Stress Danger Of ' Extremism'
At FACT Meeting
Over 250 people heard FACT
President, and former District
22 School Board trustee Vince
Simone, speak on recognizing the
dangers of extremism in Farm-ingdale
at a meeting held last
Friday at Mill Lane Junior High
School.
Simone, apparently referring
to the Monday September 16th
School Board meeting, urged immediate
action by the community
to preserve local freedom of
speech. It was during that School
Board meeting that some members
of the audience objected to
the right of Ken Deedy, C. T. A.
President, to speak, since he is
not a resident of the community.
Others stated that Joseph Lubell,
past President of the C. T. A. and
a teacher in Farmingdale, should
be censured for statements he had
made. Simone, who recently
returned from a trip to South
Africa, said it was « « the biggest
police state I have ever seen,"
and warned the audience, * « We
can have the same thing here if
that's what we want."
Deedy, who appeared as a guest
speaker, said the move to affiliate
the CT. T. A. with the American
Federation of Teachers ( AFL-CIO),
was in response to threats
by right- wing extremism in
Farmingdale. Referring to attempts
to prevent him from
speaking at Tuesday's School
Board meeting, he said, " They
have now dropped pornography
as their favorite playtoy and have
taken up the right to abridge
freedom of speech."
' Deedy said he had every right
to speak at School Board meetings
since he had a vested interest
in Farmingdale. He cited
the facts that he had spent the
last 12 years here, eight of them
teaching, and even before that had
attended the State University.
Guest speaker Thomas Lavan,
a School Board Trustee, stressed
the role of the professional in
determining the curriculum of
the school district. Lavan said
that the curriculum is created
by the combined efforts of the entire
professional staff, and that
the School Board can oversee,
but cannot dictate curriculum.
" Curriculum and text books are
constantly changing to keep up
with the times, and must be continually
revised," said Lavan.
Other speakers were Vice-
President Stanley Feigenbaum,
who spoke of the role of FACT
in bringing about equitable school
tax legislation; Vice- President
Marion Ball who reported on the
effectiveness of the FACT committees;
and officers Carol Lee
Dolnick, George Fain and Charles
Gerston.
O'Donnell Urges Change
In School Financing
Coletti Against Salary Increase For Councilmen
Gus Coletti, of Massapequa,
Democratic Candidate for Town
of Oyster Bay Councilman stated
this week that Town of Oyster
Bay taxpayers will be faced with
spiraling costs, employees sal -
aries and that Town Councilmen,
however, should not seek a raise
in salary for themselves. Coletti
warned that the councilmen are
considering a resolution to raise
their own salaries by $ 2,500. The
present salary is $ 12,500 and
their proposed salary is $ 15,000.
Coletti said they plan to vote
on this next Tuesday.
Coletti said that he favors a
more conservative approach
to the tax problem. Priorities
such as providing security guards
for the existing Town of Oyster
Bay parks recreational facilities
should come first.
Coletti said that representatives
of the Town of Oyster Bay
and the Civil Service Employees
Association are meeting this
week with a state fact finder
to discuss their deadlocked salary
negotations. The State's
Taylor Law provides for the appointment
of a fact finder when a
public employe's union requests
PERB intervention. The association
has reportedly demanded
a one year contract increase
between $ 700 and $ 750. The Town
council had reportedly offered
about $ 200 less than that. The
same association has already received
$ 600 a year raises for its
members in the Town of North
Hempstead and a two year $ 1,000
increase for members inthe Town
of Hempstead.
" We must be realistic", Coletti
said. The salaries of employees
are going up. This is
not the year to expect taxpayers
to pay for Councilmen's increases
in salaries. For a parttime
position, Councilmen are well
paid. They are still able to
have businesses of their own."
Yevoli Calls For Welfare Review
A complete review of New York
Stale's welfare rules and operations
was called for this week by
Lewis J. Yevoli, the Democratic
candidate for Assemblyman inthe
Eighth Assembly District.
Yevoli cited the State's current
2.2 billion dollar budget for the
Department of Social Services
and anticipated costs of some
3- billion dollars for 1969 and
said that the current system is
headed for chaos unless some
long- range changes are effected.
" One of the first things we need
to head off welfare abuses is a
state residency requirement tied
to a supplemental subsistence
program for emergency cases,"
Yevoli stated. ' The needs of aged
and the indigent are one thing,
but sustaining three and four generations
on the welfare dole is
sure sign that our present policies
need complete revision."
He pointed to recent surveys
which show that a family of four
in New York City receives upwards
of $ 345 per month on welfare
while a corresponding unskilled
or semi- skilled worker
with similar dependents earns
only $ 280 dollars monthly.
He also noted that over 60 different
sub- divisions in State government
handle or administer the
2.2 billion dollar welfare budget,
a system which has led to ** waste
and inefficiency" throughout the
system. He pointed to figures
which show that one of every
three tax dollars in Nassau County
now goes to public welfare.
' This is in a model county with
the highest average yearly income
per capita in the nation," stated
Yevoli.
" I think local residents are
tired of politicians who give lip
service to welfare and its problems,"
said Yevoli, who is opposing
Assemblyman Martin
Ginsburg in the November 5th
election.
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Projected figures regarding
educational costs per pupil, released
this week by New York
State, show that the cost per
pupil in our area will rise to
$ lf070 from this years cost of
$ 960, according to William G.
O'Donnell, Democratic candidate
for the 9th Assembly District.
He said, " This must mean further
and dramatic increases in our
school taxes. State legislators
have shown that they are not
ready to raise the school aid
formula to reflect this staggering
increase. Existing school taxes
will increase and place an unfair
burden on the Farmingdale -
Massapequa and Plainedge
areas," O'Donnell charged.
" I suggest that a bold and
dramatic solution be given." O-Donnell
proposed " that a uniform
statewide school tax be imposed,
which would result in an immediate
lowering of school taxes
in our area."
O'Donnell continued to explain
that the assessed valuation per
pupil of all three school districts
in the Assembly district is well
below the statewide average. He
said that this means that the
burden of taxes in our area is
much greater than in other sections
of the state.
For example, Manhasset can
spread their school tax over $ 82,-
000 of assessed valuation per
pupil, while Plainedge must depend
on only $ 16,000 per pupil.
Farmingdale $ 22,000 per pupil
and Massapequa has $ 20,000 of
assessed valuation behind each
child.
O'Donnell concluded by saying
that the only way taxes can be
held to their present level under
the present system of local real
estate taxation is by shortchanging
the education of our children
and that would be a serious mistake.
A long term fair and equitable
solution to the school tax
problem will be realized under
this statewide plan.
O'Donnell appeared for the
second time on Thursday at the
Farmingdale railroad station
where he discussed with commuters
the problems of school aid
and the solutions to the problems
of the Long Island railroad
commuter.
Marine Police To Provide 24
Hour Patrol Coverage
Fishermen, duck hunters and
winter boating enthusiasts were
informed by Nassau Police Commissioner
Francis B. Looney
that units of the county police
Marine Bureau will be providing
24 hour- a- day patrol coverage
throughout the autumn and winter
fishing and duck hunting seasons.
Five boats will be operating
in North Shore waters and six on
the South Shore.
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