Ok so here goes...

There's an article in Newsday today about every Islander fans favorite villain Kate Murray.
read it..

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/nassau/n...,0,627805.story

Here's my problem...on Botta's site and another site, a politically active fan suggested that Murray had donations from Frederick Clark Associates to her campaign. Fine..

he posted this link for contributions...

http://www.elections.state.ny.us:8080/plsq...CATEGORY_IN=ALL

Great! Gotcha Kate!

My problem???

Reading the article I also questioned why Suozzi NEVER READ, excuse me....reviewed the environmental documents. Why not??? He's so damn behind this no??? Shouldn't he have reviewed them? Would you want your elected officials telling you they are for something when they haven't reviewed the G**DAMN thing?

So ok, I decided to check his campaign contributions remembering what a weasel he was being portrayed as each time he ran.

Here are his campaign contributions...

http://www.elections.state.ny.us:8080/plsq...CATEGORY_IN=ALL

Nice lump donation from Cablevision. What stood out MORE to me was the 3.5 million donation...excuse me...TRANSFER by "Friends Of THomas Suozzi".

So I click on the link and check the breakdown, or at least look for it and what do I find??

http://www.elections.state.ny.us:8080/plsq...J&eyear_in=2006


" Miscellaneous Receipts"?????

3.5 million in miscellaneous receipts???


NICE work. who do you trust?

I trust wang.......it helps me pee every morning.

A resubmit to Frederick Clark Associates will keep them busy, if they are kept busy it's by the hour and manpower which = $$$$ for Frederick Clark Associates.

I share your frustration steve, but you can't be surprised. Wang should have contributed to all their campaigns, maybe we'd already be enjoying watching Kate Murray with one of those oversized scissors cutting the ribbon to the new coliseum.

Steve and Ol Time show up to blame Team Wang at Every board I'm at.

It makes me said. Either you're with the team or you want them to move, it really is that simple.

OH PLEASE TEAM WANG :jerkit: :jerkit:

FUNNY HOW YOU FIGURE YOU'RE EITHER WITH THE TEAM OR YOU WANT THEM TO MOVE

SURE I'M AN ISLANDER FAN
BUT I'M NOT BUYING INTO ALL THIS WANGSWORLD BULLSHIT
IF HE GETS IT DONE FINE
IF HE DONT WHO CARES

IF THEY STAY GREAT
IF THEY MOVE GO DONT LET THE DOOR HIT YA IN THE ASS AS YOU LEAVE
LIKE LIFE WILL COME TO A COMPLETE STOP IF THEY MOVE

NEVER HAS A SPORTS TEAM BEEN PUT IN A POSITION
TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE THEY'RE HERE TO SAVE NASSAU COUNTY FROM THE FIRES OF HELL

YOU WANT THE LIGHTHOUSE AND WANT TO PROMOTE IT FEEL FREE
BUT TO ATTACH IT TO SOMETHING THATS JUST ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE VAST MAJORITY
SORRY THE MAJORITY DONT CARE

FOR WHAT THE MAJORITY OF LONG ISLANDERS ARE GOING THRU THESE DAYS
THERES MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT THAN CHUCKY EITHER LOSING 20 MILLION A YEAR OR MAKING 2 BILLION DOWN THE LINE

AND PLEASE SAVE THE JOBS FOR LONG ISLAND STORY
HOW MANY OF US WILL BENEFIT FROM ALL THESE JOBS??
OH SURE WE'LL PLAY A BIGGER PART LATER ON WHEN WE GET TO SPEND $$ AT WANGSWORLD
SORRY ALL I WANT IS TO WATCH HOCKEY
ALL THIS OTHER CRAP CAN GET FLUSHED

:WORSHIP: :WORSHIP: :WORSHIP:

Will wonders ever cease. Newsday reports today that one of Kate Murray's political donors is a enviromental consultant the Town of Hempstead has hired, [from upstate New York, no less] who is advising them on the Lighthouse Project. Time for Murray to go. [Newsday, 5/2/09, page A6] A firm that has no political ties on LI, recieving work for donations. SUPRISE, SUPRISE, SUPRISE!!!

Independent consultant??

How about we're for the team and against the urbanization of Long Island, against a bad owner who bought the team under nefarious circumstances and who has ruined it after "saving it" and who stuck with Milbury, stuck with Yashin, stuck with meddling despite every thing he touches on this team turning to pot......how about we're VERY for the Islanders and believe Wang is just an owner, just like Milstein, Spano and Pickett, and NOT THE NEW YORK ISLANDERS?

I guess you can't be a Ranger fan if you don't love Dolan? Can't love the Blackhawks unless you believe Wurtz was a great owner......

Such conditions you put on us on every board, Moose.....I guess I'm not an Islander fan, nor is Steve.....we just like the players and that stuff they do on the ice?

:cheers:

Well put. I hope Mr. Wang receives what he needs only for one reason -- no MORE excuses about putting together a great hockey team. I've heard all the excuses, SMG, the building, the parking, bad weather formations, cross wind currents

blah, blah, blah...

More Kate Murray stuff...

dug up by the Islanders? :dontknow:

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/politics...795,print.story

:doh:

:facesmash:

priceless isn't it?

i read about it in your blog. funny, my mom could also use a part time job with that kind of salary- she lives in a tiny apartment and drives a 97 volvo with 118k miles on it.

it sure is priceless :angry:

If that bothers you, then you should be OUTRIGHT beside yourself that Wang hired his son-in-law as President of the Isles.
A guy who's knowledge of hockey can barely fill a thimble.

But the Islanders are a private company. Murray's father is being paid by the tax-payers. Wang can hire whoever he wants at no cost to the tax-payer. It may hurt the fanbase, but he's well within his rights to do so. Hiring a family member at an inflated salary AND at the expense of the taxpayers is a compeltely different picture....no?

Not the point...
to me, an ISLANDER fan should be MORE pissed at this without bringing politics into it,
but I understand where you're coming from smitty.

In the grand sheme of things...the money spent on Murrays father (vs the job he does) pales in comparison to the damage a hockey neophyte like Chris Dey does to the New York Islanders.

;)

just to be clear steve... Chris Dey has not run hockey ops.
he runs the marketing and sales team.
So I don't see the damage he has done to the franchise.

what about the goal song? :disgraced:

ask botta.
I don't know.

WHY DOES HE SIT AT THE TABLE DURING THE DRAFT??

TO SELL THE DRAFTEE'S PARENTS A PACKAGE :blink:

It would help to score more to recognize how crappy the song is too ... :yea:

what does it matter?

is there a rule book that says who can sit at the draft table?

Why was bill guerin's WIFE sitting at the table at the draft?

Who Gives a S**T

She looks hot ... that's good enough for me ;)

WAS SHE SITTING ON DADDYSANS LAP???

No... actually she was sitting on Teddy's lap...
but that was understandable considering his reputation.

Ouch. Even 7th feeling the stress of this whole Murray/Lighthouse/Wang love triangle

WHO WASNT ON TEDDYS LAP???
THAT SHOULD BE A SHORT LIST
BUT THERE'S 2 REPUTATIONS TO CONSIDER WHEN TALKING ABOUT A SIT DOWN

As long as there's no one sitting on Snow's lap.... I'll be happy.

:P

BUT THATS 1 BUD LIGHT AWAY FROM CHANGING :yes:

TOO LATE :cheers:

he's changed so much in such a short time.
this job is aging him fast.
it's a shame.

maybe he's aging bc he's working hard on rebuilding :punk:

Yes, the stress level and the rebuilding process is alot.
and he takes all the responsibility to heart.

I just hope things are better next season for him.

The heck with HIM Dee, it's about US, the long suffering Islander fans who've put up with
incompetence and have a very low tolerance for more of the same.
That's why some of us go off every now and then...ok, maybe more often than not.

Anyway...you mention "stress level" and "heart."
Stress can cause people to overeat.
What has happened to your blog recently?
Are you auditioning for a future transformation into the FOOD Channel?
Recipe after recipe have been posted recently (some look great by the way).
Could it be, when our team gets sold and moves you'll be rubbing elbows with
Paula Dean, Guy Fieri and Emeril?

I can see it now...

If you want to know more about garlic parmesian smothered artichoke hearts,
click on my blog.

:P ;)


DISCLAIMER: The above was meant tongue in cheek and the author openly admits it was a weak attempt at humor.

:dontknow:

:lol:
actually, originally when I started, I said I'd be publishing recipes too.
I also had a few people ask for them on twitter & facebook.

Besides... how much can I talk about the other teams right now.

Also, I don't have the rolodex botta has. I can't go calling cell phones and digging up stories. But I can cook.


And I care about Garth!!!
He's been very good to me personally and I've become very fond of him.
And we know what happens when I become fond of someone.....

Pitbull city.
;)

I'm also very fond of Joel Rechlicz... but for different reasons..... :drool:

be careful, rumor has it, Garth Snow partied with Michael Vick back in the day.

:rolleyes:

but that money isn't coming from the taxpayer. Murray's dad might be more qualified for that job than Dey is at his, but both are cases of nepotism, yet only one could warrant a criminal investigation.

oltime... "The urbanization of Long Island"? How is developing this area going to do damage to LI as far as urbanization goes? Nassau county is already urbanized. Or at least suburbanized and has been for 30 years. You could have had that discussion back in 1978, but right now that ship has sailed.

ok, on newsday live blog...here is the latest...

so far...just as I suspected.
More to this than meets the eye than just blindly supporting Wang just for the sake of our Islanders. I take back all the stupid jokes I made about Murray. She is doing her job. She was never required to be at those inane rallies and Tom Suozzi photo ops.

If anything, I'm optimistic that this thing can be worked out on some scale...
and pessimistic in terms of Wang's intentions of grandeur or nothing.
Wang's rambling has no substance and comes across as political posturing/drama.