Church’s Troubles Typify Ground Zero Delays

[DaSleeper]

This church was built almost 200 years ago and they even asked the port authorities for a sort of land exchange to build somewhere else and they are not getting answers while the mosque is getting the go ahead

The sidelined project is the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, a tiny, four-story building destroyed in 2001 when one of the World Trade Center towers fell on top of it. Nobody from the church was hurt in the attack, but the congregation has for the past eight years been trying to rebuild its house of worship.

While the mosque project cleared red tape earlier this month, negotiations between the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the church stalled last year -- and will not be revived, according to government officials. Though the particulars of the two projects are completely different and on the surface unrelated, the church and its supporters see a disconnect in the way the proposals have been handled.

An archdiocese official said Tuesday that the situation has created "consternation" for those still struggling to jump-start talks over the church.

"We have people that are saying, why isn't our church being rebuilt and why is there ... such concern for people of the mosque?" Father Alex Karloutsos, assistant to the archbishop, told FoxNews.com. He said "religious freedom" would allow a place of worship for any denomination to be built, but accused officials with the Port Authority of making no effort to help move the congregation's project along.

Source = FOXNews.com - What About the Ground Zero Church? Archdiocese Says Officials Abandoned Project

 

[Avro]

 

[DaSleeper]

Good lord....my own personal commonly called "Stalker" fish:wav:

Biting good this time of the year

 

[Avro]

Good lord....my own personal commonly called "Stalker" fish:wav:

Biting good this time of the year

 

[Tonington]

Maybe the land the Port Authority was willing to give to the Greek Orthodox parish in exchange for it's Ground Zero land has had offers from buyers? That's the trouble in dealing with government agencies. Priorities can change like that. As I explained in another thread, the company I work for was in the process of procuring space in a Federal laboratory, and then without explanation, they stopped returning calls.

**** happens, we move on. I understand it's a bit different though, as there is underground construction, which the Parish will be compensated for. They just have to wait now until construction is finished.

 

[Avro]

Maybe the land the Port Authority was willing to give to the Greek Orthodox parish in exchange for it's Ground Zero land has had offers from buyers? That's the trouble in dealing with government agencies. Priorities can change like that. As I explained in another thread, the company I work for was in the process of procuring space in a Federal laboratory, and then without explanation, they stopped returning calls.

**** happens, we move on. I understand it's a bit different though, as there is underground construction, which the Parish will be compensated for. They just have to wait now until construction is finished.

No, no ,no, it's because the government clearly puts the interest of Muslims ahead of Greeks because their is a secret plan by Obama to introduce Sharia law in the US and the rest of the universe.

 

[DaSleeper]

Maybe the land the Port Authority was willing to give to the Greek Orthodox parish in exchange for it's Ground Zero land has had offers from buyers? That's the trouble in dealing with government agencies. Priorities can change like that. As I explained in another thread, the company I work for was in the process of procuring space in a Federal laboratory, and then without explanation, they stopped returning calls.

**** happens, we move on. I understand it's a bit different though, as there is underground construction, which the Parish will be compensated for. They just have to wait now until construction is finished.

The huffington post has much the same story (putting aside the rhetoric) for those who don't believe anything comming from fox:smile:
Supporters Say St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church Ignored In Islamic Center Uproar

 

[Avro]

The huffington post has much the same story (putting aside the rhetoric) for those who don't believe anything comming from fox:smile:
Supporters Say St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church Ignored In Islamic Center Uproar

I already explained why.

 

[CUBert]

No, no ,no, it's because the government clearly puts the interest of Muslims ahead of Greeks because their is a secret plan by Obama to introduce Sharia law in the US and the rest of the universe.

:lol:

 

[DaSleeper]

Some fish...no matter how often you throw them back in....keep coming back:roll:

 

[Tonington]

The huffington post has much the same story (putting aside the rhetoric) for those who don't believe anything comming from fox:smile:
Supporters Say St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church Ignored In Islamic Center Uproar

What does that have to do with what I said...there's really no point in quoting what I said if you're not even addressing anything I said.

I have no problems with content from Fox. In fact the article clearly spells out the difference in the opening sentence of the third paragraph:

While the mosque project cleared red tape earlier this month, negotiations between the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the church stalled last year

The Greek Orthodox church was in negotiations, and the Islamic cultural center only had to meet regulatory needs.

 

[EagleSmack]

Some fish...no matter how often you throw them back in....keep coming back:roll:

Now ain't that the truth.

 

[Avro]

Some fish...no matter how often you throw them back in....keep coming back:roll:

Yep, that sure is true.

 

[DaSleeper]

What does that have to do with what I said...there's really no point in quoting what I said if you're not even addressing anything I said.

I have no problems with content from Fox. In fact the article clearly spells out the difference in the opening sentence of the third paragraph:


The Greek Orthodox church was in negotiations, and the Islamic cultural center only had to meet regulatory needs.

I quoted you...not because I was disagreeing with you but as an add on to my original post....I seem to have a little crapper fish that keeps tangling my net...:lol::laughing6:

 

[Liberalman]