The-Leader_1985-03-07

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FREEPORT. NEW YORK, MARCH 7,1985
'49th YEAR, No. 4 6 ' -
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FiBepdit^Hires Nine New
For Baldwin Sd
Use I9771/sf To Br/ng
Force Up To B3
FREEPORT - Nine new Village police officers have been appointed
as of Kf arch 1 by Mayor Dorothy Storm. The nine, who will be sworn in
at the Monday eveningi March 11th, 7:30 pm open legislative session
of the Board of Trustees, will first begin their trainipg ^t the Nassau
County Police Academyin April.
Candidates Meet
FDLThird Debate
FREEPORT - The third major
candidates' forum/debate of
the FreeportvSlageelectioa cam­paign
took place b;fore i "staii'd-ing
room only" crowd at Cow
Meadow _ Fatrfc,,, on—.Thursday
everiliig, Febmaiy 28.; •
Sponsored by Sduth of Sunrise
Civic-' Association (S.O.S.C.A.),
' (he debate was chaired by the .
League of. Womien._VQters-and.
divided into two segements:
the first for the four candidates
for mayor, the second for the
eight candidates for the . two
trustee positions
Siafe Aid Decreases
y^s Costs Increase
candidates for" ^^.^^^^
present. Lionel
Freeport Demo-
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•"• . byJoanDelaney-
BALDWIN - The plight of Baldwin as a high tax-low wealth school
district and its plans to engage in lobbying with legislators to raise
its level of state ud were the topics of discussion at the Februwy 27th
Baldwin Board of Education meeting.
. Ill addition, the Board discussed the concept of corporal pnhishment
•iandjHinhrmrnl^ hy the st»te4o •'-' - _ ^ —i C'. -"-'--
develop a written poUcyand pro- „ ^ ^f $I6.613 per SlOO of as-cedures.
- - -
- Regarding the financial aspects
of the Board .meeting. Board
~metnbets discussed a ^finandal.
packet which had been prepared
and which will be used during
the next several weeks partic-ulariy.
in various"lobbying.UiES_
To^Alfany. 2>tressing that •'it is
not our local legislators whoni we
have to convince," since they
understand and support Bald­win's
position,. Lorraine- Del-jer
— the Board's legislative
liaison to vanpus groups :— indi­cated
that it.is up-Siate and city
.legislators who must be lobbied.
She noted that mlny legislators
see Baldwin as part of Nassau,
and as a wealthy suburban
district.- In fact, however, the lack
of any significant commercial
property, makes Baldwin a '•Iqw-
Wealth'• district coinmerci^ly,
with the burden of tax bay on
the homeowner. Becaus^f that,
although Ibaldwin' spends less
than 52 of the other Nassau -
districts, it has one of the highest
• tax'rates for homeowners.
Chart upon chart showed the
All Freeport, residents, the
nine new officers include two of
Hispanic background and onl;
black. No women are on the list.'
(Freeport presently has one fe­male
police officer.)
- - -The new officers artf Michael
Guzowski, Tihiothy 'Seainan,
Philip Flood,' Richard' Murray,.
Caesar Weekes, Stephen Walsh,
Fidel Balan,'Bienvenido Andujar
andWayncLester, . ; i--
At first,-the new-officers will
be on restricted duty. They will
-Ae--«teon>panied by regular of'
fleets and, according to one police
ses?ed valuation to raise that f°".«f • ? f ".<" ^ ^ ' ""'^
^m-ojAjjtje,j -becaose of its commercial ".^ T'h"e'. r1'9"858- 1^98"6 -vPilla"g^e Vbu d. 'g et,
Deller pointed 'out that Bald- - ^ ^ ' t * ^ ' ^ ^ ^ "^ P^"f
win his TconstiSt problem of ? ? ? " . ' " l""^ ^ T ^
trying to maintain the quality of 85,;^bTn the departm«.t has been
id educaUdn and progAm.rom- .".""^^f the onginal 80 for some
Only three
mayor were
Souvenir, the
cratic P^y's'candidate, sent his
regrets and the explanation that
an earlier scheduled commit­ment
could notbe changed. -
Each of the candidates briefly
presented an introductory state­ment,-
but the audience was ap­parently
more interested in their.
- answers to spedfic questions. •
Mayoralty Candidates
The first question, directed to
the mayoral candidales, came
• from Ira Brydc, a Freeport Mall
retailer, who asked the can­didates'
if .they .would favor
opening the mall to vehicular
- traffic,.if-the costs were to be
borne by . the mall'. property
owners via a special assess-
I menlai^ict. increasingly critical problem for
H_oFmreed R_Hulea gPearr, tyca rnedspidoantde eodf w tihthe Halrfwin.S?^.^ «n<».1967 h «
. a '-^l -am totalfy in favor of open-ing-
the Mall..4Iemt>slr>d hud
the guts to say we made a mis­take,"
said Hager, advocating
that Freeport should do the same.
Mayor Dorothy Storm, the
Republican/Village Party can-
Baldwin. Slate aid since '1%7 has
dedined fiom a high of 44.89%
of the budget in .1968 to only
30.46% of the budget in 1984.
The difference must be paid by
Baldwin homeowners.
Another significant chart
showed that among the 56 Nas-sau
school districts, Baldwin's
weighted average daily - at-the
spending low.' Eariier. this
month, March 2-5, Deller lob­bied
with inembers of the State
Legislative Network in Albany.-
On March 12, .members of the
administration. Board, BEA
Finance Committee and conj- .
munity' will traVel to Albany as
part of REFIT day to lobby
partictilarly tn behalf of high'
tax low wealth districts. REFIT
is a consortium of districts fadng .;
similar problems.
_ Accotdings to Deller, however,
the number and variety of these
districts is constantly increasing
making it difficult to find a
financial solution which satisfies .
all. On that day as well, Baldwin
School representatives -will be
' attending meetings in Albany
sponsored by Senator Normaji
Levy regarding high tax aid. On
March 19, Baldwin will again
lobby with legislators as part of
FTA day in Albany.
Assistant Superintendent
, (Corit.onPage12)
actually numbered 74 officers,
due to retirements and attrition.
But Freeport, as did other vil;
lages and; Nassau County,
found the Federal government's
attacks on policy qualifying tests'
prevented • the hiring 'of new
officers;
The County's last'certified list
of eligible candidates goes- back
to 1977 and it is from this list
that Fteeport's nine new officers "
have-been drawn. . -
. According. to Mayor . Storm;
when questioned at the Village .
Board meeting Monday evening,-
March 4, the oldest rf the nine
is presently 39, and the average
age is 27. The average age of OUT •
present otBeerirsaid Mrs. .aionn^
isX.
- Mayor Storm also said Freeprt .
police officers, who interviewed
. the candidates-found the nine |p
be of ••such high caliber that they
wanted to hire all of them." Two
more officers will be needed to
bring the force up to 85, indicated., i
—Stonn.-and at least two more soo^ / '
"due to more retirements. There
was concern, she said, that th^
new list, to be released this
month, would also be challeniged
in the courts on discrimination
iharges.
F.H.S. Honor Roll Lists 171
FREEPORT - Sixty-five Free-port
High. School students have
been named to the High Honor
Roll far the second marking per­iod
of the 1984-85 school year,
and. 106 students are on the
Honors Honor Roll.
To qualify for High Honors,
a student must have an academic
average of 90. or better, no grade -
below 80 and a passing grade in
Physical Education.
Honors Honor Ro^ require-
((k)nl.-fromPaoe14) -
didate, said she didn't think the' _
answer U. opening the-Mall.- tendance (WADA)'expendilur'es
Her disappomtment m the indicate (hat Baldwin is a.mong-the
lowest spending districts
per pupil. For example, in 1983-
84, Baldwin spent S5009 per pupil
-and needed a tax raleof $26,581 •
to raise that money. By con­trast,
Manhasset spent $6902 per
pupil but only required a lax
Mall, as she phrased it, is
••caused by the merchants them-selve."
Storm called the use of
ii_ _special_^assessnient_ .district,
to pay for the costs of opening
the Mall iwhicA she said would
(Cont.onPagelB)
Voter
Registration
FRKJOai - Spedal
registrStion dajvior Free­port
Village votet^ prior to
—lhe-March"~I9ih'" vin«e-wide
election, is Saturday,
March 9, 12 noon-9 pm,
at, VilUge Hall, North
Ocfean Avenue, Freeport.
HAPPV ANNIVERSARY GIRL scouts. Freeport Village Mayor
tJarothyStorm presents a proclamation honoring Girl Scouts lor their"
anniversary. March Is Girl Scout Week. Accepting the proclamation
are 0- to r.) Ingrid Dodard, Senior Girl Scout; Sharon DeCampI, Scout
Leader; (Storm); Almeo LIndroth, Brownie; Susan Shebar, Cadet
Scout; and Kelly Cable, Junior'QlrLScout. A special tribufe to GIrr
Scouts appears in this issue on pages 10-11.