1969-10-09

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An Official Newspaper of The Incorporated Village of Farmingdale- Serving Greater Farmingdale, fiethpag'e and Melville
Vol. 7 No. 7 Second Class Postage has been paid at Parmlagdale, N. Y. 1171S Thursday, October 9, 1969
MAYOR ZURECK CHARGES
POWER BEING USURPED Farmingdale Mayor Joseph Zureck on Monday night
charged that some members of the village ad­ministration
were usurping his authority as mayor;
acting as individuals and in some cases he has not been
receiving the cooperation on serious problems con­fronting
the village.
Zureck specifically charged the Village Clerk of
omitting details from the Village minutes on the advice
of the village attorney. The mayor said that there had
been a tie vote at a previous meeting which was not
recorded on a petition for a three story apartment. The
petition, calling for an apartment at the intersection of
Prospect Place and Conklin Street by Allen and
Posillico had Trustees Norman Krasnow and Owen
Drugan in favor and Zureck and Trustee Willis B.
Carman Jr. against the petition. Trustee John
Hallahan was not present at the meeting.
The Mayor also said that while the petition of Sunrise
Federal Savings and Loan Association to build an
extension was still pending before the Board of
Trustees, a legal notice had been published in another
newspaper without his knowledge, and that the matter
was scheduled to come before the Zoning Board of
Appeals. Only after Zureckcomplained, was the matter
withdrawn from the calendar of the Zoning Board at
this time until the village Board of Trustees could
make a determination.
Mayor Zureck also charged that the attorney hired to
prosecute the Karp case regarding alleged fumes and
noise from the fertilizer plant which has caused
residents on Sullivan Road to complain, said that his
case had been undermined by ' leakage of important
information. 1 The attorney, Charles MacDonald of
Freeport, was dismissed by the Board some time ago.
Zureck said that he was going to call MacDonald and
see whether he would consider being rehired.
After listening to remarks by Sullivan Road
residents, John Raphael, Peter Baker and Carl
Christensen and the report by George Cook, Village
Building Inspector, Zureck called for the Inspector to
issue a summons regarding alleged current violations
of the fertilizer plant. The Board went along with
Zureck on this matter. Attorney Joseph Stern ex­plained
that he had declined to handle the case due to
his friendship with the owner of the fertilizer plant.
During Monday's meeting
Mayor Zureck issued the fol­lowing
prepared stateman:
Gentlemen of the Board:
Grave problems confront my
administration. Matters of great
importance which directly affect
the health and welfare of our
residents is at stake. I feel this
matter is of such consequence
and magnitude, that I must take
positive action to expeditiously
resolve this matter once and for
all. Certain members of my of-fical
family have taken it upon
themselves to usurp my ad­ministrative
power, by making
decisions without my knowledge
or permission.
As mayor and Chief Executive,
my character, honesty and in­tegrity
have been challenged and
questioned. I have been
severely criticized and condemned
as favoring business and ignoring
the needs and rights of the little
man. I assure you, gentlemen,
nothing could be further from the
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Motorists on Conklin Street here are greeted with a " sign of the
times" as they approach Fairchild Hiller's Republic Aviation
Division from the east. The two- line sign, which is 173- feet long and
six- feet high on the top, and 52- feet long and nine- feet high on the
bottom line, reflects the division's spirit in its drive to win the Air
Force contract to build the F- 15, the United States air superiority
fighter for the 1970s. Republic and two other companies are in com­petition
for the contract, whichthe Air Force is expected to award by
January 1. The last aircraft made by the division was the F- 105
Thunderchief, which was in production up to 1965. Republic today is a
major subcontractor on such programs as the McDonnell Douglas F- 4
Phantom fighter, supersonic transport ( SST) and Boeing 747, and is
continuing modification work on the F- 105.