Kahne Rules
The Staten Island Nascar Track has been a hot topic for some time now and practically everyone knows that International Speedway Corporation is fighting a very tough battle. The biggest problem, among others, about the Nascar track that ISC intends to build is with regards to ‘transportation'. The traffic in Staten Island is, as it is, in need of a dramatic revamp. With the new proposed Nascar Track, residents are concerned about the heightened traffic conditions during the period of races being held there.
Accordingly, there are new funding plans in favor of legislation in Albany that would purportedly pour funds into the bad roads that the residents of Staten Island are so concerned about. With that plan in place, ISC has decided to shelve its transportation funding plans. Initially, ISC planned to pour millions upon millions of dollars into improving the transportation system in Staten Island in view of their plans to build a Nascar Track there.
Accordingly, the bill will bring in right about $250 million in an effort to improve the transportation in Staten Island . The injected funds will come from supplemented tax revenues from other development schemes. ISC offered to pour in $10 million but not many were very supportive of the idea. Which is strange when a company as reputable as ISC raises such a proposal.
With the Nascar Track's proposal under constant scrutiny, Robert Helbock assured residents that this bill has nothing to do with the Nascar Track. It's no wonder that the politicians are sweating as people are starting to ask if the funds (or part of it) is coming from ISC. Robert Helbock assured the people concerned that the new funding scheme has nothing to do with the proposed Staten Island Nascar Track.
It doesn't help that his political rival, Andrew Lanza, has taken the opportunity to fire a few blind shots at his rival when this bill was brought to light. Andrew Lanza was ‘concerned' that they were opening a back door to ISC despite fierce protest from the residents. Lanza loudly proclaimed that the bill and the track were connected….and it's not subtle, according to him. Lanza has been actively protesting the bill ever since it was first proposed. Lanza is asking….how come the bill is being reintroduced now? Why not earlier and why not later…why now?
Despite the fact that many people were fired up about the ‘project', ISC is not ready to give the project up. ISC's chief operating officer, John Saunders, confirmed that ISC is not ready to give the project up yet because they (ISC) sees very strong signs that they should persist with this project. They strongly believe that everything will come through in the end despite the strong opposition.