1971-07-08

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An Officiaf Newspapt- r of The Incorporated Village of Farmingdale Serving Greate K rX ^
Vol. 8 NO. 4 6 ' S e c o n d C l a s s Postage has boon paid at Farmingdale, N. Y. 1 1735 • Published bv THE OBSERVER. INC., _ tti, Farmingdale. N. Y. Thursday July 8 1971
RODEO TIME: Farmingdale cowgirl Vicki Soden signs
autographs for two youngsters during recent Long Island tour on
behalf of the championship rodeo at Madison Square Garden. Ob­taining
signatures are Barbara Rosicky, 10 and Nancy Herman, 9.
both of Merrick. Long Island Railroad Metro Mini Maids ac­companying
the touring group distributed flyers suggesting that
show- goers take the LIRR directly to Madison Square Garden for a
fast, quiet ride.
Mrs. Newman Wants
Joe Saladino's Seat
Mrs. Lorraine Newman, a beauty salon proprietress in
Massapequa and chairman of the Independent Parents and Tax
Payers has thrown her bonnet into the political ring and has
challenged Town of Oyster Bay Councilman Joe Saladino for the
GOP candidacy in the November elections. " I have nothing personal
against Mr. Saladino," Mrs. Newman told the OBSERVER," but I
feel that the town council and politics in general should not be a
domain of lawyers, that other points of view should be represented
and that counoilmen should just concentrate on their job and not look
beyond it for greener pastures."
Mrs. Newman is presently
trying to get the 1,500 signatures
necessary to be placed on the
ballot for a primary election
between her and councilman
Saladino. " If I do not get those
1,500 signatures or if I should lose
the primary, I will run as an
independent," Mrs. Newman
stated.
As chairman of the Parents and
Taxpayers group, Mrs. Newman
has been involved in many causes
to better the life and environment
of the community and she has not
shirked away from demon­strations
to bring her point of
view across.
In a reply to Mr. Saladino's
remark, that councilmen just can
not go out demonstrating and
carry placards, Mrs. Newman
was quick to point out, that
certainly demonstrations would
not be necessary it the town
board docs its job. " When I am
elected I shall not play party
politics as is the custom now,"
she stated.
s in which
Mi .
bet t o job than hei rival. Con
servation of trees scorns to be
her list of priorities. She
has received assurances from
Public Works Commissioner
Plock that the remaining trees on
Merrick Road will not be cut
down, unless absolutely
necessary and she has found out
that trees on Unqua Road, where
utility poles have been moved
backward to facilitate sewer
installation, will not be harmed.
Whatever the outcome of Mrs.
Newman's candidacy for
councilman may be, it is sure to
add some spice what might
otherwise have been a run - of -
the mill election campaign.
Rockefeller Veto Kills
School Relief Bill
Campbell Replaces Mrs. Goulding as School Board President
Whatever friends Gov. Rockefeller had in Far­mingdale,
he most likely has lost them now. The bill to
reimburse the Farmingdale school district for the loss
of tax revenue suffered as a result of the Metropolitan
Transportation Authority's takeover of Republic
Airfield, was dealt a fatal blow in the form of a veto by
Rockefeller. And since the Legislature has finished its
business for this year, any attempt to revive this
rescue bill must wait until January 1972 at the earliest.
Thus a fight to get relief for
Farmingdale's hard- pressed
taxpayers, carried on over three
years, initiated and spearheaded
by Superintendent of Schools Dr.
William Kinzler, and ably and
New Parking
Rules to Com?
On August 1
The Board of Trustees of the
Village of Farmingdale is
expected to adopt at its
meeting next Tuesday night
the recommendation of the
Nassau County Police
Department to institute
alternate side of the street
parking for Main Street. The
new parking regulations are
slated to go into effect on
August 1.
In response to urgent pleas
from merchants on the lower
half of Main Street the village
board will modify the police
recommendations to the
extent that the area with the
alternate parking restrictions
will stretch only from
Prospect Street on north to
Melville Road. South of
Prospect Street present
parking regulations will
remain unchanged.
i. onaine Newman
enthusiastically assisted by State
Senator Ralph Marino and
Assemblymen John McCarthy,
Philip Healey and Martin Gin­sberg,
came to a disappointing
end.
Explaining his veto , Gov.
Rockefeller expressed his op­position
to what he called
singling out the Farmingdale
school district for special benefits
while mentioning the potential
for new and possibly increased
tax revenue from the future
transportation complex.
In his veto message
Rockefeller also alluded to an
anticipated revamping of the
formula and method for
providing state assistance to
Schodl districts, which would
assure change of aid in ac­cordance
with changes of need,
implicit in ihis reference seems
to be the possibility that reduced
lax revenue would be com
pensated for by increased state
aid.
Senator Marino and Assem
blymen Healey and McCarthy
pledged to take up the battle
again next year immediately
after the reconvening of the
Legislature.
The fact that both houses of the
Legislature gave this bill such an
impressive support should help to
get it off to a flying start, ac­cording
to Healey, especially
since in rewriting the bill all the
objections now raised by
Rockefeller will be satisfied.
The Governor's veto means
that the loss of revenue from
Republic Airfield will now add up
to some $ 160,000. To last year's
loss of $ 45,000 will have to be
added this year's $ 110,000 to
$ 120,000, which can not be
recouped anymore. And should
next year's attempt to get past
the Governor a modified version
of the bill just vetoed be un­successful
also, the revenue loss
then will amount to an additional
$ 165,000.
In retrospect it seems to be
fortunate that the current budget
for the Farmingdale school
district, which is now an
austerity budget, did not consider
the possibility of receiving
reimbursement. If it had come, it
would have meant tax relief to
the extent of 10c or lie per $ 100.00
assessed valuation.
As far as the budget is con­cerned,
no new picture emerged
from the school board meeting
held last Tuesday night. It was
strictly an organizational
meeting, setting up t he
mechanics of running the schools
for another year. An executiive
board meeting will be held this
Altmann Resignation
Is Now Official
With a letter mailed to the
Farmingdale Library Board of
Trustees board chairman Warren
Altmann has now formally
tendered his resignation. Alt­mann
was transferred by his
employer to Florida where, as a
matter of fact, he has already
taken up his new duties.
The reorganization meeting of
the librarj board, to be held nexl
Tuesday at the South Far
mingdale branch building, will
therefore not only have to select a
chairman tor the business year
started on July I, but also will
have to appoint another member
to fill the seat vacated by Mr.
Altmann The meeting will start
at its usual time of 8: 30 p in
Thursday night, where the
question of living with the present
austerity budget or submission of
another budget at some future
date may or may not come up.
A minor surprise was the
outcome of the board's vote for
the presidency. Replacing Lucille
Goulding is Robert Campbell as
new board chairman, after a vote
that was split 4- 3 in his favor.
Vice president is now Robert
Weiss. Mrs. Veronica Hansen will
continue as clerk and retired
treasurer James D. Ryan was
replaced by Edwin K. Sperling.
The board approved lowering
the age requirement for voting on
Oil Firm Would
Rather Switch
Than Fight
In a surprise move, Northville
Industries Corp. has decided not
to build its pipeline and tank farm
off Price Boulevard in East
Farmingdale. The oil storage
area, which was to hold 15,000,000
gallons of oil, had been a thorn in
the eyes of East Farmingdale
residents ever since construction
plans became known.
" The tank farm should be
constructed in cooperation with,
not in opposition to, the Long
Island public," said Gerald P.
Smith, a spokesman for Nor-thville
Industries, explaining the
unexpected abandonment of the
project in East Farmingdale.
Recommendations where the
firm eventually will build its
pipeline are not expected before
December of this year.
school matters to 18 years. Also
approved was the forming of a
committee to study the eventual
disposition of Main Street
Elementary school.
In regard to the matter of how
austere an austerity budget must
be, information gathered in
Albany by business manager J.
Richard Zutt resulted in the
elimination of fewer items from
the budget then originally an­ticipated.
According to the latest
interpretation of austerity rules,
a number of programs can be left
untouched even under austerity if
the school board so decides.
The Farmingdale school board
therefore decided to leave in the
budget all of the following items,
which are optional under an
austerity program School clubs,
summer sessions ( e. g. driver
education), student insurance
and a number of other items.
primarily adult education and
senior citizens programs
With this added back onto the
budget, the difference between
the one proposed and twice
rejected, and the one now
adopted under state mandate,
amounts to $ 211,77- 1 on