All Entries Tagged With: "Town of Hempstead"
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,” [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
