All Entries Tagged With: "Tom Suozzi"
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
NASSAU COUNTY FOLLIES: Something Rotten Going On?
Though we all are probably hopeful on the new Nassau County Executive, Ed Mangaro, as he now takes office, there are some reasons to be concerned, Rhetoric, Firings & Censorship: Once Mangano won, rhetoric heated up on the Town of Hempstead side of the aisle. Smelling blood like a UFC fighter, they started talking smack [...]
NEW (SUB) LEASE ON LIFE – Islanders Amend Lease At Nassau Coliseum
Howdy, I’m pinch-hitting for the Florida bound bastard blogger, B.D. – hope everyone had a Happy Festivus. Late last night, news broke (from behind a paywall) about a new lease agreement that could give the Islanders control over parking, concession, and other revenues from Nassau Coliseum. B.D. and I got wind of this earlier in [...]
SPECIAL REPORT: LIGHTHOUSE PROJECT at STOP?
Two stellar sources have gotten back to me on the status of the Lighthouse Project in Nassau County. Source #1 Confirms that the Lighthouse Project has indeed stopped paying FP Clark. LHP owes FP Clark over $200K. FP Clark and the Town are still waiting for more backup for the LHP’s claim that the project [...]
Lighthouse: Time For The New Nassau Exec To Step Up
Interesting reaction from this weekend as Nick Giglia broke on his site: LetThereBeLight(house) about the developers lining new Nassau Executive, Edward Mangano’s coffers once he won the election. No, there were other Brooklyn rumors just yet. Instead, curiously, was a few tweets and a garbled article behind the Newsday’s pay-wall about how Mangano is surrounding [...]
Sadly, Very Little Enlightenment on the Lighthouse
Hey, did you know Brooklyn is in play? Hey, would that be an E4 or E5??? No Eklund is not expounding on the Lighthouse with his rumor system. Instead, it is the kind of flotsam and jetsam that is making the rounds. However, someone better tell Brooklyn who is set to break ground with an architectural plan [...]
Islanders and their Fans Must Demand Respect, Not Expect It
The New York Islanders have been, for many years, the Rodney Dangerfield of the National Hockey League. Some people have worried that the franchise “don’t get any respect,” and the constant hit pieces in the press (including that pathetic piece from last year suggesting John Tavares refuse to play for the team if drafted by [...]
POST ELECTION: The Day The Lighthouse Project Died?
If you think Tom Suozzi’s narrowest of margin lead will hold, please be aware that 12,000 absentee ballots have not been counted. It are those who have Nassau Democrats shaking in their boots. Those type of ballots tend to swing Republican, as a general rule since many of these tend to be older voters. Meanwhile, [...]
MEET ME AT THE MEETING! As Reported Here, Newsday Confirm That Meetings Will Happen. What’s Next?
As a blogger, I’ve always strove for truth. Even in the face of being a fan, I’ve made sure to call it as down the middle as I can. I have skewered, lambasted, ridiculed, poked fun, satired, slammed, and gone for the jugular . . . not of either side, but merely to find where [...]
IS THE LIGHT STILL ON? A Special Report On The Lighthouse Project
If one listened to the cacophony of voices that were left as October 3rd came and went, one would have heard shrill and concerned voices fraught with panic, anger, frustration, rumor and innuendo. Listening, one would construe that Brooklyn or Queens were imminent. Brooklyn and Queens, two places that are rife with the kind of [...]
MANUFACTURING DISSENT: Time To Call It What It Is…A Great Big Lie?* (updated)
(commentary) Originally, per sources, the October 3rd home opener puck drop was supposed to be Kate Murray. She was invited over the summer in a move to lock them into approving the Lighthouse and then everyone could all celebrate…Fa La La La La. Charles Wang confirmed this to me at Thursday’s hearing when I spoke [...]
THE LIGHTHOUSE BRAWL? After Thursday It Was Every Which Way You Can But Loose, Until . . .
One would think that at the start of the Islanders season we’d actually talking about hockey. Sadly, we are not. As what has been made clear, weeks even before the hearing, was a polarization of two sides. One: a town board who likes to do things their way. Albeit, the criticism is that this way [...]
NY ISLES LIGHTHOUSE PROJECT GETS LEASE FROM COUNTY: Video From the Press Conference
Today, I went over to Mineola to be there for when Tom Suozzi announced that he and the Lighthouse Project’s Charles Wang and Scott Rechler came to a lease agreement. I expected the usual fare, with them putting the pressure onto the Town of Hempstead as the “certainty” deadline quickly approaches a mere few days [...]
Lighthouse Project and Nassau County to Announce Lease Agreement Tomorrow
Tomorrow, at noon, Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi will announce a lease agreement with the Lighthouse Development Group, leaving final approvals to the Town of Hempstead.
CONTENTION AND DISSENSION AT LIGHTHOUSE HEARING: Two Sides Clash And Have Alternative Takes On The Procedings
You could see this coming miles away. When the ToH complained that is was the Lighthouse Project themselves not willing to negotiate a few weeks back over size and scope, they plied a letter to Suozzi and then to people on Long Island in an Open Letter. Meanwhile, the Lighthouse stuck to their momentum and [...]
Let’s Tip the Scales for the Lighthouse Project Tomorrow
Re-Zoning hearing looms for Lighthouse Project, and the stakes are high.
WELCOME BACK BROOKLYN RUMOR! Rumors Galore But Little Else As We Come Towards Sept 22nd Hearing
Today’s blog is based on the Chris Botta blog that has source citing Brooklyn today in his always excellent IslandersPointBlank. However, we will take that theory and others for a spin today. Hold onto your hats . . . . Welcome Back Brooklyn! (apologies to Welcome Back Kotter) Welcome back, Your dreams of Charles Wang’s [...]
