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That was moving, Nick...Il post this on my faceboo...

2011-07-25T20:54:05.340-04:00

That was moving, Nick...Il post this on my facebook page...somehow this needs to be spread to the non'jockey fans...This is preaching to the choir

Outstanding reporting coming from the heart !! Nic...

2011-07-25T20:33:58.610-04:00

Outstanding reporting coming from the heart !! Nick you just continue to write excellent article after article with a true artmanship. Keep it coming and watch out for thugs trying to steal Vote Yes Signs from your front yard !!

I have posted this on BD's blog asking him to ...

2011-07-25T19:03:57.060-04:00

I have posted this on BD's blog asking him to look further than his isles-centric point of view on the issue of the hub. I believe that I hit the major points:

BD, I love your passion about the Islanders, but this referendum is about so much more than that! If the Isles stay or go the difference in the tax hit will only be $ 2.20.

If the Coliseum closes the economic hit will be much larg4er than that. Off the top of my head I think of a few things:

1) The Isles will leave which will take the players’ and coaches’ (and any other person who is affiliated with the team who would not be here if not for the team) money out of the local economy which will be a hit.

2) The bars, restaurants and the Marriott will lose a ton of business- no sales tax for the county!

3) The entertainment dollars that would be spent in the Coliseum for the Isles, circus and the concerts will now go exclusively to the (excuse me while I control my vomit as I say this ) the Garden….more loss of revenue for the county.

4) Proves without a shadow of a doubt that NOTHING can get done on the Island.

According to sources the Island can lose approximately $ 243 million in revenues that 243 MILLION! This is a far cry from the difference of $2.20 per household that the individual household will have to pay extra if this referendum fails.

As a Suffolk resident I cannot vote but I echo your sentiment to Nassau county—GET OUT AND VOTE YES!!!!!!

--islanderbill

I love your endorsement. Straight to the point, a...

2011-07-25T11:33:35.584-04:00

I love your endorsement. Straight to the point, and expressing the anger over the now desceased LHP.

I especially like how you encapsuled the fall of Long Island and what needs to be done to begin to correct this trend.

thank you,

Islanderbill

Very well said man. We are about the same age. Why...

2011-07-25T10:57:07.499-04:00

Very well said man. We are about the same age. Why can't Long Island be home to Jay Gatsby AND a great place to raise kids?

Good message. And a strong one. But I think the p...

2011-07-25T09:07:59.536-04:00

Good message. And a strong one. But I think the problem is - as with other such messages seen and heard on the ISLANDER oriented sites - the forum. Unless almost no-one but THE FANS actually goes to the polls on August 1, I'm afraid all the words will have been whispering in wind. From the start, this idea needed to be about why the project is good for ALL the residents, and about how this is a chance to revive at least a part of the cultural, entertainment and recreational value that’s been lost and continues to drift away, along with so many of the sons and daughters of those who first carved the area’s niche as a thriving new community. It sounds corny, I know. But the point is very basic and seems obvious. I hope I’m wrong, and but I suspect the range of the message is too narrow and isn’t reaching those who most need to hear it. A close majority in this vote may not provide enough momentum to get the thing through the roadblocks, and I worry that those who may well make the difference are still not hearing the passion and reason that might convince them.

Love it, Nick! :)

2011-07-25T02:11:41.419-04:00

Love it, Nick! :)