D'Amato has always been a sleeze and I never really liked him, although I came to appreciate him a little more once Hillary was our Senator because she did dick for Long Island while Al brought us some pork.
billy said:
He was once the most powerful man in New York, even more so then the Governor
billy said:
His last remaining fiefdom appears to be the Town of Hempstead where a lot of the people in power still owe him.
The accompanying article shows the real problem. The one about the consultants picked by Ra to do the impact study raking up huge fees. This project is as much about connected lawyers, consultants and construction companies making millions of dollars in contracts and hidden fees. That gravy will go to those connected to the party in charge.
It kills the Republicans that after decades of owning Nassau and always getting all this graft now the last piece of valuable land will get developed when they are on the outside looking in.
Since they still control TOH and thus the zoning laws they can hope to delay this long enough so that maybe they can outlast Suzzoi or get control of the Legislature.
Gavy, if either party had control of both TOH and the County, this project would be half done by now.
The accompanying article shows the real problem. The one about the consultants picked by Ra to do the impact study raking up huge fees. This project is as much about connected lawyers, consultants and construction companies making millions of dollars in contracts and hidden fees. That gravy will go to those connected to the party in charge.
It kills the Republicans that after decades of owning Nassau and always getting all this graft now the last piece of valuable land will get developed when they are on the outside looking in.
Since they still control TOH and thus the zoning laws they can hope to delay this long enough so that maybe they can outlast Suzzoi or get control of the Legislature.
Gavy, if either party had control of both TOH and the County, this project would be half done by now.
I am not a Charles Wang apologist. But the enemy of my enemy is my friend. This project makes way too much sense. And you are going to have "tumble weeds" blowing through the 80 acres of asphalt next to the Hempstead Plain by 2030 (great quote in the article).
To many, this is about the Islanders. But the bigger picture is more than this. And if Wang hired Armand D'Amato, we'd be in a new Coliseum next year.
Gavy