Forget the belated bleatings of two remorseful WTC memorial jurors (it's all your fault). Forget for a moment that Governor Pataki has casually reinstalled our boy Kevin Rampe at the LMDC—give 'em hell, Kev!—to replace outgoing freedom fighter and Spitzer prey John Whitehead. The real news in the Times today is the casual installation of Frank Sciame as construction czar and fixer-at-large for the memorial. Because who better to get the budget down below $1 billion than the guy who's still trying to sell a dozen $29 million "townhouses" a few blocks away?

· Governor Names a Replacement Official...[at] Ground Zero [NYT]

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