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By Rick Murphy

A respected aviation attorney said Monday that many of the arguments being used against East Hampton Airport are wrong.

Peter J. Kirsch, an attorney for Kaplan, Kirsch, and Rockwell, was set to make a presentation to the town board yesterday as The Independent went to bed.

Proponents of the airport want to continue to take grant money from the Federal Aviation Administration. They include the current Republican town board majority, and its candidates in the upcoming election.

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candidates pledged to stop taking FAA money, which they believe will ultimately mean the town will be able to control the airport.

At issue is the noise generated by helicopters, and to a lesser extent jets, which has become a regional issue as air traffic has increased, during the wee hours as well as all day.

However, in an interview Monday, Kirsch said many of the things he’s heard from the Democratic camp are simply not true. The prevailing opinion, often voiced by airport opponents, is that if the town doesn’t take any more money it will be free of FAA controls

by 2014. “That’s a misconception,” the attorney said. “There are four grants that expire. There are 33 that do not,” the last of which doesn’t expire until 2021.

Even when they expire, the town will not control its own destiny, said Dominic Stanzione, a town board member and liaison to the airport. “The town owns the airport. The town does not control the air above it,” he said.

Though opponents contend many local airports have freed themselves of FAA control, Kirsch

said there has only been one since 1990 – Naples – and he should know, because he represented the town. Nor will the town be able to regulate helicopter routes, he added. “Only the FAA can do that,” he stated. Finally, even without FAA control, “We are still bound by federal regulations, many of which mirror” FAA regulations.

Stanzione said the town, like it or not, “doesn’t control what comes into the airport.” As for closing it altogether, as Naples ended up

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Aviation attorney Peter J. Kirsch said there are a myriad of regulations the town must comply with whether it receives FAA grant money or not. Councilman Dominick Stanzione is pictured with Kirsch on the front cover.


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By Kitty Merrill

First they wanted to give the power to the Chief Building Inspector. That idea was resoundingly opposed, so they decided to give the power to the Architectural Review Board. Can’t do that either, members of the East Hampton Town Board learned last Thursday night.

During a public hearing on a proposed amendment to the Town Zoning Code designed to expedite review of structures on farmland, local attorney David Eagan, who specializes in land use, put the kibosh on the notion of giving the job of expediting review to the ARB.

Eagan, who co-owns Kilmore Horse Farms in Wainscott with his wife, Mary Ann, informed the board that under state law, the town board can’t remove any powers from the planning board, unless it abolishes the board altogether. Currently, the planning board has the authority to review site plan applications.

But that’s not all. The New York State Department

of Agriculture holds the ultimate authority when it comes to farmland. The state has a series of very detailed guidelines regarding zoning aspects the town is authorized to enforce. The guidelines are very detailed, Eagan emphasized, adding, “This proposal violates a number of them.”

“Frankly,” said Eagan, “I’m disappointed the town has not involved the state in this process.”

Power Full Farm DiscussionSo he did. Eagan forwarded the

proposal to the state for review.While the attorney praised the

board for attempting to streamline the approval process for farmers, he noted the draft law neglects to take into account other agricultural enterprises such as his horse farm, and wineries.

Other speakers at the hearing also expressed support for finding a way to expedite approvals on ag-land. Overall, however, there was still opposition to the notion of taking the responsibility away from the planning board.

Planning Board chair Reed Jones submitted a letter on behalf of the entity expressing concerns about the transfer of power. Former planning board chair and current Democratic candidate for town board Sylvia Overby


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“All calls are being handled here in our Miami office,” said a woman yesterday morning. “There is nobody currently in the Hamptons.”

Last month The Independent reported Plum, which had television stations in nine resort markets and launched a glossy magazine in several of them including the Hamptons, was in dire straits financially. One source pegged losses at $70 million. Several industry insiders suspect the Plum operation to go belly-up altogether, although a spokesman told The Independent Plum planned on publishing a magazine here next summer and will also remain on Channel 18 – programming now is almost exclusively re-runs, however.

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My columns on racial profiling have moved quite a few readers to write. My favorite was from a gentleman who shall go nameless who wrote me a long letter; here is an exam-ple of the gentleman’s thoughts: “Your pro-racial-profiling, anti-Muslim columns may backfire on you. How difficult would it be to mistake you for a terrorist? Physically, you look very much like many of the Muslims who have been arrested and detained (except for the huge aviator glasses).

“Many years ago 18 Italian-Amer-icans, suspected of being terrorists, were lynched in New Orleans by Amer-ican citizens. I know you would be aghast should Italian-Americans be ra-cially profiled today, as they commonly were during the ‘Progressive Era.’ “This is a question of whose ox gets gored. Since you are a pillar of the community, you feel that extremism

I’m writing this on Columbus Day and here is my favorite column about how proud I am to be an Italian-American:

THE ITALIAN TOMATO GARDENin the cause of your liberty is not only necessary, but also amusing. Ponder history, Jerry. ‘The life you save may be your own.’”

My answer to the gentleman is this: To begin with, I am in complete agreement with you about my looks. I do look like a Muslim terrorist and frankly I am disappointed and alarmed when I’m in an airport and I am not singled out and subjected to an intense body cavity search.

As for your assumption of my being “aghast” at Italian-Americans being racially profiled today, all I can say is you must be kidding me. First, let me assure you my thought that Muslim men between the ages of 18 and 40 should have their backpacks or bags searched is a tad different than calling for their being lynched if they try to get on the #6 train. I am not for harming even a hair on their

chinny chin chins. All I want is that they be singled out for search before someone’s 90-year-old grandmother. Italians racially profiled? There is a neighborhood on the lower east side of Manhattan with streets with names like Mulberry and Grand and Mott and Elizabeth that is the most wiretapped and secretly photographed place on earth. There are more FBI agents and undercover police in the area than there are cannoli in Ferrara, the wonderful Italian pastry shop that is smack dab in the middle of the neigh-borhood. This is where my parents and grandparents lived when they arrived in the United States. This is Little Italy. The reason for all the surveillance is because this is where many of the lead-ers of the Mafia can be found.

Yes, there is a Mafia, and it is made up mostly of Italians. And among all those Italian-Americans in this neigh-borhood (of whom 99.9% happen to be law-abiding, wonderful citizens), there is an occasional Mafia guy with a name like Sammy the Bull or Matty the Horse.

Now with the exception of break-ing a few kneecaps of guys who were dumb enough to bet on A-Rod playing without steroids for this year’s New York Yankees and welching on their bets, the Mafia is not interested in hurting or bombing you and me.

As for harming the image of the Italian-American community, I must admit I find those idiot faux Italians on Jersey Shore more damaging to our image than the late John Gotti, who seemed like a dashing sort of fellow and wore some nifty clothes.

Now I believe racial profiling in Little Italy is correct. If you’re looking for terrorists getting on planes or on subways, racially profile Muslims. If you’re looking for the Mafia, then racially profile Italians and stake out Little Italy.

But in keeping with your anti-racial-profiling views as an Italian, you must believe I should insist that along with the FBI looking for the Mafia in Little Italy, they should be forced to photograph and wiretap people in Polish neighborhoods, Ger-

man neighborhoods, and look for the Mafia in Chinatown and Harlem. They should wiretap and photograph Native Americans in Arizona and look for the Mafia in Alaska and Hawaii.

In closing, I just want to thank you, sir, for calling me a pillar of the community. I have been called many things but this is the first time anyone has called me a pillar of the community – in fact, just as many an unmarried woman has gone to bed sobbing, “Always a bridesmaid but never a bride,” I have often cried myself to sleep saying, “Always a pill but never a pillar.”

And yes, you are right about me. I do feel that extremism in the cause of my liberty is not only necessary, but also amusing. My problem is I find everything amusing. Somehow this makes me think of the great country western song, “I’ve Always Been Crazy (But It’s Kept Me From Going Insane).” Which brings me to a joke. One could see this joke in a negative way, as a stereotypical joke about pris-on and Italians and their loving rela-tionship with tomatoes and gardening. As a proud Italian-American I prefer to read the joke and say to myself, “Aren’t we a clever funny group of people who, as that Italian singer named Sinatra used to sing, ‘Do It Our Way?’”

The Italian Tomato GardenAn old Italian man lived alone in

the country. He wanted to dig his tomato garden, but it was very hard work as the ground was hard. His only son, Vincent, who used to help him, was in prison. The old man wrote a letter to his son and described his predicament.

Dear Vincent,I am feeling pretty bad because it

looks like I won’t be able to plant my tomato garden this year. I’m just get-ting too old to be digging up a garden plot. If you were here, my troubles would be over. I know you would dig the plot for me.

Love, Dad A few days later he received a letter

from his son.Dear Dad,Don’t dig up that garden. That’s

where I buried the BODIES.Love, VinnieOf course the letter had been

intercepted by the prison authorities and at 4:00 the next morning, FBI agents and local police arrived at the old man’s home and dug up the en-tire area without finding any bodies. They apologized to the old man and left, leaving the entire garden dug up.

That same day the old man re-ceived another letter from his son.

Dear Dad,Go ahead and plant the tomatoes

now. That’s the best I could do under the circumstances.

Love, Vinnie


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Schermeyer Accepts Award

Southampton Town Clerk Sundy Schermeyer accepted an award from the Center for Digital Government and Education in Albany last month. The award acknowledged the partnership of the town clerk’s office, Information Technology Department and IQM2-Intelligent Meeting Management.

W i t h S o u t h a m p t o n ’ s population increasing and the budget decreasing, the meeting management software system, which enables automation of much of the meeting process, organizing videos, agendas, public hearings and resolutions in a searchable and accessible format, has proven to be a good investment.

Taxpayer benef i ts are estimated at over $100,000 a year in reductions of staff time and resources, printing, phone inquiries and more. Legislative information filed in the clerk’s office is now available to both town personnel and the public 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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By Kitty Merrill

His opponent claims no one on the campaign trail even knows who Jay Schneiderman is. Looking to capture his fifth term on the county legislature, the incumbent finds the assertion hard to believe. In fact, polls often note the Montauk lawmaker’s name among those most recognized on the East End. A darling of the press, few weeks go by that don’t see him in one of the local weeklies speaking about his latest initiative.

Born in Southampton Hospital, Schneiderman spent childhood summers in Montauk, settling there full time as an adult and helping to run the family motel on Old Montauk Highway.

He began his career in public service during the 90s, when he was appointed to the East Hampton Town

Jay: There’s More To AccomplishZoning Board of Appeals, which he went on to chair.

In 1999 Schneiderman ran for town supervisor, upsetting an entrenched incumbent and taking office at the beginning of the millennium. He served two terms at the town’s helm before making the decision, in 2003, to challenge another long time incumbent, George Guldi, for the chance to represent the South Fork on

the Suffolk County legislature.He’s won re-election handily ever

since, no matter what letter shows up after his name. Running for supervisor and his early terms on the horseshoe, Schneiderman was a Republican candidate. In 2008, he defected to the Independence Party, a move many decried as political suicide. It didn’t hurt the Teflon statesman,


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By Kitty Merrill

Bill Mott, who’s running for East Hampton Town Board on the Independence Party ticket, is the only candidate who can lay claim to being born and bred in East Hampton. He grew up on Cedar Street and graduated from East Hampton High School. He and his wife, Mary, live in East Hampton and raised three children here. They’re the proud grandparents of three grandkids.

Visiting The Independent last week, Mott recalled how the late

Bill Mott: A True Native SonJim McCaffrey got him involved in public service over a dozen years ago by encouraging him to run for town trustee. He’s served six terms with the venerable body and says, “I’m proud of what we’ve accomplished.”

Mott was a Republican during those early years on the trustees, but broke with the party in 2007. He wanted to run for town board, and even attempted to launch a primary for a spot on the ticket. But then-party chair Bill Gardiner, who wanted the spot for himself,

got Mott’s petitions thrown out. Gardiner ran and lost.

Two years later, local GOP leaders approached Mott, but he declined. In fact, his relationship with the Republicans was so soured, he registered with the Independence Party.

By last spring, he said, “I got rid of the sour taste and really wanted to run.” Mott screened with the Republicans, Democrats, and Indies. Both major parties passed, and when Elaine Jones, head of the local Independence Party committee,

asked if he’d consider a run on that line alone, “I said yes.” He’s thrilled to be campaigning with Marilyn Behan on the Independence ticket.

“I’m enjoying the idea of being the underdog,” he said, referencing the third party designation. “People have been very, very receptive.” Although their names will be located further down the ballot on Election Day, when it comes to recognizable monikers in Bonac, you can’t do better than Behan and Mott.

According to Mott, East Hampton residents are fed up with what he sees as a “dictatorship” at the helm in town government. “You need a democracy,” he said, speaking of the Republican majority that’s ruled for the last 18


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We Know The Voters ofEast Hampton Are Too SmartTo Let Bill McGintee’s Gang Back Into The Hen House.

There were those who refused to believe it was

happening. There were those who were right in the middle of

it and refused to admit it was happening. There were those in

the media, whose job it was to report on it for their readers,

who stayed silent until the very end. When the smoke cleared,

Town Supervisor Bill McGintee resigned under fi re and left the

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in debt, with a 24 percent property tax increase for town

residents. Bill Wilkinson and his team have delivered two

balanced budgets. They gave East Hampton residents a 17%

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By Kitty Merrill

In the parlance, East Hampton Town Supervisor Bill Wilkinson cut Julia Prince off at the backswing. The councilwoman was urging colleagues to consider a public hearing on the proposed sale of East Hampton’s share of the Poxabogue Golf Center, and hadn’t finished speaking when Wilkinson called the vote. Prince abstained, but the proposal passed, with “aye” votes cast by Wilkinson and Councilmen

Vote To Sell PoxyPete Hammerle and Dominick Stanzione. Councilwoman Theresa Quigley was absent when the vote was taken last Thursday night.

Earlier in the evening, Jordy Mark, who served as chair of the Wainscott Citizens Advisory Committee back in 2004 when the town decided to purchase Poxy in a joint initiative with Southampton Town, asked the board to host a public hearing on the sale. She described the golf center as “a real


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Lie: Wilkinson tried to sell the Montauk docks.

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Lie: Wilkinson didn’t crack down on Montauk club noise.

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community facility,” that’s used by every age group. She said that early in his administration Wilkinson “assured” her the town would not sell the asset. (He didn’t recall making such a promise.)

The community has a right to know more about the sale and the expenses or revenues associated with the golf center, Mark said, entreating the board to host a public hearing.

Zach Cohen, who is running aga ins t Wi lk inson fo r the supervisor seat, raised questions about the financial aspects of the purchase. On Thursday night and in a subsequent press release, Cohen said the town board does not have enough information to make an informed decision.

A hearing is not required, Wilkinson said. He said it has been “pretty well known” that the town had plans to sell the site. But critics have complained the sale was not adequately discussed in public, and simply appeared in Wilkinson’s budget late last month.

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The East Hampton Town Board voted to sell its share of the Poxabugue Golf Center.

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By Emily Toy

Southampton Town Comptroller Tamara Wright reported the financial state of the town is “quite healthy” Friday afternoon, four days after Supervisor Throne-Holst presented her 2012 tentative budget.

Of the regular operat ing districts, only two are falling short of the fund balance policy, which calls for maintaining sufficient reserves. Adequate fund balances safeguard credit ratings, provide for contingencies and insure fiscal responsibililty.

The police fund was one of the districts that fell short but the comptroller reported the PD is now “in the black” through past raised taxes and controlled spending.

With the two districts falling short, over $1.8 million would be necessary to address it.

Special event fees were doubled from last year, according to Wright.

“But it looks like we’re going to break even,” she said.

Wr ight sa id the cos t o f reorganization, unemployment, pay-outs and retirement all outlined in Throne-Holst’s budget for next year could be bonded for.

Throne-Holst emphasized how her budget outlines two options the town

Town Finances ‘Healthy’may take, adding there’s a financial “cushion” between the current tax levy and going to the tax cap limit. The latter option in the budget would give more flexibility, according to the supervisor.

Throne-Holst added, the town has options. “We can either seek the bond, go to the legal limit or seek the bond and use the “cushion” money for funding issues,” she said.

“The advice was to build in this cushion,” Wright said.

Councilman Jim Malone saw three options. “We can raise the taxes, cut the spending or take the bond,” he said.

Wright added, no surplus, nor deficit were anticipated for next year.

“ I a l s o don ’ t an t i c i pa t e overspending,” she said.

In other news of budgetary matters, the supervisor’s political

foes complained this week because just one public hearing on Throne-Holst’s 2012 spending plan is scheduled. Republican loyalist and former Town Clerk Marietta Seaman urged the supervisor to schedule a hearing for October 25, in addition to the sole outing planned for November 9.

Former Supervisor Linda Kabot, who recently launched a write-in

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It was an argument of historic p ropo r t i on s . S ou thampton Councilwoman Bridget Fleming and Councilman Chris Nuzzi had a heated discussion on Friday afternoon over a resolution to revise the criteria for a town landmark designation as well as the procedure for the designation of town historic districts that was up for adoption as The Independent went to press.

In what has been an ongoing debate for months, Fleming stressed the need for the plan to move forward with the legislation and have it in place before a historic resources survey is completed next month.

“We really want to help those with historic homes and properties,” she said.

The survey would identify buildings, structures, and/or sites that meet the eligibility criteria outlined in the town code and that adhere to the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards and Guidelines for Identification and


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Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy’s proposed budget includes a measure that has town supervisors across the county mighty miffed. Grappling with a multimillion-dollar shortfall, Levy proposed turning the financial responsibility for community college tuition for students who decide to attend out of county schools over to individual towns. For towns like Babylon, Brookhaven and Huntington, that could mean big bucks budget busters.

Earlier this month, members of the Suffolk Supervisors Association held a press conference to decry a move they call an unfunded mandate and a hidden tax. Lawmakers found

Irked By Eleventh Hour Tuition Turnoverthe decision especially irksome coming after the supervisors had submitted their own budget proposals to their respective town boards.

Southampton Town Supervisor Anna Throne–Holst, who’s vice chair of the Association said, “What is most troublesome about this effort to transfer the cost of Community College Tuition to the Towns is that it is not about saving money – it’s simply an effort to shift the burden of the cost to other entities. And it’s being done without the courtesy of discussion, or ample time to allow Towns to prepare for the change in expense. The County should be working with the Towns,

not against them.” In East Hampton, Supervisor

Bill Wilkinson weighed in with a baseball metaphor, “In the bottom of the ninth, with two outs, the County Executive has unilaterally

shifted $10 million dollars of county costs to the Towns. Our East Hampton zero-based budget scrubs every cost to ensure taxpayers are protected. Such disregard for the

Towns, their cost caps, and their commitments to residents is just another example of the county ignoring their obligations.

“The county, w i th g rea t specificity, allocated East Hampton’s costs for this shift. Yet the county, in the same breath, cannot tell our Town what our total sales receipts are so that we can insist on our fair share of county revenue. We know

there is more revenue going out to the County then County revenue being returned. This just makes the ratios further disturbing.” He said he’s lobbied Legislators Ed Romaine and Jay Schneiderman, asking them to fight the passage of

the measure. That might not be so easy. Using data compiled by County

Comptroller Joseph Sawicki , lawmakers learned East Hampton would have to fork over about $170,000 while Southampton would be on the hook for over $290,000. In all, the expenses top $11 million, meaning the legislature would have to come up that much in cuts to Levy’s already lean proposal to offset a tax hike.

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“What a day! Let’s get out and do something!”

Karen was right. Sunday, like Saturday, was one of those October days you dream about, sunny and warm.

But in my War Room (aka The Nerve Center), it was Hell Day.

My Fantasy Football empire teetered precariously (is there any other kind of teetering?) due to an unfortunate blend of injuries and bad luck.

I have three TVs on. The Fantasy channel blares over my Sirius radio. My EVO is tuned into Game Day. I’m jumping madly on my computer from one web site to another, rallying my forces like an emperor might before some epic battle.

The object of particular scorn is Rashard Mendenhall, the running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Actually, he has proven to be more the stumbling back, or the

Hell Day In The War Roombungling back, of the Steelers. In fact, ever since I drafted him in the first round of the Andy Robustelli Fantasy Football League he’s done nothing but draw my ire. I hate him, and I’m wishing the worst kinds of things happened to him; preferably a vicious hit will leave him in a comatose state, at least for today.

That’s because I’ve acquired Ike Redman, his back-up. Should Medenhall be unable to play, Redman becomes a valuable player indeed. But, in typical Rashard style, he is at this moment screwing things up. “He’s dressing,” a reporter says. This means, in NFL lingo, he’s got his uniform on. NFL players are like high school girls – if they are “dressing” to go to the senior prom, there is an overwhelming chance they will in fact attend. That means the two will likely share time, rendering both useless.

“Let’s have a picnic!”

That’s Karen, sticking her nose into the war room - how did she get by security, I wonder. Yeah, a picnic. My Fantasy Guru Challenge team has holes all over the lineup. I’m engaged in at least 10 man-to-man games on the Fan Duel site with other “experts” like myself, that is to say pale, pimple faced losers with no hope of a happy existence.

I have my Scarlet Fire teams on Sportsline, Yahoo, ESPN, Sirius, and I’m in half-dozen Eliminator tournaments. All of these require immediate attention or I’m done.

Yeah, picnic. Pack me a half-dozen morphine pills and a bottle of cheap whiskey.

I run through my litany of excuses. “Hon, I hurt my back doing yard work yesterday, I better rest.”

The truth is, I was going to do yard work on Saturday, but it was so nice I decided to hit the beach for some extended sun and a swim.

“You didn’t do any yard work. You laid around all day.”

“No, I wrenched my back swimming.”

“Rick, you went in up to your waist, squealed like a little girl, and then slept under three towels for two hours.” The freaking water was 40 degrees -- of course I shrieked. I also became the Incredible Shrinking Man, and I shivered uncontrollably. ‘That’s when I hurt my back.”

“Let’s Go!” Karen insists.“I can’t, honey, I just heard Kitty

was in an accident and I have to work today.” I was referring to my superhuman news editor Kitty Merrill, who like Karen has endured the lies and excuses for many years.

“Oh my God! I’ll call her!”“Relax,” I say. “She’s fine, except

both arms are paralyzed. So I have to write her stories.”

Karen has that dubious look on

her face now. “Paralyzed, huh?”“Well actually just one. The other

one had to be amputated but she’ll be fine. She’s not ambidextrous anyway.”

Karen suggested I could get up early tomorrow and go into work. Yeah right. After sitting in this smelly hell hole for 16 hours eating junk food, candy and crap, after drinking beer and working the phones like a madman trying to trade some of my cruddy players, after sitting up until the wee hours after the Sunday night game gathering stats, checking and re-checking all the scores and compiling all the dopey numbers that schmucks like me compile, after a restless night in bed tossing and turning thinking about what might have been THEN I’m going to get up early and go to work? I don’t think so.

The games are about to begin. It’s 74 degrees outside. But it must be 100 in the War Room. Even my dog, Garcia, is panting uncontrollably. “What, all of a sudden you don’t like pretzels?” I ask him. I’m sweating too as I insert players into by lineups, people even I never heard of a year ago . . . Eric Dickson, Ben Obonamu, Victor Cruz . . . I’m running out of time. Dejection turns into a deep, foreboding depression.

“Let’s go to the ocean!” Karen gushes. (How did she get by security?)

“Yeah sure,” I say. “Let me get the lead weights.”

I turn on the Giants game. I have been a Giants’ fan for 50 years but all of a sudden I am elated, because a Seattle player name Ben Obomanu – yes the aforementioned Obomanu – just caught a touchdown pass against the Giants. I am alive. The hell with the Giants.

Of course, tomorrow is the busiest workday of the week, so ecstasy is, as always, fleeting. Merrill better have a prosthesis on or I’ll be pissed.

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Amateur Or ProfessionalLetter to the Editor,

The Democrat candidate for East Hampton Town supervisor, Zach Cohen, is a dilettante. How do I know this? He told me so when he finally detailed his life experience in an LTV interview. A dilettante is defined in Webster’s dictionary as “a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge: Dabbler, synonym: amateur.”

For openers, candidate Cohen inherited ownership of his father’s restaurant in

Miami Beach, his hometown. His actual role in the running of the restaurant was not forthcoming in the interview.

He graduated from college with a BA, was a composing student at Tanglewood and attended graduate school for six years but never finished the requirements to obtain his PHD. He said he was a “serious” student of the piano and a “serious” bicycle racer, racing with a top U.S. team in the 70s and an amateur team in France. In 1996, when the restaurant was sold he went back to school and got an MBA.

His basic work is that of a developer. One of the properties he owns today in California, he and his architect wife bought - a repair shop - and turned into hi-tech offices. He continues developing properties

today in East Hampton. There is a certain irony to the fact that although local Democrats constantly accuse Republican candidates, especially Supervisor Wilkinson of favoring developers and development, accusations never substantiated; they are running a self-proclaimed developer for supervisor!

A l l of candidate Cohen’s work experience seems to be with family or self-employment. He gets to write his own job reviews. Candidate Cohen does not have the curriculum vitae of a leader.

To me, having an MBA and not being employed in the business world is like finishing medical school or law school and calling yourself a doctor or lawyer. It just isn’t so. The “real” education

begins when you leave school and go out into that big world and learn through actual work, what your profession is all about. Even if candidate Cohen has some financial familiarity as he claims, he is sorely lacking in municipal finance knowledge and experience. Does this Town really want to go back to being run by the inexperienced? By definition, dilettantes are amateurs.

We need a professional with 35 years of major corporate experience to continue the job of turning this Town around and away from the financial disaster we were facing just 22 short months ago.

We need Supervisor Bill Wilkinson to continue what he started. He has earned that right.

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Misleading AdsDear Rick,

The recent Democrat pol i t ica l advertisements would be funny if they were not so misleading. In particular the advertisement that says the town has borrowed to generate a tax cut.

The only money “borrowed” by the Wilkinson administration has been to eliminate the $30 million deficit created by the Democrats between 2005 and 2008. Not one penny has been borrowed for anything other then cleaning up the Democrats’ mess. The borrowing was supported through State legislation sponsored by Assemblyman Fred Thiele and Senator Ken LaValle. Now if the Democrats are saying there is a problem with borrowing $6 million to eliminate the Democrat $30 million deficit and give me a tax cut, then I will take that every time.

That kind of financial management quite frankly is brilliant and should be praised.

Are the Democrats saying they know better than Bill Wilkinson with his 35 years of major corporate experience? Do they

There’s Nothing Like The BeachThe East Hampton Town Board is considering creating a

brand new town beach, and it raises a question all of the East End towns and villages need to answer: do we have enough fully equipped public beaches?

It’s funny to note when the annual list of the world’s best beaches comes out every year Main Beach in East Hampton Village and Cooper’s Beach in Southampton Village are always on it. Why don’t the towns have comparable facilities? Certainly, the ocean is the number one destination of locals and second homeowners alike – we’ve always wondered why we make it so hard to achieve that simple goal. Between parking restrictions on the roads and the scarcity of spaces at the beaches it is almost impossible to get near the water on a hot summer day.

Lots of waterfront land has been preserved; using some of it, as East Hampton proposes, is a no-brainer, especially if CPF money is available for the project.

A few concerns, though: the town wants to take access to its proposed beach by the Lobster Roll down Dolphin Drive on Napeague Stretch, a sleepy lane with some small beach houses on it. This is a rude and unnecessary intrusion, and it will, simply put, ruin the street and destroy the quality of life for those who live there. It’s not fair, and it’s not the right way to do this project.

A better plan is to access the 100-acre parcel by a town

built road adjacent to the east side of the existing restaurant. Yes, it will cost more, but at some point residents deserve the best, not the cheapest. Ditto the restrooms, boardwalk, and yes, snack bar (Dare we suggest a moonlight cafe?)– let’s make this a beach the rest of the world will take note of, but let’s buffer the parking lot so that those who live on Dolphin Drive are protected.

We can only hope the town does not want to use this beach as a reason to limit vehicular traffic elsewhere in Amagansett, where a lawsuit rages between beachfront property owners and beach driving enthusiasts. One has nothing to do with the other. The proposed beach is a pedestrian beach, however, let’s make that clear. Let’s do it right, though, and make a beach that will be the envy of the villages to the west.

In Southampton, those residents who enjoy riding the waves over at Left Sagg, and Left-Left Sagg, still find it hard to believe those hot spots are now closed to residents. The town is woefully lacking ocean beaches this side of the Canal, and it could be argued that every town resident should be able to access the ocean – and that means allowing parking nearby and providing more where none exists.

All five East End towns have spent a lot of money to preserve waterfront property, but although taxpayers own the land, the truth is the people don’t use it. Let’s make it easier to get people back to the beaches they rightfully own to begin with.


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know better than Assemblyman Thiele and Senator LaValle? Are they saying they know better than Len Bernard, an MPA with 10 years of high-level federal auditing experience and 16 years of municipal finance experience?

The Democrats must be desperate because they are actually saying that Bill Wilkinson, Assemblyman Thiele, Senator Ken LaValle and Len Bernard all conspired to give East Hampton residents a tax cut so Wilkinson can get re-elected? How unrealistic is that -- desperation apparently breeds conspiracy theories!

The advertisements are misleading, inaccurate and an insult to the intelligence of every taxpayer in East Hampton.

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Local BusinessDear Rick,

I want to thank Ms. Campolo for giving me the opportunity to point out some of my ideas and concepts for protecting and supporting East Hampton business owners. In an article a few weeks ago written by Kitty Merrill, Ms. Campolo confuses my support for local businesses with the idea that government should not be run like a business.

In the first instance, I have been very vocal in my support of local businesses. I am concerned about what I see as unfair chain store competition coming to East Hampton and to that effort, wrote an article for the East Hampton Star on the effects of formula or chain stores on local businesses.

Currently, the town board has repeatedly claimed that chain stores cannot be stopped from coming into the community. That is only partly true. There is plenty that communities can do and have done in other parts of the country to protect themselves from the onslaught of chain store blight.

Chain store takeover of our commercial properties will impact everything from loss of community character to loss of locally owned businesses. When chain stores move in, rents go up and local entrepreneurs are priced out of the market, because national chains are willing to pay more. And, in East Hampton they are willing to pay almost anything.

Carefully crafted legislation that limits the number of chain stores and square footage, considers already established businesses of a similar type, and restricts chain store locations within the town has been successful in other communities.

Money spent in locally owned and operated businesses keeps money in the community. Studies have shown that for every dollar spent in a locally owned business, 60-70 cents stays in the community. In stark contrast, a dollar spent in a chain store contributes only 20-30 cents to the local economy.

The opportunities for local businesses and entrepreneurs must be maintained with thoughtful and smart legislation. If elected, I hope to bring together local business people and the public to write and implement chain store legislation that will help guarantee economic diversity and maintain our community character.

Also, East Hampton government should support local businesses by working with and purchasing locally when business can match competitive prices from up Island big box stores. Spending taxpayer money in local stores and for local services will keep taxpayer dollars in the community and that will be a priority if elected.

I believe that governments and businesses can learn from each other, but in general their goals are completely different.

Businesses cater to a specific audience. Businesses exist to make a profit. They provide products and services to a narrow segment of the market in order to make as big a profit as possible. That is what they

are supposed to do.Governments must provide services

to the largest number of people, essentially not worrying about profit. Good government leaders manage efficiencies, not profits. Governments promote human well-being and spend money to maintain a civil and safe society for individuals and for the community as a whole. It is what they are supposed to do.

I h o p e t h a t c l e a r s u p a n y misinterpretation of the article. Please email me at [email protected] if you have any other questions.

SYLVIA OVERBYCANDIDATE, EAST HAMPTON TOWN BOARD

Seeing Red, Not GreenHey Rick,

Have you noticed the swarms of pale green signs that Zach Cohen and his running mates are splattering all over town? No doubt the green is supposed to make us think of how environmentally sensitive they are. Instead, it reminds us of all the green (taxpayer money) which disappeared during the six years of the McGintee - Foster - Hammerle nightmare, money which could have been used for any number of things, including

Do you own any Apple products?Can you share your thoughts about Steven Jobs?

Steben WesselHe was a technological revolutionary. Hechanged the world of computers, of music. Hechanged everything. He created competition forMicrosoft and took Apple from being secondchoice to the only choice. I own the 3gs iPhoneand I’ve pre-ordered the new one.

Bronte MarinoI first heard the news on Twitter. I worried Applewouldn’t keep going but I guess there arepeople to carry on. He made people lovetechnology. It was inspiring. I have an iPad anda Macbook. I’m hoping for an iMac forChristmas. My mom has an iPhone too.

Gino VitaliHe changed the way we use phones,computers, he changed just about everything.And everything he produced was brilliant andcompletely new. He was a genius. He saves usevery time we go to a restaurant because ouriPad keeps the kids entertained.

Ellen Bonfillio Gary AhlskogEllen: We got married this weekend and one of our guestswas a woman in her 80s. She could barely walk, she wasshaking - but she was taking photos with her iPad! I ownan iPhone. Of course.Gary: We wrote inspiring quotes for each guest to readaloud. Everyone wished they’d gotten the Steve Jobsquote about how facing death teaches you there’s nothingto lose, so go with your heart.

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Team (Mr. Wilkinson wants to make this a team sport, so I’ll oblige him) remained deafeningly silent or supportive of the incompetence, cronyism and corruption which were bringing the Town to its knees, even though they were active in Town affairs and had to know lots about what was going on.

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Not The Same AmericaDear Rick,

Last Saturday, I was, once again, in the presence of 60 World War II veterans as we toured their memorial in Washington

D.C. and stood in reverential silence at the changing of the guard in Arlington Cemetery.

The America that sixteen million signed up to defend is no longer the same America. I remain steadfast in believing that you and I have an

obligation to remake America so that it is recognizable to these heroes who secured freedom and a hopeful future for each succeeding generation. I know, fair reader, that you know what I be talkin’ bout.

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Southampton Town Democratic candidates hosted a “People Not Politics” rally in Southampton Village on Monday. Top, Legislator Jay Schneiderman addresses volunteers; bottom, left, Councilwoman Bridget Fleming speaks to youngsters; and bottom, right, the town ticket – Supervisor Anna Throne-Holst, Fleming, and town board hopeful Brad Bender, are joined by Congressman Tim Bishop and Schneiderman.

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Chief William Wilson, far right, with Mike Nizich and Jonathon Williams.

By Emily Toy

Southampton Town Police Chief William Wilson discussed

technological updates he deems necessary for the police department with town board members on Friday

afternoon.In an effort to become “as close

to paperless as possible,” Wilson explained how the department is still very antiquated, archaic and inefficient. Currently, for $27,000 a year, the department uses a 20-year-old system to write tickets and maintain records.

Randy York, the department’s technical coordinator, also stressed how far behind the times the town’s police department truly is.

“We’ve had one update in 10 years,” he said. “I can’t see anything having more of a benefit than this new program.”

U p g r a d i n g t h e p o l i c e department’s system with the proposed project would cost about $240,000, followed by an annual

service fee of about $97,000 per year. The up-front amount of $240,000 would include the first year’s service fee. An additional consulting fee of $66,750 would go to Admit Computer Systems, the company to install all new programs, software and equipment as well as train the staff.

The new program, cal led “IMPACT,” is New York based and is on the state’s contract list. It would cut the time it takes for officers to file paperwork in half and Wilson has years of experience in the program, which he said works well


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East Hampton TownZIPCODE 11930 - AMAGANSETT Nugent,D & Gaynor,V Simons, G & E 515,000 60 Schellinger RdZIPCODE 11937 - EAST HAMPTON O’Grady, J Pollack, R &Trust 985,000 6 Semaphore Rd Wells, J & L Ellis, G 475,000 168 Underwood Dr Eich, T Masi, E 1,100,000 42 Northway Grund,J&Florentine,S Riley, A & R 1,350,000 61 Dayton LnZIPCODE 11954 - MONTAUK Sullivan, T & G Beinner, S 670,000 144 Greenwich St Daly, C Moran, R 191,000 236 Edgemere St Capio Jr, C & M Lara, A 945,000 59 Seaside AveRiverhead TownZIPCODE 11901 - RIVERHEAD Huang, W & Q Benolich,P&M &Trusts 305,000 153 Linda Ave Rambo, R FederalHomeLoan Mrtg 78,000 34 Doris Ave 125 Riverhead Prprts Singer, N 242,000 856 W. Main StZIPCODE 11931 - AQUEBOGUE Wesnofske,J&D’Eletto Burch,D &Molin-Burch 385,000 155 Grant DrZIPCODE 11933 - CALVERTON Blair, B Dionisio,J by Dstrbt 289,500 114 Gregory Way Dunham, A & E McGuire, V by Exr 380,000 10 Black Pine StShelter Island TownZIPCODE 11964 - SHELTER ISLAND Nowikas, L & R Smith, E 837,500 2 Conrad Rd Sher,G & Lashine,N Petrides,T by Admr 900,000 116 S Midway RdSouthampton TownZIPCODE 11901 - RIVERHEAD Kevlon, J Gimenez, H 179,900 15 Moon Ave Spiliotis, S NY State Realty 103,000 68 Cypress AveZIPCODE 11932 - BRIDGEHAMPTON Szlendak, M Saint Andrews Assocs 355,000 122 Huntington CrosswayZIPCODE 11941 - EASTPORT D-Works LLC Sciortino, S & M 455,000* 24 South Bay AveZIPCODE 11942 - EAST QUOGUE Lederman, J & D Dimitriadis,L by Exr 1,550,000 1 Harbor Ln Ricki LynnAssociates Hassan, L 350,000 5 Harrison TerrZIPCODE 11946 - HAMPTON BAYS Rosewood Peconic LLC Van Allen, T & M 1,300,000 2 Old North Hwy Piscopo, F Kelly, N & F 480,000 1 St Johns Rd Kappers,J & King, M King, R & D 420,000 23 Washington AveZIPCODE 11959 - QUOGUE Sherman,L &Buckley,S Lowe,S&M&M&ETrusts 1,500,000 9 Jessup LnZIPCODE 11960 - REMSENBURG Canberg,R&C &Gibbons Sheahan, K by Exr 352,000 11 Crestview DrZIPCODE 11962 - SAGAPONACK Windemere Trust Allardice, P 5,500,000 444 Parsonage Ln PB Terra Agriculture Daniel Hedges LLC 4,500,000 245 Hedges LnZIPCODE 11963 - SAG HARBOR Solomon, C Rose, L 5,700,000 30 Ezekills Hollow Rose, L Renco Construction 2,250,000 28 Barclay DrZIPCODE 11968 - SOUTHAMPTON Delalio, T 99 Sebonac Land Co 521,250 99 Sebonac Rd Rokhsar, C Fischer, G & J 1,800,000 40 Old Fort Ln Chipok,A&Levandowski O’Donoghue, P & J 995,000 425 Hampton Rd, Unit 5 Potter, L & S Dahn, LLC 6,250,000 470 Halsey Neck Ln Guberman, J Zachary,H & C Trust 3,400,000 78 Pheasant CloseZIPCODE 11977 - WESTHAMPTON Jankumas, K & D Kametler, J 333,000 70 Montauk HwyZIPCODE 11978 - WESTHAMPTON BEACH Laide,B & Conway,M Hampton SquareRealty 585,000 180 Main St Degiovanni, R & K Hason, U & N 2,500,000 176 Beach LnSouthold TownZIPCODE 11935 - CUTCHOGUE Gehring Jr, P McIlvain, H 350,000 1170 Leslie RdZIPCODE 11944 - GREENPORT Miller, C & P Sullivan,M&J & Hynes 445,000 2 Maple Lane McManus,C & Wijono,B Serkin, E 395,000 331 Sixth St Shengold, A Brennan,Curnyn&Vaugh 500,000 424 Fourth StZIPCODE 11952 - MATTITUCK Lucarelli, C & K Charles, A by Admr 308,000 3835 Deep Hole DrZIPCODE 11971 - SOUTHOLD Kearney, G & M Guerrin, E by Exr 250,000 580 Birch Rd Boudreau, B & K Rerisi,V & Matassa,V 900,000 850 Private Rd #22

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An October Fiesta will be held at Ashawagh Hall in Springs from 5:30 to 8 PM today. Meet East Hampton Democratic Town Board candidates at this free event. Later tonight East Hampton Democratic Trustee candidates party at The Stephen Talkhouse at 8 PM in Amagansett. There will be fun for everyone including Karaoke. $20 per person.

Tomorrow the Republican committee hosts a meet and greet from 5:30 to 8:30 PM at Ashawagh Hall. Admission is $30.

On Friday, it’s your chance to meet Cornelius Kelly, who’s running for the county legislature on the Republican ticket. A house party in Montauk is the venue. Call 631-668-4545 for details.

The Springs General Store is the place for free coffee and bagels or muffins with Democratic candidates from 8 to 10 AM on Saturday. From 11 AM to 1 PM, meet Republican candidates at the Montauk Post Office. At 4 PM Saturday supervisor candidates will debate in an event hosted by the East Hampton Village Preservation Society at St. Luke’s Church on James Lane. From 6 to 9 PM at Spring Close restaurant

in East Hampton, there’s a rally for Highway Superintendent candidate Steve Lynch. He’s running on the GOP and Independence Party lines.

The League of Women Voters of the Hamptons will host the East Hampton town board candidates’ debate at 7 PM at LTV Studios at 75 Industrial Road in Wainscott on Monday night.

Additional forums and debates will be held at 1 PM on October 23 at the firehouse in Montauk, hosted by the Concerned Citizens ,and at 7 PM on October 24, hosted by the Springs Citizens Advisory Committee at Ashawagh Hall in Springs. K.M.

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Yes, we shall have another, but when, no one knows. But there is one in our future. Because of our rising temperatures, very slight, a rising ocean and a higher wind velocity, the damage will be more severe. It may well be many years before such a severe coastal storm hits Eastern Long Island, but one will come. Serious thought should be given to all future coastal building because of weather mentioned.

This past month of September is similar to many Septembers we have had in the past. That is high temperatures in the eighties until mid-month. By mid-month then, it is most unusual to have high daytime temperatures in the eighties. As the high temperatures lower, by late October or the first part of November, a high of seventy is something to talk about! But who knows what will be, as our climate slowly changes?

Our past month of September had a high daytime temperature in the eighties up until the 25th when

September 2011 Hurricane Freea high of 82˚ was recorded on the 25th. It was in the eighties on 10 days in September. This mild period has helped all farm vegetables to keep their flavor and freshness.

Rainfall was ample throughout September. It rained on 10 days. Heaviest rain was over one and one half inches on the 8th. Total rainfall for this September was 4.25 inches. This is slightly above the long-term average of 3.75” for a September month. Nighttime temperatures for our past month were in the forties to high sixties. Coolest night was 47˚ on the 17th and 19th! Warmest day was 84˚ on the first.

Our prevailing wind was from the southwest on 15 days. The local farm fresh vegetables shall be with us until we have a frost which usually comes

by October 15th, but who knows now that we speak of Global Warming! Farm fresh vegetables may be with us until November 1st, and with our changing weather pattern even later! Yes, when Dad and I were farming it was, get the silos filled before mid-

September, and the growing poultry housed by November 1st.

Good health to all and enjoy October’s bright, blue, weather!

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during disgraced former supervisor Bill McGintee’s administration “absolutely” contributed to the town’s current fiscal crisis.

Mott believes one of his best leadership traits is the ability to

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communicate. As head of the trustees, he said, “I would actually go see people to talk about what’s going on.” An in-person communicator, he said he’s going to have to brush up on his computer skills and joked, “I’m going to have to learn how to text.”

He’s also known as a mediator, skilled at diffusing tense situations. “That’s one of my assets,” he said. “You have to be a good listener and once you’re elected, you’re not supposed to be a Republican or a Democrat or an Independent. You’re supposed to do what’s best for the people of East Hampton.”

For Mott’s money the current administration has fallen short when it comes to doing what’s best for the people. Acutely aware of the current beach access lawsuit, Mott had harsh words for Supervisor Bill Wilkinson and the town board. “The town board

hasn’t supported the trustees,” he said, “They’ve done next to nothing either legally or monetarily.” Loss of the suit would be devastating in East Hampton, Mott worried. “We can’t afford to lose this case,” he said, predicting that if the town were defeated in court, there would be a domino effect of other shorefront property owners looking to privatize their beaches.

A sales manager at Pulver Gas, where he’s worked for 30 years, Mott joked about the notion that people reach a retirement age and slow down. On the campaign trail, serving on the trustees and as a member of the Bridgehampton Fire Department, he’s busier than ever.

“I don’t have answers for everything, but I have a pretty good background and I just want to contribute,” he said.

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Oh no! Not again! So Springs and East Hampton are considering a n o t h e r s t u d y t o e x p l o r e consolidating the two districts. Well I hate to put the kibosh on such wishful thinking, but consolidation isn’t going to happen.

Remember that famous study done in the mid ‘90’s that cost the local districts $40K? I offered to save the districts that consulting fee by telling them what the findings would be, but they went through with it anyway and lo and behold it came out just the way I predicted. Irrespective of the various school combinations in a consolidation plan all of the districts would experience significant tax increases with the exception of Springs, which would see its school tax rates drop dramatically. For the umpteenth time here’s why:

2010-11 School District TaxRates per $100 assessment

East Hampton - $43.43Springs - $81.53

If the two districts consolidated, the tax rate would have to be equalized to the average of the two districts to $62.53. Thus East Hampton tax payers would see a 44 percent increase in their rates and Springs taxpayers would see a 23 percent decrease in theirs. Anyone want to predict how the East Hampton taxpayers will vote on such a consolidation referendum?

Charter School Cherry PickingThe “Morning Joe” TV show

has been running some education discussions with various panelists holding forth on their prescriptions for fixing our country’s education problems. Most of the participants adhere to the concept that a school’s performance can be determined by test results alone, especially in math and reading. Few if any point out that kids are also supposed to learn something about science, history, the arts, health, physical education, geography, civics, and other traditional areas once a part of the teaching and learning curriculum.

Topics that teachers through the years have integrated in their lessons and that are recognized as critical aspects of a child’s development as well as necessary preparation for becoming an informed member of our society carry little or no weight in the evaluation of schools. The emphasis on testing forces teachers and schools to restrict their curricula offerings because test results alone

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School Consolidationwill determine whether teachers keep their jobs and if their schools will remain open.

Curiously, the Morning Joe show and some of its participants l ike to trumpet the Charter School movement as the answer to correct ing our country ’s shortcomings in education, usually blaming those shortcomings on public schools, teachers, and their administrators. Today, the program showcased the Bronx Charter School for Excellence where students from poverty areas who typically don’t have high achievement profiles are succeeding

Hats off to the Bronx Charter, but let’s get real about charter schools in general. Stanford University conducted the most nationwide definitive study involving 2403 charter schools in 15 states. The study showed that 17 percent of the charter schools outperformed their public school, 37 percent did worse than their public school counterparts, and there was no difference in performance in 46 percent of the charter schools.

So it’s easy to cherry-pick one successful charter and showcase it, but it’s misleading to leave the

viewers with the impression that Bronx Charter’s success typifies charter schools across the country. Remember, charter schools siphon money away from a public school which is justified if they out-perform the public school. But before we expand the number of charter schools, as some are currently proposing we do, charters should be held to the same requirements as public schools including employing certified staff, addressing the same state mandates, and meeting the same accountability standards.

George Bush’s No Child Left Behind Law stipulated that by 2014 every student in the country must reach proficiency in reading and math according to their state’s standards and tests. Since test scores are the determining factor in evaluating schools, teachers

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The Senior Tap Class Revue performed at the Southampton Cultural Center Friday morning to a crowd of nearly 70 people. Instructor Mary Castro choreographed 13 female dancers in four musical numbers that included “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On,” “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy,” “Beyond the Sea,” and “One.”

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for Southampton Village Police.“The 45 minutes it takes an

officer to record a motor vehicle accident could be 15 minutes with new technology,” Wilson said.

Joining Wilson in the discussion were two representatives from Admit Computer Sys tems , Jonathon Williams and Mike Nizich. The Farmingdale-based company installed new, more efficient equipment and software for SVPD before Wilson became town police chief.

“We have to give police officers the tools to continue providing the same, if not better, level of service,” Wilson said. “I don’t think anybody wants to see a reduction in the level of service.”

S c a n n i n g b a r c o d e s o n licenses, alarm billing, visual computer aided dispatchers, “IMPACT” mobile, integrated c o m m u n i c a t i o n s y s t e m s and mainstream full records management would be expected, should the town upgrade its system. All current information would be transferred into the new system as well.

With Southampton Supervisor Anna Throne -Ho l s t ’ s 2012 tentative budget calling for a six-person cut in the department’s s ta f f , those t echno log i ca l upgrades could be necessary.

“Once the information is on paper, it doesn’t go anywhere,” said Nizich. “With this new technology, the information is used over and over again.”

Nizich added that providing a newer system would increase e f f i c i ency for the records management system and “gets the data to the right folks at the right time.”

Wilson is pushing for the new program to be up and running by next Memorial Day.

Funding for the equipment would come mostly from the town’s reserves, with the town bonding for the remainder of the capital improvement. According to Throne-Holst, the town has close to $200,000 in technology reserves.

“I think it’s good to start funding for it now,” Throne-Holst said. “It’d be better to start sooner rather than later.”

At the c lose of Fr iday ’s discussion, the supervisor was uncertain whether yesterday’s agenda would include a resolution moving the initiative forward.


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share, depending on how many kids they have attending such schools as Nassau Community College and the Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan. “That’s a better deal,” Throne-Holst opined. She’s reviewing municipal finance law to see if the transfer of cost can fall outside the state mandated tax cap.

Levy’s reasoning appears to mirror Throne-Holst’s. “We should ensure that some portions of the county are no longer subsidizing other portions that have a larger percentage of out -of -county students. Paying on a town-by-town basis will accomplish this. This is about fairness. We believe that state law should be changed so that no local taxpayers have to subsidize the tuition of a student who freely decides to go to an out-of-county community college, and we invite town supervisors to join us in lobbying Albany,” his Deputy Director of Communications Mark L. Smith said. Taxpayers in eight of the 10 towns were paying a disproportionate share to subsidize out-of-county students in Babylon and Huntington, he said, noting Nassau County turned the expense over to individual towns in 2004.

Years ago, when community colleges became part of the SUNY system, the counties and the state established the chargebacks as part of an agreement that made community college education a state responsibility.

This isn’t the first time Suffolk tried to pass the costs on to towns. During the early 90s, the issue arose, but a split vote on the legislature kept the charge on the county side of the tax bill.

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Nuzzi expressed his concern with moving forward without the survey being complete.

“The valuable thing here was the survey of the structures,” Nuzzi emphasized. “I thought the point of spending money on a survey was to make things more specific.”

After months of presentations from the Town Landmarks and Historic District’s Board, Nuzzi still remains unsatisfied with what specific costs would be for maintaining and remodeling a property/structure that was deemed “historic.” Those costs still remain somewhat of a gray area.

He also expressed concern about the public’s involvement with the proposed legislation.

“I want to insure the taxpayers as well as the property owners are fully involved before this becomes the law,” he said. “Reaching out to the individuals in the public is key.”

Nuzzi a lso expressed his discomfort with moving forward with the legislation before the survey is completed.

“The valuable thing was the survey of the structures,” he said. “That’s an important component.”

Fleming appeared agitated when Nuzzi again expressed his concern about designating historic districts and landmarking properties.

“We’ve heard your stance on this issue numerous times,” she said.

In an effort to re-iterate Nuzzi’s point, Councilman Jim Malone emphasized the need to keep the taxpayers and property owners in the know.

“Property owners may not be aware of new upcoming laws and how

they’ll be impacted,” he said.Supervisor Anna Throne-Holst

stressed the fact that the proposed legislation doesn’t create districts, it creates the criteria for them. The town board would have to hold a public hearing prior to the designation of any landmark or historic district.

“There will be lots of opportunities to deal with individual property owners and to educate them on their new responsibilities,” Fleming said.


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As is the case in most municipalities, the fiscal crisis is dominating the campaign conversation across Suffolk, Schneiderman reported during a recent visit to The Independent offices. The county is struggling to pay its bills and coming up $200 million short, the lawmaker informed.

Schneiderman routinely clashes with County Executive Steve Levy, looking askance at the CE who is, he says, “so hell bent on saying ‘I never raised taxes.’” But when it comes to the county’s dire financial straits, the problem can’t be laid at Levy’s feet. “It’s not his fault. It’s not overspending,” Schneiderman explained.

County government has shrunk in recent years, but as the state “dumped” more mandates on county government, expenses rose and sales tax dipped. A member of the legislature’s budget working group, Schneiderman talks of little else but Suffolk’s money woes and is constantly mulling measures to ease them.

Asked how he spends his leisure time, Schneiderman points to efforts to help local organizations and participate

in volunteer community activities.His sculptures are seen in the annual

sandcastle contest in Amagansett and he’s almost finished his birdhouse for the Coalition of Women’s Cancers at Southampton Hospital annual auction later this month. Schneiderman further exercises his creative muscles by playing drums with the local group Dan Bailey’s Living Rhythm. He has two children.

“I went into public service to help people and protect our quality of life. My favorite part is bringing people together, listening to their ideas for how we can make our community better,” he said when asked to detail the most rewarding aspect of being a legislator. Constituent services are the most satisfying, he said, especially when they’re combined with a favored aspect of public service – long range planning.

Schneiderman used the widening of County Road 39 as an example of an accomplishment that meshed constituent services with long range planning. “That really made a difference in people’s lives,” he said. He characterized the recent addition of Sunday busses as “another major victory.”

Listing an array of accomplishments, Schneiderman emphasized, “None of these were easy to do. I’m up against a system structured to prevent change and a legislature where the deck is stacked against the East End, so I have to build coalitions and be patient.” He’s campaigning for re-election, he said, because, “There’s more I want to accomplish.”

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doing, Kirsch said it was virtually impossible, and extremely costly to even try.

There are laws the town has to comply with whether it takes grants or not. The process of trying is also lengthy, and the municipality will have to maintain the airport during the protracted litigation. Stanzione guessed the town would need to spend about $6 million of its own money for maintenance from now through 2021.

Any attempt to close or curtail service would result in a lawsuit. The FAA would sue the town, and so would assorted user groups. Stanzione said there is already a group with a fund set aside should airport opponents try to alter the current use of the facility.

“There is no difference between accepting FAA grants or not,” Kirsch

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concluded. “Having FAA assurances is not a significant factor. It affects where you are going to get sued from.”

Stanzione said he worked hard to get FAA approval of the Airport Layout Plan to circumvent litigation designed to stall the Airport Comprehensive Plan. Democratic operative David Gruber is one of the moneymen behind the anti-airport movement and is also a major contributor to the local Democratic Party.

Stanzione said a seasonal control tower he champions will help route traffic, but “It doesn’t control what comes into the airport. The town never has and never will,” he added. “There are federal laws the town has to comply with.” With the tower in place, Stanzione said, “the flight tracks are more precise. The pilots are more likely to follow them.’

Both men agreed helicopters are now the main source of noise pollution. Stage 2 whisper jets are now

in the vogue, and noise complaints are down 40 percent since the 2007 peak. Stanzione is hoping to reroute helicopters to the so-called southern route to further decrease noise. It’s a viable plan, he said.

Kirsch said the town is doing all it can to accommodate airport opponents. He said, “we’ll all be dead” before the airport is forced to close, if ever.

echoed the concern about taking the task away from the experts. Elaine Jones reiterated comments she made during the prior hearing. She fears the amendment will open the door to unfettered development and huge, year round green house operations that spoil open farmland vistas.

Some speakers wanted the town board to proceed despite Eagan’s news. Alex Balsam asked whether the town

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could “tweak” the proposal to meet state standards.

Ira Bezoza is the director of the three-acre food pantry farm at the East End Organic Community Farm. Volunteers there raise and donate tons of produce to local food pantries and were hoping to construct a hoop house that would allow for year round operations. The money for the structure has been raised and, said Bezoza, “We hoped to be in production this winter.” He said the passage of the legislation is important because “time is of the essence.”

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Sell poxyCONTINUED FROM PAGE 10.community support for Poxy’s preservation in 2004, Southampton and East Hampton officials decided to form a unique partnership and purchase the golf center, protecting it from threatened residential development. Southampton Town used Community Preservation Fund money for its part of the purchase, but, because the site is located outside East Hampton’s boundaries, Bonac’s share of the cost, some $3.25 million, came from its general coffers.

While officials today say the sale -- at $2.2 million -- will ultimately mean savings in interest payments over the long term, Cohen looked askance at Wilky’s math. He contends the financial loss on the property is “staggering.” Not only will the town lose a million dollars on the original purchase price, but taxpayers will have coughed up over $1 million by the time the original bond is paid off in 2016, he said.

Beyond the financial aspect, Cohen questioned a draft agreement that doesn’t protect the rights of East Hampton residents, who enjoyed a discount at the center.

Meanwhile in Southampton, Supervisor Anna Throne-Holst said Sunday that there’s still a lot of work to do before the sale can go through. The town will likely have to use general operating funds to purchase the part of the property that hosts the pro shop and restaurant, since CPF can’t be used to buy a business.

“There’s still a lot of stuff that needs to be figured out,” she said. And although she’s not happy about the idea of using operating funds to buy a portion of the property, Throne-Holst noted Wilkinson “balanced his budget based on this sale.” If East Hampton doesn’t sell to Southampton, it could sell to a private developer.

East Hampton must also address state regs relating to “alienation of parkland” that require an act of the state legislature before the sale can go through. Under that law, East Hampton can’t divest itself of one park without purchasing another of equal value. That will be accomplished using CPF money.

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Westhampton had a tough chore last Thursday, facing Miller Place before a hostile crowd. As the hard fought battle wore on, it became apparent these two teams were closely matched – in fact, the score was 21-21 entering the final. As it turned out, though, the Hurricanes’ excellent head coach Bill Parry had a couple jokers up his sleeve.

The locals showed early on they were prepared for all contingencies; expecting the ground game to struggle, quarterback Jack Murphy, who usually plays things conservatively, uncorked a 57 yard scoring strike to Brian Corrigan. Murphy, who finished 10-15 good for 130 yards, scored twice more on plunges.

With the game on the line and time running out, Brian Curry lined up for a punt from the ‘Canes’ 33-yard line but instead took off and gained a first down. With 52 seconds left and the offense stalled, running back Dan Gomez, who had been held to 41 yards on 11 attempts, drilled a field goal to give the locals a lead they would not relinquish. Gomez also added three extra points, T.J. Murphy caught five passes good for 50 yards and Brian Eckart added 36 on the ground. Westhampton moved to 4-1

in Suffolk’s Division III. Miller Place dropped to 3-2.

The East End’s best team, Riverhead, may be among the best small schools on Long Island. Thursday the Cardiac Kids, who always seems to make things interesting, score 20 fourth quarter points to subdue a determined Whitman squad on the loser’s field. Riverhead is almost unstoppable on offense, boasting arguably the best quarterback and best tailback in Suffolk.

While Whitman was able to slow the Blue Waves on the ground -- Charles Bartlett, Suffolk’s leading rusher going into the game, was held to 11 attempts for 68 yards – nothing can stop the Wave from rolling. Enter junior quarterback Ryan “Air” Bitzer, who completed 13 of 24 attempts good for 180 yards. Bitzer also scored a touchdown on a sneak.

Reggie Moore caught an 11-yard strike from Bitzer to tie the score with just over five minutes left. After holding Whitman to three and out, Bitzer went to work again leading the Waves down the filed, completing all six of his pass attempts in the process. The drive culminated with a 24-yard pass to Jeremiah Cheatom. Moore,

incidentally, scored three times including a 90-yard kickoff return. Riverhead is 5-0 in Division II; Whitman dropped to 2-3.

In other East End action Hampton Bays earned its second victory by bombing Mercy 40-6. Andrew Morris put on a show, racing for 132 yards and four TDs on only 12 carries. Quarterback Justin Carbone ran for a score and also hit Seth Donnen with a 49-yard bomb good for another TD. Glenn came out to the North Fork and battered Greenport/Mattituck all 42-7. Quarterback Rich Czeczotka accounted for five scores for the winners.

Wyandanch got by a gritty Southampton squad 20-12, dropping the Mariners to 0-5. East Hampton, suffering through a nightmare season, was drilled by Islip 42-7 and dropped to 0-5.


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Fantasy Football is like real football in a lot of ways. Basically, the best-laid plans go astray, even if you do everything right. That’s because Lady Chance plays a huge role in every single game. You can do all your homework, consult the experts, pour over the stats, make a decision that is the best possible one to insure success, and still lose.

Consider Monday night’s game, Chicago versus Detroit. Chicago is notoriously stingy against the run. Furthermore, Detroit has gone pass happy with brilliant second year quarterback Matthew Stafford and all-world receiver Calvin “Megatron” Johnson.

The Lions running back, Jahvid Best, has never run for more than 80 yards in a game – ever. Unless you are desperate, there is no way you started him last week. I had Darren “Run DMC” McFadden, the league’s leading rusher, and Cedric Benson, a reliable workhorse for the Cincinnati Bengals who figured to get the ball a lot. He did – 24 carries – but he amassed only 53

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Victor Cruz

yards on Sunday.Monday night, my decision

looked sound. Best had only 12 yards and was getting bottled up repeatedly by the Bears’ defense. With five minutes left in the third quarter, though, a single play changed the complexion of the real game and my fantasy game as well. Best took off on an 87-yard run, by far the longest of his career. The touchdown caused the Lions to go into a conservative play-calling mode – which meant run instead of pass. Best ended up with a whopping 163 yards and I lost my game by 10 points – I would have won by three had I started him.

There’s nothing you can do about these things. The Jets have one of the best teams in football and they’ve lost three games. The Giants have a great team and they were upset by Seattle Sunday, one of the worst teams in the NFL.

Losses happen – the goal right now for a Fantasy Football player is the same for every NFL team – make the playoffs. That’s it. Once you’re in

the playoffs anything can happen.That means even if you’ve lost

three or four games you are still alive.

In my Living Large league on Sportsline I was 2-2 going into my game against EisenFaust, also 2-2. I was stunned to see he had four guys in his starting lineup that weren’t playing. It’s sometimes possible in 14-player leagues to have so many good players that you don’t want to cut anyone, but that is a rarity. In this case, Faust had three players of little or no use on the bench that he could have cut, and then picked up productive players who would have earned him some points.

Amazingly I was behind going into Monday night and was lucky to squeak by, 81-76, only because Stafford and Matt Forte combined for 32 points. Had he made one strategic substitution he would have won. Here’s the kicker: it’s a money league. He put up $50 to play – why throw it away?

Players offer a litany of excuses: I lost power . . . my computer died . . . my grandmother was sick . . . these are all nonsense. Here is a rule to follow. Every Tuesday, visit all your teams and set a current lineup – you should have a list of all your teams. You may need to fill spots – make

a list of what players you need and put in the appropriate Free Agent moves. Do this until you have a final lineup, and then put a check next to the team name. You’re still not done -- players can get hurt, etc. You MUST check Sundays to be certain you have the best lineup, but if you can’t at least you know a competitive lineup is in place.

Pick Up Of The WeekEveryone is jumping on Victor

Cruz, the Giants’ explosive receiver, but I’m afraid he’ll end up in the doghouse if he keeps fumbling. Grab Tim Tebow, the Denver quarterback – think Cam Newton.

It’s Boo! TimeIt’s that time again . . . that spooky, scary time called Halloween. And

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Prizes will be awarded in three categories: Grades 1-3, Grades 4-6, and Grades 7 and 8. Call 631-324-2500 for more information.


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The New York Yankees find them-selves in an unfamiliar place, as the post season ended very early in the Bronx this year. With the Yankees losing to the Detroit Tigers in five games in the ALDS, it’s back to the drawing board for general manager Brian Cashman.

Cashman got some surprising efforts this season (Garcia, Colon), some disappointing ones (Teixeira, A-Rod), and some MVP-type seasons (Granderson, Cano). The Yankee GM also has a showdown with a big star coming up this off-season.

It’s all but a foregone conclusion that ace C.C. Sabathia will opt-out from his contract with four years and $92 million remaining. All this while telling the NY media how he loves New York and there’s no place he’d rather be. Many believe the 31-year old is looking for the seven years/$146 million that the Yankees offered Cliff Lee last offseason (Lee was 32 years old at the time). The Yankees are facing a situation simi-lar to the one they faced with Alex Rodriguez after the 2007 season. But this time the Yankees must not succumb to the demands of a star whose best years may be behind him.

There’s no doubt there’s value in having Sabathia for the next couple

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of seasons. But to be fair, Sabathia hasn’t lived up to his nine-figure contract when it mattered most. Sabathia’s ALDS struggles were as significant as those of Mark Teixeira and Alex Rodriguez. Since pitching well in the 2009 postseason to help lead the Yankees to a World Series victory, Sabathia’s 2010 postseason ERA (5.63) and 2011 postseason ERA (6.23) were less than ace-like quality.

The Yankees don’t pay C.C. Sa-bathia over $20 million a year to just win 20 games in the regular season. They expect him to outpitch Justin Verlander or Josh Beckett in mid-October.

Cashman should not overpay Sabathia if he chooses to opt-out. With question marks surrounding the rest of the Yankee rotation they absolutely need his services. But they should wait for contract terms that make sense.

The Yankees must be careful not to bid against themselves. The market for Sabathia will likely be

weak because only a handful of teams can offer a pitcher north of $100 million. On top of that, many of the teams that might have done so in the past aren’t in a position to do so now. The Mets and Dodgers can’t afford it, the Angels signed their own ace, Jered Weaver, to an $85 million contract, the Phillies have four pitchers set to make nearly $60 million in 2012, and the Red Sox handed out $300 million in contracts last off-season that didn’t meet expectations.

Further, the Yankees don’t owe Sabathia the respect they owed Derek Jeter when deciding to pay Jeter above market value.

The Bronx Bombers should learn from the mistake they made with Alex Rodriguez in 2007. This past season, only year four of his 10-year contract, showed the Yankees that they may dread A-Rod’s $27 million per year sooner rather than later. Seeing this and a weak bidding market should convince the Yankees there is no need to succumb to their ace’s salary demands.

Sabathia will turn 32 next sum-mer, is a year removed from ar-throscopic knee surgery, and has come up short the past two sea-sons in the playoffs. Despite losing weight this past spring, CC looked

like he added a few pinstripes to his jersey by the ALDS. With the Yankees phenomenal pitching pros-pects (Manny Banuelos, Dellin Be-tances, Hector Noesi, David Phelps and Adam Warren) still a couple of years away, C.C. Sabathia is a pitcher New York needs for 2012 and 2013. Any contract longer than 5 years and over $110 million would soon become a regrettable move.

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