Comments on: NEWSDAY CALLS TOWN BOARD “POLITE,” DEVELOPERS “ILL-PREPARED.” HOLY CRAP.

By: BloggerDude

BloggerDude — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:23:50 +0000

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By: Chris TMC

Chris TMC — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:09:48 +0000

This sounds like buiness? Of course- that is because it IS business. Buisness is what Long Island has let slip away and business is what LI needs. A growing tax base will help everyone.

By: CJCB

CJCB — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:10:39 +0000

correct me if i’m wrong but i dont see the housing prices as being affordable. I dont think the rich need more help affording to stay here its the middle and lower class that do AND these prices are still way way to high. Its starting to sound like all business for Wong and not much of a give back other than the Islanders. They have to lower their demands.

By: steve

steve — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:32:22 +0000

that a member of the town board didn’t read the document , and made the same admission, is astonishing.
the retort the feds and state DOT know more then the local board, was probably the first, best answer.
telling the local board member that the resulting $25 million in tax revenue to her school district would be the single greatest benefit to her district might have been the way to go.
how big are the buldings? thats an easy question you can use to make your opponent look ill prepared.
unless this was a political dog and pony show to make the board look like they were asking tough questions, i dont see the zoning thing happening.
newsday has become in many respects, cotten candy journalism.
wang ill-prepared? that statement alone indicates litle knowledge of the subject your reporting on.
shrug your shoulders and move on.

By: SIR WILLIAM

SIR WILLIAM — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:20:16 +0000

CHRIS TMC, The County can approve all the plans it wants. If the TOH doesn’t pass the zoning then NOTHING HAPPENS, What part of this don’t people here get?

Wang, Rechler and Murray need to get down to business and find out what is acceptable to all parties concerned.

Once they hash that out, the County will rubber stamp any changes tht are made.

It has often been said that the NY State Goverment was run by “three men in a room.” It’s time for “two men and a (rather large) woman” to be locked in a room and not allowed out until they reach a deal everyone can live with.

Once the election is over and Murray is firmly in place then that is the time for serious talks to begin. Wang should extend his “deadline” until then.

I think Charles in charge got a real dose of reality by the showing in KC last night. The KC people can spin it anyway they want, but the truth is that KC is a minor league city that will never support a hockey team. In fact, outside of Jim Basille, NHL franchises are not on anyones “most wanted” list. Wang would be lucky to give the team away in this economy. He’s not kidding anybody with his threats and Kate Murray has called his bluff.

All the money Wang has lost is nothing more than an investment in obtaining this
land for developement. The TOH realizes this and is not at all worried about him moving the team. The only way he can recoup his investment is to see this project through. If not he takes a bath in red ink. Murray and the TOH know this, too.

So, let stop the posturing and get down to what needs to be done. Enough with the threats, rudeness and silly games. It’s time to get to work and make it happen for the good of all Long Islanders…….Sir William

By: nightfly

nightfly — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:25:21 +0000

How is a 7000 page report “ill-prepared”?? And if they had just supplied a 200 page precis, then they’d have to deal with crap about leaving details vague and not addressing certain questions. Just taking what the defense gives ‘em, right Kate Murray?

As for the Newsday article, the technical term for it is “drive-by.” Think I learned that back in my journo classes, though of course most of my professors assumed we’d be the ones behind the wheel. Then we could plausibly say, hey, we never pulled the trigger, we had NO IDEA those guys in the back had guns. I mean, how could I, I cut my headlights! It was too dark to see!

By: hyedray

hyedray — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:43:11 +0000

After yesterday—I cant see any TOH board members supporting the project—at all. In fact—what I see is a 4-1 vote against the project. Murray will be the lone “yea” vote. She will do it so she can say she voted yes when she knows all along it would fail anyway.

I don’t think they will have certainty or a vote of any kind by Oct. 3. Murray & the clowns of Hempstead will wait until after the election and do everything to blame Wang for the entire mess.

Its sad—but I dont think Hempstead residents will vote the GOP out.

To me—the best solution: The Isles move to either Suffolk or Queens and leave NVMC ROTTING—as testimony to Kate Murray and the Nassau and Hempstead GOP.

By: Point Blank

Point Blank — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:08:14 +0000

And Newsday even censors its advertising. It won’t take ads from verizon, because they have a better Tv and Internet service than their owner, Cablevision. Gime me half a break!

By: Ethan K

Ethan K — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:58:58 +0000

I’m getting so sick of all this. I think the team is better off in Brooklyn. At this point, I’ve lost all hope that this project is gonna happen. Let’s just hope that when October 3rd comes, a good offer comes from Brooklyn. That’s where my support is at this point in time, as much as I hate to say it…

I live 15 minutes from the Coliseum now, but I just don’t see it happening.

By: ME

ME — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:48:20 +0000

This morning I had my dog use Newsday as his toilet. That’s pretty much all I have to add to this topic.

By: UIF

UIF — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:44:54 +0000

Does anyone really read Newsday’s sports columnists with regularity? I generally avoid them b/c there just never seems to be any substance behind their work. It’s just all playground insults designed to get people mad. They had good writers in the past, but most are gone now. I’ll say Mark Herrmann is the exception…he writes some good hockey pieces. But other than his stuff, when was the last time anyone actually learned something interesting, or felt like they just took in a unique perspective, from any of those guys? The only one I can recall was a story on Roy Jones Jr. after he lost his last fight. I think Wallace Matthews may have written it.

By: battery jackson

battery jackson — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:29:41 +0000

at the moment, i am writing a scathing critique to eden laikin about her lack of journalistic integrity and i also plan to CC what i have written to as many of her colleagues and peers as possible. i figure that the more of us who do such a thing, the better it is. we must prove that the old style tactics of lying in the news to mislead the masses is obsolete in the 21st century. what she did is unacceptable and she owes sandra peddle, the readers of newsday, and all interested parties a sincere apology. if we do this properly and get this account (and all past accounts) of her shoddy ‘journalism’ in the public eye across the blogosphere and beyond, perhaps we can prevent future instances of her completely unprofessional conduct. there is plenty we can say and do based on yesterday’s article AND past articles, most notably the one from the day of joe mondello’s shoutfest. i am sorry to use this space as a soapbox, but anyone interested in also doing this, please email me at batteryjackson@gmail.com. there is more that we can do here which we are not doing. BUT we must remain honest.