Thor Spokesperson Says Developer Needs "Defending"

If you want to check out an interestiing online discussion, head over to the Coney Island Message Board and start reading "The Enemy is Amongst Us." It's about Thor Equities reading and monitoring posts on the Board. Most interestingly, it contains a comment from Lee Silberstein of the Marino Organization, which is Thor's PR firm. Here it is:

The truth is, we regularly monitor this and many other web sites and message boards.

In terms of "defending Thor," it is needed. Thor is the largest private-sector investor and property owner in Coney Island, and is committed to ensuring that in the future -- as in the past -- Coney Island becomes a destination worthy of the residents who live and work there every day.

While there are some interesting posts on this site, most are emotion-fueled and factless. The internet is an extraordinarily valuable tool in that it allows all voices to be heard. The downside is that there is little ability to check for facts.

So for the past several months, much of what has been said here is simply not true. Answering each of the allegations, accusations, rumors and speculative assertions would take a team of people devoted to nothing but this.

Thanks for all of your input.

We'll keep watching and learning.

Lee Silberstein

Not that anyone asked us, but given how the information food chain works these days and given that items on the Message Board are picked up by blogs and that some of them end up in the print media in one way, shape or form, it might seem to make sense to answer or correct some of the more alarming "allegation, accusations, rumors and speculative assertions." We think.