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Call us crazy, but we have this strange feeling that the West Side Stadium debate is far from over. On Monday, 2 out of 3 members of the New York state s Public Authorities Control Board shot down the luxury sports pipe dream, making it impossible for the Jets to bring their $300 million to Manhattan and thus keeping the 2012 Olympics at bay. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate majority leader Joseph Bruno cast the two vetoes against the stadium; Governor Pataki, the PACB board s third and final member, voted in favor.

But this is New York City politics, so things are — dare we say it? — a bit dirtier than they seem.

In defense of his vote, Silver said, Am I supposed to turn my back on Lower Manhattan as it struggles to recover? That s odd; as a member of the PACB, shouldn t Silver be more concerned about all of Manhattan? Oh, that's right — his constituents are downtown. Now we get it.

But then there s the far more enchanting Senator Bruno, who claims that he vetoed the proposal because of a lack of information (good thing, because we would hate for any of our state leaders to act without being fully informed). Bruno has a son, Kenneth; interestingly enough, Kenneth has a brand new lobbying firm called Albany Strategies LLC. And as Kenneth Bruno informed Gawker, Albany Strategies represents Madison Square Garden.

Wait - wasn t Madison Square Garden (and their parent company, Cablevision) one of the most contentious objectors to the Jets bid for the West Side? We seem to remember MSG having a real problem with the idea of competition being built just five blocks down the street.

Surely Senator Bruno s vote wouldn t have anything to do with his son s very significant financial ties to the West Side Stadium s main competitor, would it? We ve probably just put a bit too much crazy milk in our coffee... But, you know, that crazy milk has us thinking the Jets may not be far from filing legal papers of the lawsuit variety, for what could be a highly compelling case.