Good for Vallone for opposing the renaming of the Queensboro. Koch's name has nothing to do with that bridge and it's irritating that they slapped his name on there. Not to mention sounding ugly as hell and painfully verbose. Just... ugh. I support a lot of Christine Quinn's decision normally, but in this case she was dead wrong about the renaming of the bridge. WTF? It still bugs me today like it did when I first heard about this insanity.
The Post is not a reliable newspaper (and I'm generous in using that term to describe that rag), so it wouldn't surprise me if the conjecture inside is used to stir things up. Who knows why funding was cut, but I find it regretful that Astoria is going to lose some $$$. I wonder how this will affect things around town...