Coliseum referendum becomes political cover

October 28, 2012 5:43 PM By DAN JANISON dan.janison@newsday.com

Photo credit: Howard Schnapp, 2011 | New York Islanders owner Charles Wang during a press conference about Nassau Coliseum.

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The moment the news broke that Charles Wang will move his New York Islanders to Brooklyn, last year's failed referendum to rebuild the county's Coliseum instantly acquired a postmortem political purpose: cover.

After all, both County Executive Edward Mangano, who faces re-election next year, and Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray, who was re-elected last November, can accurately say that voters...

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