Con Ed threatens to evict Ground Zero Mosque

It seems the Ground Zero Mosque developers owe $1.7 million in back rent.

Con Ed has given the Ground Zero mosque an ultimatum: Pay the $1.7 million you owe in back rent, or we’ll terminate your lease and take back our property.

Con Ed and mosque developer Park51 have an unusual, uneasy alliance, sharing ownership of a site slated to be one of the most controversial projects in city history.

The utility owns a former substation on the western half of the property, at 51 Park Place, and the mosque developers own a five-story building on the eastern half. The buildings were connected years ago and used to house a Burlington Coat Factory store.

Park51, which leases the substation from Con Ed, wants the two buildings so it can knock both down and build a $100 million, 15-story community center.

But the plan hit a major obstacle in August when Con Ed raised the rent from $2,750 a month, a rate set in 1972, to $47,437 a month, retroactive to July 31, 2008, The Post has learned.

Wonderful: GZM Imam replaced with unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing

The Ground Zero Mosque project goes from bad to worse.

Critics of the project pointed out that Adhami has a link to Imam Siraj Wahhaj, of Brooklyn, whom prosecutors fingered as an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Wahhaj also was a character witness in the trial of convicted terror plotter Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman.

Adhami designed Wahhaj's Brooklyn mosque, Masjid al Taqwa. Wahhaj also is highlighted on an Adhami-created Web site, Sakeenah.org.

Ground Zero Mosque Imam Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf Stepping Down as Project Leaders

Does this leave an opening to move the Mosque to a new location?

(Reuters) - The imam and his wife behind a controversial plan to build a Muslim cultural center and mosque near the site of New York's September 11 attack are stepping down as leaders of the project, the center said on Friday.

Poll: Voters Still Strongly Oppose Ground Zero Mosque

Most Americans understand the Muslim group has a right to build a Mosque anywhere local zoning laws allow, but it is wrong to build one on the hallowed soil of Ground Zero. For some reason, President Obama just doesn't get it. Voters don't understand why President Obama has taken such a boneheaded position.

Quinnipiac reported:

The Muslim group has the right to build a mosque and cultural center near Ground Zero, American voters say 70 – 25 percent. But voters say 63 – 28 percent that it is wrong to do so. There is no sub-group which says it is “appropriate” to build the mosque near Ground Zero.

American voters disapprove 44 – 31 percent of the way President Barack Obama is handling the Ground Zero mosque controversy, with 25 percent undecided...

Video: Demo Congressman Russ Carnahan Runs Away From Ground Zero Mosque Question

St. Louis blogger, Sharp Elbows, videotaped an effort to get Democratic Congressman Russ Carnahan on record about his position on the Ground Zero mosque during a Town hall meeting with veterans in his home district. Carnanhan repeatedly ignores his constituent and finally leaves the building and heads for parking lot and his vehicle at a fast pace. I think from Caranahan's non-answer, we might safely assume he joins President Obama in supporting the Ground Zero mosque construction.

Video: Demo Congressman Russ Carnahan Runs Away From Ground Zero Mosque Question

Pro-GZM supporters call opponents racists and bigots, make anti-semantic remarks and attack a cameraman

The hypocrisy of the left is astounding. Protesters calling for tolerance and religious freedom make anti-semantic remarks and attack a cameraman who didn't share their views. This is a difficult video to watch. It is painful to see Americans act in this manner. Warning: Strong language in video.

President Obama has unleashed a GZM Nightmare on Democrats

President Obama is guilty of an unforced error in his public support for building a Mosque at Ground Zero. He wasn't cornered by a hostile reporter. Instead, he volunteered the comment at a Ramadan event while reading prepared remarks from his teleprompter. This rocketed the issue to the forefront of the mainstream media and has forced Democrats to take a stance on an issue they were avoiding like the plague. Voter attention has dramatically picked up as news about the Mosque went mainstream. The GZM has become a hot button issue in elections across the country.

Rasmussen reported:

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 85% of U.S. voters say they are now following news stories about the mosque planned near Ground Zero. That’s a 34-point jump from a month ago...

Opposition to the Mosque is also increasing as voters learn more.

Now 62% oppose the building of a mosque near where the World Trade Center stood in Lower Manhattan, compared to 54% in the previous survey.

Thanks, President Obama!