{"id":7193,"date":"2016-02-22T20:33:30","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T03:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/BigJimIndustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=7193"},"modified":"2016-02-24T20:52:36","modified_gmt":"2016-02-25T03:52:36","slug":"sorta-hilarious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2016\/02\/22\/sorta-hilarious\/","title":{"rendered":"Sorta Hilarious"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.citylab.com\/politics\/2016\/02\/new-york-politician-uses-street-names-to-get-revenge\/470286\/\" target=\"_blank\">from CityLab<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h1>A New York Politician Is Using Spiteful Street Names to Get Revenge on Developers<\/h1>\n<p>by\u00a0<a title=\"Aarian Marshall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.citylab.com\/authors\/aarian-marshall\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-omni-click=\"inherit\">AARIAN MARSHALL<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"A New York Politician Is Using Spiteful Street Names to Get Revenge on Developers \" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.citylab.com\/media\/img\/citylab\/2016\/02\/shutterstock_96017963\/lead_large.jpg?1456156734\" alt=\"Image JeremyWhat\/Shutterstock.com\" width=\"480\" \/><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/gallery-298090p1.html\" target=\"_blank\">(JeremyWhat\/Shutterstock.com)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, a New York State Supreme Court judge ruled that the Staten Island Borough President James Oddo could go ahead with plans to give a section of the island some fairly unpleasant street names. A few very lucky New York City residents will now live on Cupidity Drive (\u201ccupidity\u201d meaning \u201cgreed\u201d), Fourberie Lane (\u201c<em>fourberie<\/em>\u201d is \u201ctrickery\u201d in French), or \u201cAvidita Place\u201d (from the Latin <em>avidus<\/em>, which means \u201ceager,\u201d or, you know, \u201cgreed\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re wondering why a public official would saddle residents with such sad addresses, know that this is Oddo\u2019s very official revenge against a housing development he has opposed for some time. In <a href=\"http:\/\/www.silive.com\/eastshore\/index.ssf\/2015\/03\/mount_manresa.html\" target=\"_blank\">2013<\/a>, the Savo Brothers development firm purchased a 15-acre retreat from the Society of Jesus. The land had <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/04\/27\/nyregion\/trying-to-save-a-quiet-place-on-staten-island.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\">served as the first laymen\u2019s retreat in the United States<\/a>. The developers wanted to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.silive.com\/news\/index.ssf\/2014\/03\/bp_oddo_mount_manresa_building.html\" target=\"_blank\">build 250 condominiums<\/a> on the $15 million parcel, knocking down the Jesuits\u2019s 1920s-era chapel and some 400-year-old trees in the process. Community efforts to preserve the site or reach a satisfying compromise <a href=\"http:\/\/www.silive.com\/eastshore\/index.ssf\/2015\/03\/mount_manresa.html\" target=\"_blank\">failed<\/a>. So when the development company finally submitted potential street names for Oddo\u2019s approval (e.g. Lazy Bird Lane, Rabbit Ridge Road, Timber Lane, or Lamb Run), Oddo got the last word\u2014and picked three names very obviously not on the list.<\/p>\n<p>[ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.citylab.com\/politics\/2016\/02\/new-york-politician-uses-street-names-to-get-revenge\/470286\/\" target=\"_blank\">click to continue reading at CityLab<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from CityLab A New York Politician Is Using Spiteful Street Names to Get Revenge on Developers by\u00a0AARIAN MARSHALL (JeremyWhat\/Shutterstock.com) Earlier this month, a New York State Supreme Court judge ruled that the Staten Island Borough President James Oddo could go ahead with plans to give a section of the island some fairly unpleasant street names. 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