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4Sth YEAR, No; 46 FREEPORT; NEW YORK. MARCH 12.1981 PRICE 2 0 * PER COPY
Freeport To Elect Mayor Tuesday
Chamber's
m!!^!^l J"s«ce A/so On BaWot
Two Trusfees and Village
VISITING "SUPER'^AR" BCTTE DAVIS WAS HERSELF VISITED
I^ST WEEK BY Mayor William White, who welcomed the famous
Star to Freeport. MvDavIs' ''dressing room/' scene of the viSlT, was
the Mayor's Office at Village Hall, when some 50 members of the
cast and crew of Columbia Pictures' "Family Reunion" filmed a day­long
segment ln-VUlTO»^ail's-maln-meetlng.room_TheJQuC-tiour._
two-part television film will be shown in May. Freeporters will reco-
- gnize the background in the courtroom scene. Because a state ruling
barred filming In an actual jcourtroom, Judo&^lph Franco suggested
the Hall's meeting room to Columbia. Becauseof^e cooperation of the
Village government. Mayor White was .commended by the film-company
"for l>elng Instrumental in the return of the movie Industry to
Long Island-:" -
Public Hearing On Future CDA Plans
Comments received that night
FREEPORT - A public hearing ^m ^e reviewed-by-the-Citizens'
will be conducted by the Freeport Advisory Committee and Com-
Board of Trustees on Monday, ^unity Development Task Force,
March 16. at ft nm. at Village „-yy\^^ win t.it>mit their recom-mendations
to the Board of
Trustees. A second public
hearing will then be' held on
• March 23.
Hall, in order to receive verbal
and written proposals for h&using
and community development
projects during \981-82.
FREEPORT - Tickets are still
available for this year's Freeport
Chamber of Commerce Installa­tion
Dinner-Dance to be held
Saturday evening, March 28, at
the Salty Bay Yacht Qub, 180
Westside Avenue in Freeport.
Those attending the aSiiir wiU
witness the installation' of the
Freeport Chamber's first woman
president, Jo Cona, who with her
husband, Frank, owns Apache.n
and m, a retail/wholesale fish
business and a restaurant on t^ie
village's Nautical Mile.
The affair will also honor the
Chamber-'s-?'Man_olLthe_JCcar^V_
Long : Island's newfyfl elected
U.S. Senator Al D'Ainato, and
Michael A. Ocera, a Freeport
caterer""and owner of the •
Freeport ""—Italian-American
Deli: Ocera has been chosen by
the . Ladies'. Aunliary • of . the'
Chamber as their "Man of the
Year."
D'Amato is the-first United
States Senator from Nassau
County. In his previous position
as Hempstead Town Presiding
Supervisor, he helped in the
—arrangcmenVfor-the-first-In-the-
Water Boat Show, which Has been
held;' at—the- Guy . Lombardo
Marina. He also actively sup­ported
the holding of the Off­shore
Power Boat Race, head­quartered
at the Town Marina in
Freeport, and lent support to the
Chamber of Commerce's annual
Canoe Race. D'Amato has also
helped the village's multi-millioo
dollar ' fishing and boating in­dustry.
Ocers Contilbntes
His Time ft Talent
—Loral hntinw^TTian Michael
FREEPORT - Village residents will go to the polls neit Tuesday,
March 17, and elect a Village Mayor, two Trustees and a' Village
Justice. All polls will be«pen 7 am-9 pm.
On the ballot will be the present Mayor, WiUiam H. White; Trustees
Dorothy Stomi and Al Sirlin; and VUlage Justice Ralph Franco, all
running to succeed themselves
fon four year terms. The four
incumbents will be on two.lines '
-on the.^bal!9t: the Village Party
andtheRepubUcan.^11^. ._. .. ',
•White seeks a third term as •
Mayw, a job which up to this
year has been considered part-time
and which, in 1980, paid
an annual salary of $10300.
The DOW fall-time post has a
J981-82 salary line of S42,500.
The i'mstees, a paft^tiine posi".
tion, receive an aionual salary of
$6,000, while Uie part-time Vil­lage
Justice is -pald-S12,000-a-year.
The incumbents are opposed by
JDemocratic/Freeport Party .can-,
didates Eugene P.- Devany' for
Mayor: Gloria LeBIanc and Ira
Schildkraut for Trustees; and
Marvin Cohen for Village Justice;
and by Nu Citizens Party can­didates
Salvatore Imburgio
for Mayor, and Elizabeth Bowen
and Marvin Iskols for Triistees.
Ocera, who' kffectionately
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School Transportation
Requests Due April 1
1
FREEPORT - Parents of Free-port
School District children who
will'attend out-of-district private
or parochial schools dunng' the
1981-82 school year must make
application no later than April 1
if they wish to use School District
funded transportation.
Forms to request such trans­portation
are available in the
School Administration Building at
•th Ocean Avenue. Parents
who cannot pick them up in
person may call 623-2100. ex­tension
202 or 206. and forms will
be mailed to them.
The completed forms, must
be returned to the Transporta-tion
uttice no later than April 1.
Even if a child has not yet
applied or, been accepted at a
private or parochial school,
parents should request trans­portation
at this time. More than
one school may be listed if a final
- decision has not beettmade .
Transportation will not be
pro%-ided to those filing after the
April 1 deadline.
"Milte" Ocera
called "Mike" by all who have
worked with him as he supported
many village-wide activities, is
(Com. on Page'24)
This first-year, new political
organization, which claims to
have no ties to any major politi<al
party, is not fielding a candidate
for the Village Justice position.
An Candidates Met •
ForFlntTIine
' On Tuesday night, March 10,
all 11 candidates met for the first
time in the campaign at a forum,
at Freeport High School, spon­sored
by the Council of Civic
Associations (COCA). The Demo-cratic/
Freeport Party and Nu
Otizens Party candidates had
' attended two previuus Caudidales—
^'orums, sponsored by Our Holy
Redeemer. Parish Council and
North East Freeport Civic Associ­ation
(NEFCA). '
The high school Littie Theatre,
initially reserved for the Forurn,
was completely filled and people
were standing in the back prior
to the beginntiig of the program.
COCA Executive Secretary Kay
Benda hastily obtained permis­sion
to move the forum to the
school's larger auditorium. With
the piogtam starting 20-minute5
late, the two candidates for
• ^'liiage Justice spoke first.
Marvin Cohen, the Democrat-ic/
Freeport Party candidate,
mentioned that he has had 25
years of legal experience and is
with a New York City based firm.
Cohen said of himself, "there are
no strings attached ."TTe'cailed"
himself "independent" and with­out
conflicts between personal
interests and public trust.
. Incumbent Village Justice
Ralph 'ft»tKo-descsibe6-KtaseU—
~3S possessing the taiu^fications
fat a good judge: the legal experi- -
ence of 26 years in practice.^as a
prosecutor. Supreme -" Cciort
judge's assistant, and in- trial
work; community involvement:
knowledge of the community; and
as an innovator.
HRrslQiieatlcHt
From Tenants
Freeport Tenants Association
..president Ethel TKirman asked
the first question. "Bon't you
think," she asked, "that the
maximum fine for' an .apartment
hoilise oWnier who withholds heat
should be doubled to S500?"
Franco pointed out that such an
increase would require st^e-wide
legislation, but called the present
S2S0 maximum fine "antiquated"
and said it should be raised.
Cohen agreed, idding "a judge
-. has to takTth'elaviras he finds it."
Mr. Raynor asked'if the tivo
-candidates feel. . the Tillage
Court's handling of building code,
violators has been "effective?"
.--Cohen classified the present
handling by the Court as a "slap
-on the wrist," pointing out that
the story on the front page of
THE LEADER some weeks b ad
about a S500 fine should not have
been newsworthy. Referring to
figures in a recent Republican/
VUlage Party mailing piece,
Cohen interpreted tiiem. as
number of code violations in
1980 had increased '400% since
Judge Franco first sat on the
bench, the average fine was $45,
only $2 more than in 1976.
"People should know that it
will cost them more for the fine
than to fix up the code violation,".
said Cohen.
Franco answered that he had
only seen Cohen in Village Court
twice. "1 don't think he has any
knowledge of the court's, func-
...linn," fhargffri the present
Village Justice. "Alot of absentee
landlords went to jaiV for 15
days and many have been driven
out of the v'iilage," said Franco.
Candidate* For Trnstee
Have Thetr Tun
The second set of candidates to
-take their places on the high
school auditorium stage were the
(Coot, on Page 18)