the Board of Commissioners in June 2002 by Governor McGreevey. Mr. Pocino is a 50-year member of the Laborers International Union of North America (LIUNA). He was appointed manager of LIUNA's Eastern Region Office in April 1995 and later won election as a LIUNA Vice President in September 1996. He was re-elected to a second five-year term as vice president at LIUNA's 22nd International Convention in September 2001. In his dual positions as Vice President and Eastern Regional Manager, Mr. Pocino directs and oversees activities that affect the working lives of some 40,000 laborers in the New Jersey, Delaware, New York City and Long Island geographical area. Previously, Mr. Pocino served four terms as President and Business Manager of Construction & General Laborers Local 172 in Trenton, NJ and four terms as a commissioner and chairman of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority. Mr. Pocino also serves as Vice President of the NJ State AFL-CIO and serves as a trustee of both the NJ Alliance for Action and New Jersey SEED.
Raymond M. Pocino
Commissioner, New Jersey
Anthony J. Sartor, Ph.D., P.E., P.P.
Commissioner, New Jersey
Current Term Expires: 7/01/2007
Appointed by: D. DiFrancesco
Anthony J. Sartor was appointed to the Board of Commissioners in March 1999 by Governor Whitman. Dr. Sartor is currently the President and Chief Operating Officer of KeySpan Services Inc., the unregulated division of KeySpan Corporation in Warren, New Jersey. Prior to his appointment to the Port Authority Board, he served from 1992 to 1999 as a Commissioner of the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority. A pioneer in the environmental engineering field since the 1960s, Dr. Sartor received his Ph.D. and Masters degree from the University of Michigan in Chemical Engineering and his Bachelors degree from Manhattan College. He is listed in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in American Science and Engineering, American Men and Women of Science, as well as many other national and international directories.
Anthony J. Sartor
Commissioner, New Jersey
David S. Steiner
Commissioner, New Jersey
Current Term Expires: 7/01/2008
Appointed by: J. E. McGreevey
David S. Steiner was appointed to the Board of Commissioners by Governor McGreevey in January 2003. Mr. Steiner is currently the Chairman of Steiner Equities Group, LLC a real estate development firm specializing in industrial office parks and commercial facilities in New Jersey and 14 other states and based in Roseland, New Jersey. Mr. Steiner recently built Steiner Studios, an unprecedented 280,000 square foot, $118 million state-of-the-art film and television production facility, situated on a 15-acre site at the historic Brooklyn Navy Yard. Mr. Steiner has worked with federal agencies such as the EPA and with Congressional committees and organized lobbying programs relating to land use regulation and industrial development. He is highly active in public service. Previously he served as vice president of the Washington Institute for Far East Policy. Mr. Steiner graduated from Carnegie Institute of Technology with a degree in Civil Engineering.
QUESTIONS:
Before the WTC 911 Attacks... Weren't the Commissoners of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey?
The members of the Hudson County Democratic Committee the HCDO and various local Hudson County and New Jersey state officials?
Why the change?
It doesn't sound like the Port Authority dumped the towers for peanuts to Larry Silverstein just before the attacks so he can collect 5 Billions?
Nah! That's just crazy!!!
The Port Authority didn't know the attack was COMING on 9/11?
Nah! That's just crazy!!!
Larry Silverstein didn't take 24 insurance polices because he knew that the towers were going to be attacked and collected 5 billion DOLLARS.
MOSSOUD and ISRAEL INTELLIGENCE AGENTS weren't in New Jersey watching the attack laughing and cheering and VIDEO TAPING as reported 60 Minutes...
Nah! That's just crazy!!!
Larry Silverstein and David Rockefeller don't have connections to AIPAC, ISRAELI, UNITED KINGDOM, MOSSAUD, AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITIES and the MILITARY INDUSTRAIL COMPLEX...
An intelligence agency such as the FBI could not find links to all these people via CONFERENCES, PARTIES, GROUPS, ORGANIZATIONS, MEETINGS, LUNCHES, VACATION DESTINATIONS, PHONE CALLS, MEETINGS and SECRET SOCIETIES such as CFR and TRILATERAL COMMISSION and THE BILDERBERGERS ETC...
Nah! That's just crazy!!!
And how Larry Silverstein doesn't seem to belong to ANY GROUP or SOCEITY... CONVENIENT? Isn't It?
Nah! That's just crazy!!!
That there was a MASSIVE CONSPIRACY to DESTROY THE WTC on 9/11?!!!
Nah! That's just crazy!!!
Something to think about... <And investigate...>
TheCigMan
