Round one is over

In what felt like a Tyson vs. Holyfield boxing match (without the ear biting), Supervisor Murray and Islanders owner Charles Wang sat in a room with each other and talked lighthouse for the first time since Jan 23rd. The meeting put together by the Long Island Planning counsel was packed with packed with media and residents to watch the soap opera like story play out. The meeting tense but pretty much the same answers, “ tell us yes or no” by Wang and “the ToH has moved at unprecedented pace o expedite the project” by Murray (for better coverage visit Newsday’s website). In the end a cautionary optimism was in the air as Murray and Wang planned a second meeting (round 2) for Friday in County executive Tom Suozzi’s office. This is a good sign, at least for the time being because it means that finally there will be dialog between town and developer along with hope of keeping the Isles here. Just to sum this up, I’m no political expert and don’t like to write about the lighthouse all to often. But it seems that there is no escaping it and it must be addressed. I will continue to update lighthouse news but not more than I have to and for more in depth analysis of the Lighthouse and its politics my suggestion is to hit up Let there be Light(house).com. More hockey and draft news to come.