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VOL. 33 NO. 32 Wednesday, August 6, 1986 30i PER COPY
Lynbrook PBA/Good Government Party: Conflict of Interest?
by Eugene Scarpato & William G. Smith
In a Local News article
dated May 8th, 1986 con-cerning
the secret taping of
the Candidates lor the
March 18. 1986 l.ynbrook
Village Election. Lynbrook
Police Benevolent Associa-tion
(PBA) President James
Fotis stated that "no one
had access to the tape or
transcript" other than him-sell
"orthe PBA representa-tive
who transcribed the
tape." Fotis lurther stated
that "the inlormation was
released to no ont^."
In that same article.
Mayor Geier stated that the
accusations that his Party
had access to the tapes were
"absolutely lalse".
We lelt that it was inap-propriate
to release the Ibl-lowing
inlormation during
the 75th Anniversary Cele-bration.
However, it now
should be made public.
(Scarpato)
Alter the candidates
debate held at the Lynbrook
American Legion Hall on
February 19. 1986, Mayor
Geier and 1 spoke. The con-versation
focused on a
statement supposedly made
by John Giordano during
Giordano's interview with
the PBA. During the discus-sion.
the Mayor said-to me,
"I heard the tape". At first 1
did not know what the
Mayor was talking about,
and ! asked him, "what
tape?". The Mayor
responded, "the tape of the
interview with the PBA". 1
then asked the Mayor if the
Independent Party, too.
would be permitted access to
the tape of the PBA's inter-view
with the two candi-dates'.
MaydrGeier's answer
was be the
Quick Thinking Saves
I he quick thinking of a
North Boulevard resident
has probably saved the life
of her elderly next-door
neighbor.
Jane Smith had noticed
that the mail of her neigh-bor.
Mary Weingarten. had
gone uncollected for several
days. Fearing that Mrs.
Weingarten might be in
trouble. Mrs. Smith con-tacted
the Nassau County
Police, who late Thursday
evening broke into Mrs.
Weingarten's bungalow and
found her in a semi-conscious
state on the floor.
Mrs. Weingarten was
taken to the hospital, and
her condition was unknown
at the time of this writing.
"I'm so glad 1 called."
Mrs. Smith said in relief
when the Rescue Squad
responded to her request. "1
was happy that I could
help."
Berman Calls For End To
Discrimination Against Veterans
Honorable Carol Ber-man,
former ranking
member of the Senate Vete-rans'
Affairs Committee,
and Democratic candidate
to return to the Styte Senate,
has hailed a ruling by the
United States Supreme
Court which has deemed a
New York Law unconstitu-tional
on the basis of discri-minaton
because it denies
benelits to veterans who
entered the military while
living in another state.
Berman said, "This
should never have become a
question for our nation's
highest court to decide. It
could and should have been
remedied at the state level."
While serving in the
Senate, Berman, long active
in veterans' affairs, intro-duced
legislation that would
have repealed the residency
requirement and allowed
New York veterans to
receive benefits whether
they entered the militry
while residing benefits
whether entered the military
vyhile residing in New York
or another state. "What dif-ference
does it make where
they lived if they're living in
New York now and apply
for New York State benef-its?"
asked Berman. "Our
veterans did not join the ser-vice
to protect any one par-ticular
state; they fought for
the good of our entire coun-try
~ including New York."
One of the major goals of
Berman's bill was to offer
relocated veterans the point
of preference on Civil Ser-vice
exams.that is currently
given to those who have
always resided in New York.
"I am pleased that the
Supreme Court agrees with
me that it is unfair that vete-rans
who are New York res-idents
are denied these pref-erences
simplyl because they
enlisted while happening to
live in another state," Ber-man
conluded.
decision of the PBA whether
they would want to provide
access to the tape.
(Smith)
After Gene Scarpato told
me what the Mayor said. 1
.immediately approached
Deputy Mayor Dreyer who
was still present. The Dep-uty
Mayor told me that he
was not informed that his
interview with the PBA was
being taped. Dreyer told me,
"No, I have not heard the
tape, but have spoken to
someone who has heard the
tape".
We believe the rank and
file members of the Police
Department would not have
approved of the secret
recording or access to the
tape .being provided to
Mayor Geier.
The Mayor's relationship'
with the PBA leadership is a
clear conflict of interest. The
Police contract comes up
next Spring and Mayor
Geier has seriously com-promised
the Village's nego-tiating
position by establish-ing
this seemingly close
relationship with the Lyn-brook
PBA leadership. The
office of the Mayor is sup-posed
to- represent all the
residents of the Village dur-ing
contract negotiations. In
our opinion, he can no
longer do this. The PBA
leadership has helped the
Mayor and his Party by
endorsing and aiding them
over the last three years and
most recently providing
access to the secretly
recorded tape of John Gior-dano's
interview. We believe
the people of Lynbrook
have reason to be concerned
because the mayor appears
to have deceived the public.
Glass Slipper Lost-
Contact Cinderella
H e m p s t e a d Town's
Children's Repertory Thea-tre
will stage the classic fairy
tale "Cinderella," by Charles
Perrault, at five parks in
August.
The story of a beautiful
girl abused by her step-mother
and step-sisters who
is later befriended by a fairy
godmother, "Cinderella" is a
heart-warming tale for
children of all ages. From
scenes of floor scrubbing to
a fabulous ball in the king's
palace, the play will keep
your interest from beginning
to end.
The Children's Repertory
Theatre has performed for
Town children for many
years, and has allowed many
the opportunity to learn and
polish acting skills.
Baldwin Park will host
"Cinderella" on August 18,
Rath Park will present the
play on August 19, Shell
Creek Park stages the show
on August 20, Seamans
Neck Park puts on the pro-duction
on August 21, and
Newbridge Road Park will
bring the troupe to Bellmore
on August 22. All perfor-mances
are free, and will
begin at 2 p.m.
To best enjoy the outdoor
production, please bring a
blanket so you and your
children can relax comfor-tably
and allow others in the
audience an unobstructed
view.
For more information
about "Cinderella" or any
other children's program
offered by the Department
of Parks and Recreation,
please call 292-9000, ext. 255
during regular business
hours.
WASHINGTON
REPORT
by Representative Norman F. Le^nt
l^ast week, after many
months of intense negotia-tions,
House and Senate
conferees reached final
agreement on a Superfund
compromise bill. This has
been one of the most diffi-cult,
painstaking conferen-ces
of my legislative career.
But I feel confident that this
is the tough comprehensive
bill we need to tackle per-haps
the single most serious
threat to the public health
and the environment
hazardous wastes.
This action breaks a 2 1 / 2
year deadlock to renew the
Nation's toxic dump clea-nup
program. Since it
expired last October, Super-fund
has been operating on a
shoestring budget, and clea-'jjj
nup efforts have slowed to a >
snail's pace. But if Congress ^
acts quickly on this com- q
promise we can avoid a Z
complete shutdown of clea-nup
operations across the «
country. jj
I was gratified that much
of the final compromise is
modelled after the House-passed
Superfund bill, HR.
2817, which 1 coauthored
with Rep. Dennis Eckart^
(D-OH). The new agree-ment
authorizes $9 billion
for cleanup efforts over five
years. Most important to
Long Island is a provijsiqn I
crafted to set aside $500 mil-lion
specifically to deal with
leaking underground stor-age
tanks and to protect our
underground water s^plies.
These are some of the
bill's key provisions:
** Tough cleanup stand-ards
are required to meet
federal laws protecting pub-lic
health and the environ-ment.
**Stricter schedules will
add at least 2,000 new sites
to the priority list for reme-dial
cleanup.
**Community right-to-know
provisions would
require chemical companies
to provide detailed informa-tion
about stored chemicals.
This will help fire and medi-cal
emergency personnel
respond to an emergency.
Moreover, it should help
prevent future accidents.
With several Superfund
sites on Long Island, I know
how important a tough
cleanup program is to con-
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cerned citizens. I've worked
hard towards that goal. This
is a good bill and I think it's
what we need to get the job
done.
Only the taxing provi-sions
remain to be resolved'
by the House Ways and
Means and Senate Finance
Conferees. Once that is
accomplished. Congress can
approve the bill and send it
to the President for his sig-nature.
Congress has an
obligation to have cleanup
efforts get underway as soon
as possible, and I'll be work-ing
to see that we keep that
promise to the American
people.
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