Islanders vs capitals and Lighthouse news.

Tonight the Islanders and Capitals face off in Washington once again over shadowed by Long Island politics and the Lighthouse. Coming off a tough shootout loss to the Flyers saturday the Islanders look to give another top team a run for the money. Joe Callahan and Joel Rechlicz rejoin the team again since all star defense men Mark Streit is out day to day with a groin injury. Joey MacDonald will get the start tonight and Danis will get the start against the canadians at the coliseum. Now on to the bigger news that developed last night, Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray has finally given Lighthouse supporters the answer they were looking for. Kate Murray has mailed out petitions to Town of Hempstead residents to persuade Nassau County Exec Tom Suozzi to ask for Federak stimulus money to help renovate the outdated Nassau Coliseum. The full petition can be read at Islanders point blank, but as for the idea Tom Suozzi was quoted by newsday saying “Very silly and amateurish. We don’t need petitions. We need Kate Murray and the town to help get this thing moving.” In a petition that is a mix between sickening and funny Kate Murray makes a joke of what this project is all about. Her proposal is a quick fix to major problem, Its like putting a band-aid on a bullet wound. Her proposal is putting a small percent of people to work for a short period of time then leaving the rest of the area the same concrete jungle, The Lighthouse looks to fix this problem in a responsible smart way incorporating, housing, shopping, business, and entertainment all in one while hopefulling fixing the lack of mass tranist in the area. And did anyone know the Islanders won the cup in 1984(obviously not) but according to Kate Murray and her team of PR people they did.