Observer on DDDb Goldstein

The Observer looks at DDDb and Daniel Goldstein and comes away distinctly impressed (considering that it's the Observer):

"Since news of a basketball arena in Brooklyn ever surfaced three years ago, the opposition has grown from a merry band of hecklers...to a sophisticated machine that is simultaneously fighting legal, political and public relations battles, and sometimes even winning....

Unlike last year's fight against the West Side Stadium, which was funded by Cablevision, this movement is overwhelmingly grassroots, fed by hundreds of small donations, fueled by more than 500 volunteers and rapidly infecting this fall's political races."

Full story: http://www.observer.com/20060717/20060717_Matthew_Schuerman_finance_financialpress.asp