tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6420070021149211641.post2836085948920100698..comments2009-09-05T14:16:27.839-04:00Nick - Lighthousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17319878304631872148noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6420070021149211641.post-4948220837636734692009-09-05T14:16:27.839-04:002009-09-05T14:16:27.839-04:00This is just messed up.<br />NOTHING can go smoothly with these people, can it????TheMetalChickhttp://www.themetalchick.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6420070021149211641.post-939528203966445712009-09-05T09:20:44.412-04:002009-09-05T09:20:44.412-04:00Sorry, Nick you left at the big question. Where were Picker and the rest while this was happening? No one asked, will you continue to work while we resove the billing question. For three weeks no one from the LH checked on how things were going?<br /><br />Wang knows what he&#39;s up against with the TOH. They don&#39;t need excuses to delay or stop this project. Giving them ammo is a firable offense. But as with Milbury Wang&#39;s choices never pay the ultimate price. <br /><br />Picker says &quot;If I knew they stopped working, I would have paid the 80K.&quot; Well, why didn&#39;t he know? It&#39;s his job to know. Neither the consultants nor the TOH had to tell Picker/Wang anything. In fact, based on past history of the TOH, there was plenty of reason to suspect they wouldn&#39;t.<br /><br />Games are being played and it&#39;s not good. But in this instance Picker and the LH are the bunch most responsible for lwtting this happen.<br /><br />Your position on a Westchester Company being chosen over a LI company during this recession. We have not made the most of it and it MUST be brought up consistently by many during the zoning meeting. <br /><br />Lastly, there are still 3 weeks for the consultants to do their job and make the 9-22-09 meeting even if Wang now has to pay big bucks in OT costs.<br /><br />This is not a good sign at all, but we can&#39;t do all the work. Guys like Picker have to uphold their end.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6420070021149211641.post-27812499484606340262009-09-05T09:03:28.234-04:002009-09-05T09:03:28.234-04:00Alas, Nick, I believe we indeed ARE being set up. All we have to do is think back to Murrays&#39; mailer to see that they have been full of it all along. <br /><br />I agree that you should try and contact Newsday to get this piece run, or maybe LIB. This NEEDS to be exposed further. The TOH, Clark, and yes, our &quot;friend&quot; Eden Laiken all need to be dragged out into the light so everyone can see them for the shams that they all are. We&#39;ll be sitting there at the home opener on the 3rd with NO certainty of ANYthing. And all because the people who ARE setting us up are playing a MUCH dirtier game than we are. <br /><br /><br />-Big Van VaderAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6420070021149211641.post-10409721683443927002009-09-05T04:08:52.624-04:002009-09-05T04:08:52.624-04:00Where is Wang in all of this?<br /><br />Or did he throw in the towel, as projected two time zones away 4 months ago?<br /><br />And that just my opinion...Islander505http://www.islander505.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6420070021149211641.post-53552889590261344582009-09-04T23:26:31.678-04:002009-09-04T23:26:31.678-04:00mrlbem - thank you for the input. By all accounts, F.P. Clark kept the Lighthouse in the loop about the billing issue, but did not share that they stopped working. Just a point of clarification.Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11753698648862261183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6420070021149211641.post-50801588860265450492009-09-04T22:18:33.966-04:002009-09-04T22:18:33.966-04:00Well at least Mr. Wang won&#39;t have any schedule conflicts now. He can travel easy to Kansas City on the 22nd.<br /><br />Which is very convenient for him.<br /><br />Just my opinion, from two time zones away.Islander505http://www.islander505.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6420070021149211641.post-72927160746473570512009-09-04T21:34:12.551-04:002009-09-04T21:34:12.551-04:00Nick,<br /><br />Well done as usual. Two comments:<br /><br />1. You should send this piece in to Newsday as a guest op-ed writer. If they refuse to print it (and you may have to remove the jibe about the lovely Eden), then send it in to LI Business News or to the Times for their LI section on Sunday. I&#39;m not sure what the readership of your blog is, but your point of view should be made available to the general public.<br /><br />2. I&#39;m a partner in a large law firm. We too bill our clients on an hourly basis. If there were ever a dispute over an invoice, we would (a) let our client know and (b) we certainly would not just stop working on the specific litigation or deal at issue without telling anyone. If we ever did that, and G-d forbid, missed an important deadline, well, that would be malpractice. It&#39;s different here, I guess, because I don&#39;t believe there&#39;s such a thing as environmental consultant malpractice and it&#39;s not the best situation when the LHP is effectively paying for the work of its adversary&#39;s consultant (they shouldn&#39;t be adversaries, but I digress).<br /><br />Regardless, you are correct. I don&#39;t see how the Board approves the 9/22 hearing date under the circumstances.mrlbemhttp://optonline.netnoreply@blogger.com