We're coming up to the seventh anniversary of the attack on the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center. Thanks to political ineptitude of unimaginable proportions, plans have been proposed, money has been spent and announcements have been made-but nothing has happened at Ground Zero. The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, which owns the site, makes Washington bureaucracies look like Olympic sprinters.rnOur next President should issue an ultimatum to the politicians of New York and New Jersey: Quickly get your act together or the White House will take over the site. The President should then appoint developer Larry Silverstein to build two new towers. Asrnpundit (and New Yorker) Deroy Murdock recently observed: "Right across Vesey Street from this shambles, veteran real estate magnate Larry Silverstein produced 7 World Trade Center, an elegant, 52-story high-r ise that glistens by day and glows by night.
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