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Civic Association Attacks
Trash in Shopping Center
The Grand Union Shopping Center in South Farmingdale has come under
attack from the Viceroy Civic Association. The association claims that the
conditions in and around the stores are not only unsightly and unsanitary, but
also against the law. The situation confronting the civic association is confusing
since there seems to be no one in particular to blame. Some merchants claim
that the landlord, Sid Farber of Brentwood, is not fullfilling his contract to them,
while the landlord claims that the tenants are responsible for the trash- littered
shopping center.
VICEROY'S DISLIKE: The Viceroy Civic Association has laun­ched
a vigorous campaign to eliminate eyesores such as shown
above from the Gand Union Shopping Center in South Farmingdale.
The photo, taken just last week, shows not only a lot of debris but also
a total lack of waste baskets.
The OBSERVER called Sid
Farber's office and was told that
the firm has a maintenance crew
under contract to clean up the
parking lot once a week.
Whatever the causes for the
trash on the shopping center may
be - a landlord not fullfilling his
obligation, merchants not
keeping their own area clean, the
lack of waste baskets, or the
carelessness of the shopping
public - the Viceroy Civic
Association has set in motion a
program which may have
repercussions throughout the
Town of Oyster Bay.
If it is successful, it will most
likely set a precedent for
bringing about similar im­provements
in othd shopping
centers, according to Don
Fhelan, Viceroy Civic
Association Civic Welfare
Chairman.
The association, which
represents 375 homes im­mediately
south of the shopping
Roncallo: We Are Very Happy
What is the state of the Republican party after Tuesday's election?
A deliriously happy one. As GOP town leader Angelo Roncallo put it
" It was a great organization victory. I am very happy. We must be
doing something right."
This happy state of mind is
understandable, since even
Roncallo did not foresee the
dimensions of the victory. In no
Oyster Bay Town race, with the
exception of the Donovan - Tese
contest, was the combined total
of the Democrats, Conservatives
and Liberals larger than the
Republican vote.
In other words: The cross-endorsement
ban, viewed with
silent trepidation by some
Republicans, proved to be no risk
whatsoever. As Roncallo sees it,
it was even beneficial. To him the
LOCAL NUMBERS
As Farmingdale went, so went the town and the county Or something
like that. At any rate, here as elsewhere the Republicans triumphed
at the polls. What follows is a local breakdown of the election results
of races which can be considered to be of most immediate concern to
oui readers:
REPUBLICAN
DEMOCRATIC
CONSERVATIVE
LIBERAL
INTEGRITY
REPUBLICAN
DEMOCRATIC
CONSERVATIVE
LIBERAL
Burke
5,264
Gutheil
2,231
Yevoli
1,632
Meyers
155
Mo sea
4,557
Valente
2,713
Perez
1,668
D'Ottone
203
Dodd
4,660
Behrik
2,446
DeMeo
1,811
Eisenberg
222
Diamond
4,362
Aulman
2,478
Orfan
1,843
Schein
201
Newborn
4,600
Sugerman
2,499
Bo ul Is
1,751
York
192
Doolittle
4,457
Rosenthal
2,524
McMahon
1,881
Kelly
261
Tese
4,466
Donovan
2,585
Donovan
1,881
James
218
Donovan
72
Saladino
4,217
Colvin
2,493
Mc Kinney
1,839
Fabian
,77 J
election shows conclusively that
Conservative voters are defec­tors
from the Democrats, and not
the Republicans.
If one wants to argue with this
interpretation, the numbers
certainly cannot be argued with.
According to the- latest, albeit
unofficial figures, incumbent
supervisor John Burke received
58,592 votes, Robert Gutheil
29,376, and Lewis Yevoli only
13,494. Even if Yevoli had
retrained the Democratic line, he
would have lost.
As a matter of fact, Yevoli was
the weakest Conservative can­didate.
Their best candidate was
Louis Orfan, who polled 20,070
votes. Gutheil by the way, was
not the strongest Democratic
candidate, either. James
Valente, running for Tobay
council received 32,948 votes.
The strongest Republican
candidate was Burke, who topped
the next best GOP runner, in­cumbent
councilman Ralph
Diamond ( 51,676 votes) by almost
7,000 ballots. No GOP candidate.
Even in losing, Carmelo Tese
approached this figure with
47,928 votes. This was the only
instance where the combination
of Democrats and Conservatives
paid off, with 56,681 ballots for
incumbent Judge Francis J.
Donovan. Here, of course, the
picture is somewhat blurred in as
much as Donovan could count on
a number of sympathy votes.
As far as GOP town leader
Angelo Roncallo is concerned,
the voters have rendered their
verdict, and it is accepted
without recrimination.
center, began the campaign two
weeks ago with complaints to the
landlord, Sid Farber, and the
Town of. Oyster Bay. At that time,
according to Phelan, " the place
was one big mess with litter,
trash and garbage strewn all
over. It's been going on for years
and we just got fed up".
Last week, the association
distributed letters to all mer­chants
requesting their
cooperation in maintaining their
sidewalks. The letter also cited
penalties for violation of the new
TOB Anti- Littering Law of $ 250
per offense for each day the of­fense
is committed. The Parks
Department of TOB sent a
warning letter to the Sid Farber
organization giving seven days
lor the situation to be corrected.
The same landlord has already
been taken to court and fined by
the Town of Oyster Bay after
many postponements.
Merchants Petition
To Kill Parking Rule
The merchants on Main Street
in Farmingdale will not give up
without a fight. Ever since
alternate parking went into effect
on August 1, the merchants have
expressed their views about this
regulation in no uncertain terms.
They want alternate parking
lifted as soon as possible.
The new parking rule was
initiated by the village of Far­mingdale
to lessen congestion on
that somewhat narrow business
street. Merchants, however, feel
that prospective customers will
not stop on Main Street if it
means making a turn around the
shopping area and finding a
parking space either on the other
side of the street or behind the
stores on either side. And a
customer who does not bother to
stop hurts the merchants.
Their latest attempt to have the
village lift the parking ban on
alternate sides is a petition which
can be signed by customers in
practically all stores on Main
Street. It reads: " The un­dersigned,
owner, merchant
and or customer of the business
establishments located on Main
Street, Farmingdale, respect­fully
petition the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Farmingdale to
rescind and cancel the present
alternate side of the street parking
regulations in effect on Main
Street.
" As a customer and Far­mingdale
shopper I find that the
parking regulations hinder me
from obtaining convenient and
quick parking space. The original
purpose of the regulations has
become self- defeating.
" As a merchant and / or owner
the regulations have caused me
to suffer great hardship and a
sharp drop in my receipts."
A spokesman for Village Hall
pointed out that the alternate side
parking rule was put into effect
with the proviso of a review after
six months of operation. " If it is
really the will of the residents to
go back to the old parking rule on
both sides of the street," the
OBSERVER was told, " the
village board will rescind the new
parking regulations."
SWEET SMILE OF SUCCESS: The Republicans had every reason
to smile broadly on Tuesday night at the Holiday Inn in Hempstead,
the GOP headquarters. Shown above celebrating their success are
from left Town of Oyster Buy Councilman Joseph Saladino. Tobay
Republican leader Angelo Roncallo and Oyster Ray Supervisor John
llurke. Photo: Jack Pokress