All Entries Tagged With: "Town of Hempstead"

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 [...]

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 [...]

THE FATAL THREE WAY BATTLE OVER NASSAU COLISEUM: Mangano, Wang & Town of Hempstead

Welcome to the new chapter in the battle!
 
Mangano is pushing a casino, despite his group not having any studies, research nor solid footing besides just trying to attract Shinnecock attention. Ed has been staring at an almost $300 million gap which his TAX REVOLT strategy seems to put him in a corner on now that [...]

BULLSH*T: My Take On Kovalchuk, The Isles & The Insult To The Rebuild

BULLS*T.
Wait, don’t get me wrong, I do think Snow’s interest, talk and the chasing is legit. I just don’t buy it. I don’t buy it as a solution, option or a good move. But let’s start at the beginning….
 
Let’s take a moment to climb inside the structure of Long Island’s rebuild. It has been [...]

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 instead of what [...]

THE NY ISLANDERS CHINESE FIRE DRILL

From Wikipedia:
A Chinese Fire Drill is a pejorative expression usually referring to a prank, or perhaps an expression of high spirits, that was popular in the United States during the 1960s. It is performed when a car is stopped at a traffic light, at which point all of the car’s occupants get out, run around the [...]

Comeuppance: Charles Wang and NY Met’s Wilpon ARE Talking

Early-morning on a bathroom jaunt, I checked my phone messages, and there is was…Newsday was spoon-fed that Charles Wang has indeed been talking to Wilpon.
Of course, you get the obligatory commentor on the site acting like any Isles blogger has this in their side pocket, and did not run errant for days/weeks/months…me questioning THN’s Ken [...]

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, head [...]

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’s status [...]

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 deadline, [...]

BETTMAN WEIGHS IN ON LIGHTHOUSE PROJECT: And Takes Air Out Of Some Tires

In what is streeeeeeeeeetched to a feature in today’s Newsday is a riff off Gary Bettman’s comments from his radio show. Bettman hit on the “Town of Hempstead” with this blistering remark that must be why Newsday threw it in the front of the paper:
“I can’t see why the governing bodies on Long Island can’t [...]

(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 2003 refused [...]

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,” I thought [...]

MAINSTREAM PRESS FAILURE: A Black Stain On Long Island’s Newspaper

Long ago, there was a day that Newsday was a paper that was honorable; that between those partisan lines, it strove for what was newsworthy and important. That this, informing Long Islanders, was its creed and nothing else. Sure, once upon a time it had a strong leftist editorial board. But, the news itself was [...]

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 behind [...]

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 the night, [...]

RUMOR: Charles Wang Looking to Sell?

Funny thing happened on last night’s HNIC telecast…they had a quick blurb on that Charles Wang was fed-up with the Lighthouse situation and was looking to sell the team.
Funny…in that all the way back in Feb 09 I had a piece on just that scenario as Charles Wang was meeting one potential buyer at Gary [...]

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 will [...]

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 himself [...]

SPECIAL REPORT: Lighthouse Project Stops Payments to FP Clark

Maybe the Brooklyn contingent is right. In a special exclusive, a highly placed source has told us that the Lighthouse Project has stopped paying FP Clark (again). Now is this oversight? Or another payment snafu like the last time? Last time there was a giant issue between the two as FP Clark never told the [...]

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 that [...]

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, no [...]

FOUR THINGS FOR YOU: Lighthouse Update, Willets Point Rah-Rah, Some Shady Letter Writing & The Isles Still Lose

Remember the meeting that didn’t happen? Breakfast with Dick and Jane…errr, Charles and Kate. But, hey, “no meetings happened or are happening”. Meetings can only occur if someone ordered waffles evidently.
Denial or not, that was a few weeks ago. So what’s happened since…
Wouldn’t you know it? Another meeting. This time with underlings instead. As was [...]

BLOGGERS VS NEWSDAY: Snide Email And My Response Over Lighthouse Project

I was given a snide email last night by a certain mainstream media writer who took umbrage at my commentary of the local paper constantly being a week behind. To be honest, calling them a week behind to be honest, in my opinion, was kind.
The email and response is below. BUT I’d like you all [...]

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 [...]

LIGHTS OUT? NOT QUITE: But Media Silence No Answer (updated again)

UPDATE: Per a source, the Lighthouse Project met last night. Smells like damage control. Someone must have gave out a directive to wait until today. That in itself is problematic, insulting and what makes it still stink to high-heaven.
But what is the official take on the LI Press story that engulfed the entire Islander fanbase? [...]

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 to [...]

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 is [...]

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 [...]

THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT CHARLIE: Both Sides Of The Lighthouse Project And Town Play The Most Dangerous Game

Sources who have either dealt with Charles Wang personally or within business give a warning when following the latest goings-on between him and the Town of Hempstead. Two called me after reading my blogs citing that the Town of Hempstead is looking for the Lighthouse to negotiate size and scope.
They both said the following: “Charles [...]

TOWN BOARD WANTS LIGHTHOUSE PROJECT SMALLER: ToH Source Speaks to HockeyIndependent

According to a highly placed source in the Town of Hempstead, the Lighthouse Project will have to scale the project down.
Per the source, the town board is not comfortable with the size nor scope of such a project. They would like Wang to do what many others who have projects do  “like what Scott Rechler [...]

Wang & Kate Plus Fate

by Brenna Solop
You know that show on cable where the chick with the short, choppy blond hair and the Asian-American dude are always locking horns, and the fates of lots of children hang in the balance? No, not the one on The Learning Channel. I mean the one on News 12, the one determining the [...]

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 ticket out.
Welcome back,
To that [...]