Title: Lighthouse LI Project working with congress
7th Woman - April 23, 2009 04:40 PM (GMT)
to get Government $$ for roads under the Safetea-Lu Bill.
Hey.... they're trying!
Hey.... they're trying!
ronski631 - April 23, 2009 10:38 PM (GMT)
this thing just ain't gonna be built
DannyBinAfghanistan - June 19, 2009 10:41 PM (GMT)
I'll believe it when I see it. Maybe we can slap a fresh coat of paint on it to make Wangster keep the team on LI at least!!
4CUPZ - June 19, 2009 11:14 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (DannyBinAfghanistan @ Jun 19 2009, 06:41 PM) |
| I'll believe it when I see it. Maybe we can slap a fresh coat of paint on it to make Wangster keep the team on LI at least!! |
THAT WONT WORK
CHOLLY WANTS HIS OWN CITY
stevedepot - June 20, 2009 04:25 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (4CUPZ @ Jun 19 2009, 07:14 PM) | ||
THAT WONT WORK CHOLLY WANTS HIS OWN CITY |
He's back!!!
WB big guy...you were missed here.
:cheers:
As for the LH...you guys/gals know where I stand.
Just work it out, something out where everyone prospers and every politician gets their share of perks so we can look forward to hockey this fall and not more drama, rallies and finger pointing.
4CUPZ - June 20, 2009 06:14 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (stevedepot @ Jun 20 2009, 12:25 PM) | ||||
He's back!!! WB big guy...you were missed here. :cheers: As for the LH...you guys/gals know where I stand. Just work it out, something out where everyone prospers and every politician gets their share of perks so we can look forward to hockey this fall and not more drama, rallies and finger pointing. |
YEAH WELL WORKED THRU THE LATEST ROAD BLOCK
BUT I'M BACK
DAMN GLAD TO BE BACK :yes:
fastymctalent55 - June 29, 2009 08:46 PM (GMT)
Looks like Schumer has thrown his considerable clout behind the project.
He says he'd provide federal funds for infastructure improvements in the area to accommodate the project.
Pretty big deal. This is looking more and more likely.
Newsday-Schumer Backs Lighthouse
He says he'd provide federal funds for infastructure improvements in the area to accommodate the project.
Pretty big deal. This is looking more and more likely.
Newsday-Schumer Backs Lighthouse
stevedepot - June 29, 2009 08:47 PM (GMT)
In 5 years the rags will move to KC.
fastymctalent55 - June 29, 2009 09:04 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (stevedepot @ Jun 29 2009, 03:47 PM) |
| In 5 years the rags will move to KC. |
:cheers: :cheers:
Shooter - June 29, 2009 11:03 PM (GMT)
In August, it will be approved. Keep the faith. We're on our way in two years for a try at the Cup.
19! - June 30, 2009 06:01 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (fastymctalent55 @ Jun 29 2009, 04:46 PM) |
| Looks like Schumer has thrown his considerable clout behind the project. He says he'd provide federal funds for infastructure improvements in the area to accommodate the project. Pretty big deal. This is looking more and more likely. Newsday-Schumer Backs Lighthouse |
If Chucky Cheese gets involved that's major good news. Of course, the TOH still has to approve it first.
7th Woman - June 30, 2009 10:44 AM (GMT)
the more politicos jump on the band wagon, the more Kate will have to bend.
Webb20 - June 30, 2009 12:20 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (7th Woman @ Jun 30 2009, 06:44 AM) |
| the more politicos jump on the band wagon, the more Kate will have to bend. |
But certainly not at the waist.
Shooter - June 30, 2009 03:40 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Webb20 @ Jun 30 2009, 07:20 AM) | ||
But certainly not at the waist. |
Eek.
ronski631 - July 6, 2009 03:04 PM (GMT)
not so quiet on the opposing front:
http://www.newsday.com/news/printedition/l...0,1920222.story
Aug 4. Big public hearing
http://www.newsday.com/news/printedition/l...0,1920222.story
Aug 4. Big public hearing
stevedepot - July 6, 2009 03:13 PM (GMT)
and more :blah: :blah: :blah: :blah:
from the
LIGHTHOUSE DEVELOPMENT GROUP via email
from the
LIGHTHOUSE DEVELOPMENT GROUP via email
| QUOTE |
| July 6, 2009, At the regularly scheduled Town of Hempstead Town Board meeting at 10:30 a.m. on July 7, the Town Board will take a step toward final zoning approvals with a vote on the completeness of the Draft Generic Environmental Studies. These studies were conducted in cooperation with the Town of Hempstead. The meeting will be held at Town Hall, located at One Washington Street, Hempstead, NY. Please note, a story which appeared in the July 6, 2009 edition of Newsday incorrectly stated that this meeting was being held on July 6. The same Newsday story also indicated that the Town will be holding public hearings related to the project on Tuesday, August 4, 2009. More information to follow from the Town of Hempstead on the time and location of this important meeting. The public hearing is the most important time for supporters of the project to turn out and let their voices be heard. Please put this date on your calendar! We look forward to seeing you at these important events. |
4CUPZ - July 6, 2009 03:48 PM (GMT)
WE NOW RETURN TO OUR REGULARY SCHEDULED :blah: :blah: :blah: :blah: :blah:
3POTI - July 7, 2009 11:53 PM (GMT)
so is the lighthouse approved yet?
7th Woman - July 8, 2009 02:28 PM (GMT)
Nope, just the environmental impact study.
now the hard part.
letting the people speak for and against.
now the hard part.
letting the people speak for and against.
Shooter - July 8, 2009 02:44 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (7th Woman @ Jul 8 2009, 09:28 AM) |
| Nope, just the environmental impact study. now the hard part. letting the people speak for and against. |
I can't imagine those speaking against it if it creates more jobs, especially in this economy. Perhaps compromises have to be made but I could certainly use a job pushing a jackhammer into concrete. ;)
stevedepot - July 22, 2009 03:42 PM (GMT)
I just got the LIGHTHOUSE email from that Katrina Doell BLEEP.
| QUOTE |
| Charles Wang to appear on WFAN Lighthouse Principal and New York Islanders Owner Charles Wang will appear as a guest on WFAN 660 AM with Mike Francesa at 4 p.m. on Thursday, July 23, 2009. Be sure to tune in. THE TIME IS NOW! Lighthouse supporters, we need you. The long awaited public hearing has been scheduled by the Town of Hempstead, and Tuesday, August 4, 2009 is the day we've all been waiting for. The meeting will be at 9:30 a.m. at the John Cranston Adams Playhouse on the campus of Hofstra University. The public hearing is the time you need to let your voice be heard. Please make an effort to be a part of history in the making. Bring your friends and family and show your support for Long Island's future. You've been there for us before, and we need you to be there for us again. For more information please visit www.lighthouseli.com or the official blog of the Lighthouse Development Group the Light Post at lighthouseliblog.blogspot.com. Follow the Lighthouse project on Twitter at @lighthouse_li or join the "I support the Lighthouse at Long Island" on Facebook. |
I could give a flying F about this.
Really, I'm dead serious here.
Mike Francesa? Wang is going on that hack's show? The only hockey fans that listen to that are not real hockey fans but what do i know anyway.
4CUPZ - July 22, 2009 03:52 PM (GMT)
OH PLEASE NOT THIS GARBAGE AGAIN
ENTER THE CIRCUS OF :blah: GGERS
ENTER THE CIRCUS OF :blah: GGERS
Webb20 - July 22, 2009 03:56 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (stevedepot @ Jul 22 2009, 11:42 AM) | ||
I just got the LIGHTHOUSE email from that Katrina Doell BLEEP.
I could give a flying F about this. Really, I'm dead serious here. Mike Francesa? Wang is going on that hack's show? The only hockey fans that listen to that are not real hockey fans but what do i know anyway. |
I'm the last person they want showing up for this after the anger/frustration of this morning.
It's all our owner and management seem to really care about. Hockey? A distant second.
4CUPZ - July 22, 2009 03:59 PM (GMT)
DAMN IF I WOULD HAVE KNOWN EARLIER
I WOULD HAVE SCHEDULED MY VACATION AROUND AUG.4TH :jerkit:
I WOULD HAVE SCHEDULED MY VACATION AROUND AUG.4TH :jerkit:
sybo - July 22, 2009 04:08 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Webb20 @ Jul 22 2009, 11:56 AM) |
I'm the last person they want showing up for this after the anger/frustration of this morning. It's all our owner and management seem to really care about. Hockey? A distant second. |
| QUOTE (Charles Wang) |
| I regret buying the Islanders |
stevedepot - July 22, 2009 04:24 PM (GMT)
This isn't related to the LH but according to this writer named Scott Reeves who thinks Larry Brooks is the best Hockey writer in town and calls Long Islanders "yahoos", feels we are at risk.
So in a way, perhaps this is related to Wang selling us to be moved because he doesn't get his precious LH bullcrap built.
Is this writer a rag fan? Seriously, the tone seemed very anti Isles.
http://www.minyanville.com/articles/New-Yo.../23215/from/msn
So in a way, perhaps this is related to Wang selling us to be moved because he doesn't get his precious LH bullcrap built.
Is this writer a rag fan? Seriously, the tone seemed very anti Isles.
http://www.minyanville.com/articles/New-Yo.../23215/from/msn
| QUOTE |
| At-Risk Sports Teams: New York Islanders Scott Reeves Jul 20, 2009 10:52 am To any New Yorker -- that is, to anyone living in Manhattan, also known as the center of the universe -- Long Island is often derided as the world’s longest cul-de-sac. But in the world of hockey, Long Island was once a mecca. Between 1979 and 1982, the New York Islanders became a dynasty, winning the Stanley Cup 4 times in a row, stomping Manhattan's beloved Rangers, who hadn’t reigned supreme since the 1939-40 season. Before the Rangers finally broke their curse in the 1993-94 season, this inconvenient truth prompted derisive shouts of “1940! 1940!” from the yahoos in the 516 area code. But there’s a perverse sort of justice unfolding: Not only haven't the Islanders won a National Hockey League (NHL) championship in 26 years, they skate at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum -- a building that would make any strip mall off the Long Island Expressway look like the Taj Mahal. Worse, the arena severely constricts revenue flow, which hinders the Islanders' ability to retain top players, sign key free agents, and build a team that could be a Stanley Cup contender. According to press reports, the Islanders have lost about $208.8 million since Charles Wang purchased the team 9 years ago, including about $33.5 million in the 2008-2009 season alone. How low can the Islanders go if they can’t make money on Long Island? Maybe Kansas City -- or worse, Las Vegas, where slap shots and kick saves would compete with showgirls -- and the G-strings would win. At-Risk Wang says he wants to keep the Islanders on Long Island. He may have to, given the fact that a federal bankruptcy judge recently forbade the Phoenix Coyotes to be sold to Hamilton, Ontario -- a town where rabid hockey fans would have filled the arena game after game. Wang doesn’t want to become Long Island’s Walter O’Malley -- the man who moved the Dodgers from Brooklyn to Los Angeles. But he can’t lose money forever, and the dowdy Nassau Coliseum, which opened in 1972, is a major roadblock to his attempts to build a winning team -- and maybe break even. There are plans to revitalize the coliseum’s 150-acre site by building a 5.5-million-square-foot development that would include retail, restaurants, luxury housing, and a 5-star hotel -- a first for Long Island. The much-ballyhooed Lighthouse Project would create about 75,000 construction jobs during the 8 to 10 years needed to build it, and generate about 19,000 permanent jobs when completed. That’s a lot of tax revenue for schools and local government services. The price tag: about $3.7 billion. Great idea, but in the current credit-crunched economy, don’t hold your breath. n the meantime, the Islanders aren’t eligible for the NHL’s revenue-sharing, because the TV market has more than 2.5 million households. And most residents of the New York Metropolitan Area aren’t Islander fans -- in fact, the team’s fan base doesn’t extend much beyond Long Island, which includes the Ranger territories of Brooklyn and Queens on its western tip. Larry Brooks, who hangs his hat at the New York Post and is the best hockey writer in town, has suggested that next season’s NHL outdoor game should be played in Yankee Stadium, or on the Mets’ Citi © Field, between the Rangers and the Islanders. The match-up would do boffo business at the gate and rack up huge TV ratings in a region populated by hockey nuts. Playing the outdoor game in the Big Apple would also boost the bedraggled Islanders' fortunes. The idea makes so much sense that you can bet the NHL bigwigs won’t even consider it. Such myopia has its rewards: Without the NHL, the lunkheads who run Major League Baseball would be crowned the biggest dummies in professional sports. In the meantime, the Islanders will try to drag their sorry butts out of last place in the NHL’s Atlantic Division, where they won 26 games, lost 47, and tied 9 last season. If the Islanders don’t start winning, the empty seats at the Nassau Coliseum could outnumber the fans, and Long Island might become the cul-de-sac of no return for the team that once won 4 championships in a row. |
sybo - July 22, 2009 04:26 PM (GMT)
stevedepot - July 22, 2009 04:28 PM (GMT)
:lol: :rofl:
I never bothered to read that article till today.
and I even posted in that thread too. twice!!!
holy crap.
:stoned:
I never bothered to read that article till today.
and I even posted in that thread too. twice!!!
holy crap.
:stoned:
4CUPZ - July 22, 2009 04:44 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (stevedepot @ Jul 22 2009, 12:28 PM) |
| :lol: :rofl: I never bothered to read that article till today. and I even posted in that thread too. twice!!! holy crap. :stoned: |
ITS SO SAD WHEN ALZHEIMERS
STARTS :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
stevedepot - July 22, 2009 05:07 PM (GMT)
Yo Dee, thanks for the chuckle.
from her latest hockebuzz blog entry...
from her latest hockebuzz blog entry...
| QUOTE |
| Here's an email blast I just received from the Lighthouse project. Basically, this is just a pubic service announcement for now. |
:lol:
a pubic service announcement by Wang.
We already knew he was a dick.
:dontknow:
4CUPZ - July 22, 2009 05:18 PM (GMT)
YEAH ALWAYS A CHUCKLE OVER THERE :moon:
stevedepot - July 23, 2009 08:21 PM (GMT)
Wang is on fatso's wfan show right now.
LH project blablabla softy initial question.
Wang gives his usual sell.
Ok, I can't take this crap.
I turned it off.
:thumbsdown:
LH project blablabla softy initial question.
Wang gives his usual sell.
Ok, I can't take this crap.
I turned it off.
:thumbsdown:
4CUPZ - July 23, 2009 08:37 PM (GMT)
LIKE WE HAVENT HEARD THE ROUTINE A MILLION OTHER TIMES
sybo - July 23, 2009 08:54 PM (GMT)
For the record...Wang said these exact words:
"Rick will be SKATING in August"
"Rick will be SKATING in August"
Shooter - July 23, 2009 08:57 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (sybo @ Jul 23 2009, 03:54 PM) |
| For the record...Wang said these exact words: "Rick will be SKATING in August" |
Yes, and I will be dating Megan Fox.
4CUPZ - July 23, 2009 09:01 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (sybo @ Jul 23 2009, 04:54 PM) |
| For the record...Wang said these exact words: "Rick will be SKATING in August" |
Shooter - July 23, 2009 09:02 PM (GMT)
:rofl:
19! - July 23, 2009 09:02 PM (GMT)
I just took my boots off because the BS got really deep and the interview just ended.
Even if Cholly got a new or upgraded Coliseum all paid for by the County he has no interest in it. As all along it's been LH or nothing for him. Great. :rolleyes:
Even if Cholly got a new or upgraded Coliseum all paid for by the County he has no interest in it. As all along it's been LH or nothing for him. Great. :rolleyes:
4CUPZ - July 23, 2009 09:05 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (19! @ Jul 23 2009, 05:02 PM) |
| I just took my boots off because the BS got really deep and the interview just ended. Even if Cholly got a new or upgraded Coliseum all paid for by the County he has no interest in it. As all along it's been LH or nothing for him. Great. :rolleyes: |
SHOCKING
NOW ENTER THE CLOWNS SCREAMING ABOUT THE INTERVIEW
1 QUESTION :blah: G EXPERTS
WHAT DID YOU EXPECT
WOLFF BLITZER IN THE SITUATION ROOM
NOW LIKE HOWARDS DAD ONCE TOLD HIM
SIT DOWN SHUT UP
Webb20 - July 23, 2009 09:32 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (sybo @ Jul 23 2009, 04:54 PM) |
| For the record...Wang said these exact words: "Rick will be SKATING in August" |
There's always hope.
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