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Originally Posted by Smash255
They killed the thing that all arenas need something to thrive off of (something else around). The Lighthouse Project would have been great for the Islanders, the County and the Town, win all the way around, except Murray wanted nothing to do with it.
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oh please
while the 'lighthouse' LOOKED nice. we that taxpayer could afford it
understand INFRASTRUCTURE??
building this huge thing with 'luxury apartments, low wage apartments, retail stores, a 'canal', a trollie, etc will ADD cost to the infrastructure of the state, county, town and district......
YOUR taxes (town/county and state) pay for garbage..police...water...sewe r..fire...schools... electricity for municipalities (to include street lamps), BUSES (hmm MTA is alreay cutting back services and raising fees),. etc
the 'lighthouse project" doesnt address these problems
increase in garbage...TOH is already backlogged on what to do with their solidwaste.......the extra garbagemen and their trucks and where to refine it (the burning plant is already at max capacity,landfills are CLOSED, and we SHIP our garbage to other states)
the already overburdoned electric grid..to include all the ' extra''municipal' lighting.....the extra load on the electric grid, the LIPA says is maxed out already (remember we prevented shoreham)...(lipa BUYS power from PA and CT..and lipa is raising rates).......who will pay that bill????...THE TAXPAYER AND YOU WILL ALSO SEE IT IN YOUR RATE INCREASES
the already overburdoned sewer systems(toilet water) on long island....The sewer (waste treatment plants) have been for years saying that they need more and newer ones (ceder creek is so overused look at all the waste that get dumped into the bay (right back into the aquifers).QUOTE from the story" "With the condition of the plant, I question its ability to handle the extra sewage." ........just where will all the sewage get dump/treated and who will pay for it????....THE TAXPAYER
the already overburdoned aquafers on long island....the water supply that is vital to all of ling island (our natural aquafer is already overused, and getting more polluted(look at all the studies on the overusage of fertilizer on LI))......where will the extra water/purification of water come from???......THE TAXPAYER
the already overcrowed schools in uniondale/east meadow....uniondale and east meadow schools are overcrowed (especially since they were studid in the late 70's and early 80's with removing schools (like newbridge road school and mcleary jhs..and what did they do?? built more housing...big mistake).....so where would all the kids from these low-wage and luxury apartments go to school??........who is going to float that bond (and pay for it)for new schools?????..... THE TAXPAYER
the already overburdoned (and now facing cuts) Police dept...WHO will pay for this????...THE TAXPAYER
the already in red fire departments...the extra firemen, firehouse, trucks (to include a truck to handle a highrise)....where will that money come from??...THE TAX-PAYER
Mass transit...practicly non-existant on long island (mta is cutting back, lirr is cutting back)(and they say "express shuttle to the Mineola train station"....funny they didnt mention the CLOSER westbury station)
so who will pay for this....THE TAXPAYER
or the fact the the construction jobs are just TEMPORARY, and all the actual jobs it creates are just LOW PAYING retail jobs....especially during a hurting (look at fortuneoff and macy's) economy
or the fact that the lighthouse project DOES NOT actually build a NEW colliseum, but just REFURBUSHES the old one,
THESE QUESTIONS ARE STILL NOT ANSWERED
more apartments equal more people, crime, water usage, sewer, garbage....that is FACT
where does the COST of more policemen/cars, firemen/trucks, garbagemen/trucks, electric lines and streetlamps, toilet sewage treatment, schools/treachers/buses come from......YOUR TAXES....that is FACT
DO you 'want' to take the chance to believe the SPIN from DEVELOPERS and INVESTORS ????
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