Northrop Grumman would expand on Long Island if it wins big def...

NIMBY Island wrote:

Take back the Calverton site before the fools in Riverhead go ahead with that stupid indoor ski slope.

SUE wrote:

MY FAMILY WORKED AND RETIRED FROM GRUMMAN FOR MANY YEARS AND IT WOULD DEFINATELY HELP SUFFOLK COUNTY IF IT WAS TO RETURN

Waldo Leidecker wrote:

What kind of "incentives" will Northrop Grumman be expecting? They're certainly not looking to expand on L.I. out the goodness of their greedy little heart - especially after hanging thousands of well-educated, hard working, faithful employees out to dry 20 years ago. Be careful what you wish for Long Island....you might just get it. One can't help but wonder if they're anticipating a Presidential win by N.Y.'s Junior Senator, and are simply trying to pre-emptively "suck up?"

DoD treachery wrote:

DoD left Long Island hanging out to dry in the 1990s. Hundreds of good engineers given no choice - either pull up stakes and go to Florida, Texas or Baltiwash or just "retire".
Brilliant engineers who worked on the ORIGINAL E2-C AWACS in the 1960s (by the way it's now referred to as the E4) having to run pizza places and laundromats and card stores just to stay alive and pay their mortgages. This is how DoD rewarded their loyal service.
You want to go this route again? Just keep in mind DoD had us over a barrel for the last 10 years concerning that Bethpage parcel even though it was legislated to give it to the County by Congress. Thank you SO MUCH, US Navy. Anytime, baby.
DoD is a treacherous partner both at home and abroad. Don't go there. Let's make our money honestly for a change, shall we? Keep the stench of corruption and war crimes away from here - not to mention we don't need any additional targets for terrorism either.
Grumman, Sperry/Unisys, Harris/PRD/GSSD - they all left when our community needed them. They can stay gone as far as I'm concerned. Take your BushCo blood money elsewhere, creeps. I'd rather eat ramen noodles for the rest of my born days than EVER work for the likes of you again. Follow in my father's footsteps? That'd be nice if he wasn't in a wheelchair - not like you care much, DoD scum, although the infrastructure he helped design is still in the air, on the sea, and now being used against his own children.

NIMBY Island wrote:

Take back the Calverton site before the fools in Riverhead go ahead with that stupid indoor ski slope.

Kat wrote:

<quoted text>Exactly. The indoor ski slope is one of the stupidest ideas I have heard for that land parcel. It will be popular for the first few months it is open, then it will be a ghost town.

clarence wrote:

Why not locate at Gabreski Airport? They just finished an environmental study and have about 60 acres available with all kinds of economic incentives. Any why not???

there wrote:

It's not stupid get out of having to clean up your mess, but it is stupid to continue trying to do business in an area where help and houses are so expensive. And the boys down south are tired of the parasitic drain N.Y. has had on them for many years. Time to give it up!

ny parasite wrote:

<quoted text>Parasitic drain?
The South supporting NY?
That's funny.

Retired Grumman wrote:

The first move is the hardest.They should move and consolidate those operations left to Melbourne where the cost of living and doing business is a lot cheaper.The talent pool is better due to the Cape and all the contractors in the area.Houses are reasonable.I relocated in the 80's and never regreted it.

we all suffer wrote:

YEA THAT IS GREAT BUT YOU SEE THEY ARE MOVING BACK TO LONG ISLAND SO THEY CAN SUCK UP SOME OF THE MEXICAN POPULATION . THE CHEAP PRICKS WILL UNDERPAY THE CR#P OUT OF THEM (THE MEXICANS DO NOT CARE BECAUSE THEY SEND OUT OF THE COUNTRY AS SOON AS THEY MAKE IT ) AND ONCE AGAIN THE MIDDLECLASS WILL SUFFER !!!