Republican Scum Forcing the New York Islanders Off Of Long Island.

Not that the Republicans haven't dug themselves a big enough hole as it is. Kate Murray, town of Hempstead Supervisor, has launched her re-election campaign today. As of now she is running unopposed and if she wins re election could spell the end of the New York Islanders on Long Island. The Islanders since their inception into the league have been a source of civic pride for Long Islanders.

As a sports franchise they are one of the only options Long Island has to celebrate their heros and mourn their dead. They are desperatly in need of a new arena as they are losing over 20 million a year at their current address. The owner has lost over 180 million since buyin the franchise nine years ago. The redevelopment project, sumbitted by the owner to Nassau County, has been approved.

The only stumbeling block has been Kate Murray and her stonewalling of this project. As is per usual, there is a fair share of corruption involved here. One of Murray's stoolies also put in a bid for the land where the arena redevelopment project is to take place. She has shoveled Murray a slew of money and Murray is stone walling so the Islanders project falls to pieces and her crony gets to develop the land.

Long Island has lost a lot over the years. The Islanders are probably one of the few assetts that keeps this area on the map. The Dems have yet to name a challenger in the race and this all seems all but lost.

I am not a resident of the Town Of Hempstead but I am certain there are DU members here that are. If you have any connections to the Town of Hempstead please pressure the local Democratic Party to name a challenger to kate Murray's seat. She MUST NOT run in this election unopposed.

The New York Islander MUST BE SAVED (Yet again).

http://islandersindependent.com/2009/05/22/murray-meets-isles-fans--mad-men-mondello-murray-ad-agency-brands-hempstead-gop-will-voters-buy-it.aspx

Murray thinks that the Bailout funds should go to renovating the Nassau Collisseum which is not a realistic option. Her stonewalling of this project also includes here blowing it off as Obamas responsibilty.

It's a long story and I should have added that bit.

Weird.

They are selling at 85% capacity. Wang could raise ticket prices to 100 a piece and still lose millions.

Kate Murray, in order to play her nepotistic game with her cronies, is claiming that it's the bailout and Obama's responsiliity to secure funds and rennovate the colliseum. It's not and no one following this story is claiming that it is. That's Democrat and Republican alike.

Problem is that Murray is running unoposed and Long Island is about to lost another resource that is vital to it's community. All in the name of Murray's cronyish regime. She is trying to place the blame on Obama for her lack of action.

If she runs in this election unopposed it's just another bullshit mouth piece that runs the Islanders off of long Island. She will also use this against Obama to direct the voters anger over it at Obama. And people on Long Island are gonna be VERY pissed off.

How can ANY district in NYS not have a Dem running???

I'm glad to read that folks still love their Islanders. That's good news! Here's hoping the rebuilding program goes well, it's good for hockey to have good teams in NY. The Caps are THIS close to being Stanley Cup finalists.

ps. I'm a Mets fan and can't believe they're not on TV Friday or Saturday!!!!

Yeah,it's pretty bad there though.

The worm is starting to turn. Hopefully this issue is one that might break the ice there. The Republicans are corrupt to their core in all areas of government.

Town of Hempstead is not really big in the scheme of things but it's amazing the destruction they bring down. She has to be stopped. I just hope if some of the people living there see this.

"Sports" venues are a business, first and foremost. Times are too tough these days for tax dollars to be spent building monuments to sport. If there is no support for the teams, then they should go elsewhere, or lower the price of a ticket to a level that would promote grassroots support.

The project is privatly funded by Wang himself.

Murray IS making the claim that tax dollars ARE involved and Obama is responsible for funding the rennovation with the Bailout. She is blocking a project that is 100% privatly funded.

and maybe start his own publicity campaign.. Most people hear "stadium" and "team", and after decades of hearing about primadonna teams taking public money and then skedaddling, maybe they don't understand..

If the guy's rich enough to self finance, surely he can get some PR people to help him out,..:)

The real problem is that she is running unopposed in this election. The Democrats have not announced a challenger and have not stated they have plans to announce one.

Meanwhile, Murray is left unopposed to blame the problem on Suozzi (Democratic county sup who has already signed off on the project) and claim that Obama's bailout money should cover the cost of rennovating the colliseum (There are not provisions in the bailout for this and Wang has stated himself he wishes to pay for it on his own).

There are about 10,000 people ACTIVLY involved in pressuring Murray to approve this project. She is refusing to attend town meetings (many of them she even stated she would attend) to meet with the voters and discuss the project. It was revealed a few months ago that one of her backers also bid on the 100 acres of land and lost the bid in Suozzi's office fair and square. She is trying to blame the democrats in the area for her stone walling this project.

Without the Dems or anyone naming a challenger Long Islanders will lose a community resource without opposition. The voters are given no say in this at all.

So a team that plays in an awful arena, has no attendance, and is one of the worst teams in the NHL is a source of pride huh?

I guess they were good about 25 years ago.

I wish BUFFALO had as good a history...but I'll take Buffalo's PRESENT any day with their HUGH support base...even IF they never won a Stanley...!!!

GO SABRES!!!

based on history. The only team to ever win 19 straight playoff series.

The players on those teams are still HUGE heros to Long Islanders.

Even Pierre Turgeon is looked upon very highly.

Taking the islanders away from Long Island would be devastating to a lot of people. That snake Kate Murray is trying to lay the blame on Obama and Suozzi.

People on LI love them.

We talked about this in the sports forum. It's a disgrace what they are doing up there.

She just announced her reelction candidacy yesterday in Levitown. No one is challenging her position at all.

She is head of one of the few Republican townships in Nassau and is constantly stonewalling the county which is headed by a Dem (Suozzi).

It's just really fucked up and I can't beleive the Democratic party hasn't ponied up to challenge her.

Harvey Levinson (the county assessor) ran against her. It was the first credible challenger in a while. The county Dem party believed they could win. I didn't believe it. He lost badly (60-40 or worse). Town of Hempstead politics are complicated and I don't have time to get into it... BUT, there are finally more registered dems in the town than republicans. The town is the last remaining strong hold for republicans on LI. Once the Dems take TOH, it's over for them. The time is coming. One of the difficulties is all of the patronage. TOH has handed out A LOT of jobs. The people with the jobs are forced to be republican committee people and they are forced to campaign to essentially keep their jobs. It's a crap situation. Murray and particularly the town are extremely shady (corrupt). It's all a scam.

And if people can pour the bad press onto her, it might work.

The county convention is May 28. The candidate will most likely be some bullshit loser (again), but there are rumors of a credible name.

If you want to go to the convention it is being held at 6PM at the Cradle of Aviation Museum.