All Entries Tagged With: "Kate Murray"
SPECIAL COMMENT: Joe Conte Writes “The Islanders are not done in Nassau County”
Today I lend the HockeyIndependent.com Isles floor to Joe Conte, an activist who has been a firm supporter of the Lighthouse Project, an outspoken critic of the Town of Hempstead… who infamously made Republican boss Joseph “Backroom Deal” Mondello break out his anti-Islanders stance in mere seconds as he shout: “Blow it out your duffel [...]
Backchecking: UPDATED – Bueller…Bueller…Bueller….
See the bottom for the UPDATE…. Can someone tell me what this is? Anyone….. Anyone….. It’s Plan C. Plan C for the Islanders of New York? Anyone…… There is blame to go around — and I will get to it — all of it in all directions. Not a single person will be left [...]
IS IT FEAR & LOATHING ON LONG ISLAND? BD on the August 1st Vote and Endorsement
Editors Note: B.D. Gallof has not been seen since Sunday am, when his pictures from his ipad were uploaded to his Facebook page of him smoking a cigar and drinking a bottle of Whiskey. Late tonight we received an email from him asking us to place this up on the site. It has not been [...]
Backchecking: That Old Feeling
I have a strange sensation coming over me today after reading yet another article about the “upcoming” vote for a new arena for the Islanders. The positive energy and feeling seems to be getting sucked out of my body as if a vacuum cleaner is pulling it directly out me, and the feeling of dread [...]
REALITY CHECK – New Coliseum No Sure Thing On Long Island
I think the most annoying thing about the press conference yesterday was the media, who seemed to be present in higher numbers than the union, politicos, and fans. Many of them stopped by the handful of Isles fans telling them: “Congratulations, you got your arena!” Ummm, not quite. Clearly most of the media is just plain [...]
Press Release on Mangano’s Plan that has Charles Wang & Kate Murray Onboard
(will give my own take on things later tonight) Plans for new arena announced Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano announced today a plan for a new Coliseum; public vote to be held August 1 (This press release was issued by Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano’s office today.) For Immediate Release: May 11, 2011 MANGANO ANNOUNCES [...]
DIRE STRAITS ON LONG ISLAND? Part 2 of a Series. Today BD & Joe Conte Shed Light On Isles Org and Lighthouse
Tough to be an Isles fan these days, huh? Everyone is feeling the pain it seems. My own belief is we are in the middle of a media pile-on, and some facts and realities have gotten a bit lost. Just my take, and fine if nobody agrees. I think the pile-on has upset the fanbase [...]
COMMENTARY: Word-For-Word, Lighthouse Project Starting To Fall Flat
If there is one thing to be seen in this new scuffle over the Lighthouse Project, is that the newest wrinkle to it all has very much splintered the fanbase. We can certainly glean the Lighthouse Project’s own take in one read. Meanwhile wordage of the ToH press release is loose enough to drive truck-wide [...]
The Shire: Lighthouse Project Reduced to Hobbit Village
Town of Hempstead counter-proposal dramatically reduces the Lighthouse Project and throws the future of the New York Islanders into jeopardy.
Murray and Goosby Produce Alternative Development Zone For Lighthouse Site
The following is the Press Release from the Town of Hempstead. No text has been changed. Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray and Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby, along with Council Members Anthony Santino, Angie Cullin, Gary Hudes and James Darcy, Town Clerk Mark Bonilla and Receiver of Taxes Don Clavin, released details of a new development zone [...]
DEATH OF THE LIGHTHOUSE PROJECT: Suicide Is Painless
DEATH OF THE LIGHTHOUSE PROJECT: Suicide Is Painless (or) In a news vacuum, nobody can hear Isles fans scream There is a scene in M*A*S*H, and when I say MASH, I mean the original movie, not the TV show, where “Painless” the dentist is given a fake funeral as the doctors give him sleeping pills [...]
D’AMATO FINALLY ATTACKS LIGHTHOUSE: Entering The Dirty Endgame
On the LI Herald page is the face of Joe Pesci Alphonse D’Amato, the fierce specter that has been connected to the political frictions of the Lighthouse due to a falling out between he and Charles Wang years ago. Newsday, in their one fair and well-done piece, alluded that the falling out stemmed from Wang’s [...]
EXCLUSIVE: Town Of Hempstead Reaction To Casino
I tracked down a ToH source who would give me a straight answer about yesterday’s Nassau County bombshell which ended up on the front page of Newsday. Source: “No conspiracy here, BD. She found out same as you did. She was caught off-guard.” Was she pissed? After all, the Town of Hempstead put a lot [...]
LONG ISLAND’S REALLY BAD IDEA: Mangano Pushes A Casino Into The NY Islanders Fray
Back about a year ago, the Nassau County Young Republicans met using the conference space of the office area of Nassau Coliseum. One of the main issues that they discussed was how Long Island was losing tourism dollars to places like Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York City. Addressing this group primarily was Michael Picker, [...]
SPECIAL REPORT: Questioning the Status Of The Lighthouse Project
(This is not an April Fools) April 1st, 2010 What began with a song and greeting: “Meet Me at the Lighthouse!”, which even blared from a holiday card they sent us at the end of 2008, has turned into a whimper. As the lights have gone dark from some shake-up, more is coming clear… The [...]
Musings, Marlarkey and a Bit of Conjecture
There seems to be some revisionist history going around post-trade deadline that Garth Snow stood pat due to DP’s injury, holding on to two starting goalies. As with any public relations front, you don’t want to look bad nor seem ineffectual. However, bottom-line was the Islanders did not get what they wanted out of the [...]
(Small) Movement on Lighthouse Project
Image by Getty Images via Daylife Yesterday at Town Hall, before a “roll back the raises” protest began, the Town of Hempstead voted unanimously to authorize its environmental consultant, Frederick P. Clark Associates, to prepare an alternative zoning plan for the Nassau Coliseum property. This represents a major reversal for the Town of Hempstead, which has since [...]
IS IT THE END OF DAYS FOR THE LIGHTHOUSE PROJECT?
It is a volatile time for NY Islanders fans. We as fans have been asked a lot, and then left for dead by both the Town of Hempstead and the Lighthouse Project. The Town of Hempstead has a lot to answer for in the poor communication and handling of this large project and to working [...]
THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT CHARLIE: (Part 2) Unraveling?
Yesterday, as I have been chasing down Lighthouse Project information that will be hitting the feeder sometime soon, I heard Howie Rose say that he’d be interviewing Charles Wang…about the Lighthouse. Very timely, since there were rumblings that Lighthouse News was imminent, per sources. “Ahh, Charlie is trying to head them off at the pass,” [...]
LIGHTHOUSE PROJECT: A New Narrative is Developing
We’ve all heard the comments by now – Kate Murray addressed the Long Island Board of Realtors on Thursday, mentioning the Lighthouse Project more extensively than anyone from the Lighthouse itself has since October. The Supervisor compared the density to the Upper West Side of Manhattan, and she intimated that, with the inauguration of Ed Mangano [...]
