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flow «f « e if«ui ^anwi elii» to i d l i n g the mightf roar Viltoie GOPen gwe out at A« tppoir-aice
of tiM Pre«riteiitM i » % . «I*«ilo ^ Afan ©laeiiberfll
Referendum Was A Promise
Oep^tment l^(te gathering,
a^ery Monday night Village
Board meeting from 5:45 pm
unti} mm I am. "And you woaild
tie out m&ry night and aU
wed^nd II you aasepted every
ini^tatiiHi."
Swe^i^ do^ not sae a ftiU-time
admini^rator m manager
IS the answer. 'Tirst. you are
just acting anirtber Job. In
^scraee we have two
"Riemagf^s" now. An inside man
tVIUaps Cterfc turn 'Qey'mmmm\
and an imtside man iSup^n-tendent
of Public Works Edwin
Preferi. Neither irf ttoem can set
poBcy ... they repwl to, and are
"The matta- rf a ft^ttmc vote 1^ the full membership with
Mayor for Fr^port is being m m objections and ^ e of m
before the p«^Ie on Nov«nber 7 tmre vocal opponente to »e
beeatee that was the promise upcoming public referendum
nfflde by toe Village P a i^ in the wei« ammg the wters.
Platform adopts in Dec«nb», "It has been the iiMmtlon tf m
\m\" Preenort Mayor Boberf WItoge BoanJ to bring this to the
Swe^Or^THE LEAM» in lf»Pte J the N member ete^on
an rnXmrnim Qiis weekend. sto« March f h ^ admMng
•Rie matter is cowered in item thai "ttie wh^ thmg was a
13 of tiie ftfi^tform wiueb ^at@
"Preeport's gw«rnmenl is
becoming more and roiwe
complex and attention-ctemanding.
The ttH«! is f^
approad^ whffli a fi#*me
c o m ^ irf emffs^*' r^femng to
tto cocula^n of p^ttwis which
m^e thai foimd mismmsm^^
^meem^ slates' **there wm nd
n i ^ to lam »fe down pei^te's
ttooats. Thinp <»ftr became
Xini^rator wifl be reiprired. f««?5»>e» ^ « ^ ^ J ^ ^ ^ . f
Weplantop^MttathevolCTiof Loml Government informed us
Apartment
Zoning Studied
Tkm Freeport Vaiage Board k covmdenng a diange in
zoning which would reduce the areas zoned fm apartment
to help balani^ the i^^nt r^oning on Nortli Main Street.
In diatreiomi^about4Saa-^ were changed from Busing
"B" to a ipedai Planned Unit tieyelopmeni none which per-mits
apartment holies.
Mayor Sweeney ^ i d tlie Village Board is interested in pre>
^rvtng the eesentially residential dtaracter of the Village,
and therefore wish^ to limit the land avdlaMe for apart­ment
developn^nt. fie said the North Main Street r^oning
was neceeary to revitalize a declinii^ action of the Village
and now the Board^'itas decided that the villi^e-wide bal­ance
between apartment and r^idential ar^is should, to
the extent po^ble, be refined and ms&nMntA.^*
As a first step ui restcHriv^ fh^ t^iap^e, | | ^ o r Sweeney
• saW, a dii«ct|irc,-has'lje^'£#ven to:.^^:ffoniSB;fW'd-to .
?-^itai^-.ttie-qwestlo» dfi^dta«i[B-ap.aftiioieBtiiOtt8e»fitl»|:?i^^ ..:
%feihif^^tii^i^S«i^Mp^
.4^P^kiig-'BMdf§ifil-b^*.i^«cft^;'*!tii.'lJondil^^
" s t u d i e s , to consult witt such exp&rts m it debits dedi^ble,
afi witli tlie end In view of returning a mport in dc^th to
this Board m to how that prtor balance can once a ^ i n be
achieved." Tlie vote on this Villi^e Board motion was uiv
anlmoos, 5 to 0.
"Some of our polttit^ critics,'* Mayor Sweeney said.
•*wUI no doubt accuse us of being inconsfetent. In thai we
rsoned to permit apwbnents on North Main Street and
now are considering cutting back potential apsattment use
in otha^ sections of the Village. There is no inconsistency
whatsoever, because the North Main Street rraonii^ was
planned to solve u p r ^ n g problem, the deterioration of an
important segment of the community.
"In most of the other apartment zones there has ^ en
virtually no apartment development in rea?nt years, and in
most of these areas there Is no question of any residential
neighborhood decline. But. if we do not reduce the poten­tial,
the posjibility will always exist that apartment con
struction will get oul-of-hand, on a vill^e wide basis.
'The much abused concept of progr^s does not tell us
111 wait, as some of our critics would have us do, for the
rational unfolding of some never materializing super-scheme,
for some mirade which will make our problems
disappear, but rather to act with courai^ In the face of ad-
M Mj^^utt., wjr »>,^>w ,___ »i _„«.«*«- nm tKffi mntir» Hflara of IrUSte^. A
E^er^idum, the questim as to
w h ^ w Pre^wrt vM autfwf^te
^ c * a foffl-ttme Ma^m. Urn ma
"belief that this is a matl^ of
iMJor importance that shoi^ be
dedded by the puUic at tlie
vott^ booth. Tte pn^posal, M
approved, would become ef-f
«:tfve with the next Mayoralty
place the matter on the
Hovember ballot and the
deadline was practically upon
vs."
Mayor of Freeport for the past
U ^ears, S«^sn^, who has
Rafted te wiU mA nm f<r
i^cieeUon in March and wiU not
piln in atiy way fnwn the
entire Bmuid of tVuste^. A
Village admin^rator waidd be in
^me position. And while a
Mayor, too. does not make
decisions alone, he h ^ the wei^t
irf his political backers behind
him and has a strcHOg iM»ce in
Bmrd matters." Aet^tling to the
Mayor, investigations into
professional managers were
carried out as long ago as 1961.
"At that time." he reports,
"when salaries w«re a tot lower
dian today's, a new graduate
Freeport Celebrated BIG
Try as they mi^l. Freeporters
could not ^mpe *'toliMy" <rf
some sort this |»it we^mi be
it the cun*@at feat ^ seeing the
still'Undefeated Freeport High
Scfaod Red Devils win yet anotbra-or
the look into our |»st gloria
dection in 1OT3." Tlie pi^nibte. pr<«iiBed ^ ^ annual ^lary
toX^^ also slates. "The ad^rted by tte VBlage B«irt for
Vilte^arty. firaro Iti original a fuB-ttaie head, sws he does nctf
WBi Pki^rro mma^ emty beMsm voteis wHl m^^ ™e
deetton date» has es^b&hed a piWfe r^m^^ wWdi^if
«»Bdn«i»ditfniakiiigff»odi»iife ^ Mayor sfeaB r i m v e W ^
^mpdm P S ? ^ - W« « S S l ^ ^ f f ^ ' S ^ ^ S SS^el w r t a ^ M ^ t l D ^ r t o iiiiday evening Smorgasbord
r S S ^ ^ ! ! ! l S ? ^ S T d J ^ S i s ^ ^ - l ^ ^ » - r , t l T S a man and p^gram put «n_by.iie
affairs with the Chamber
Auxiliary seekif^ to pay off a
dteW inairred b^ a teautifiaklion
project at the railroad em-tonkment
at Sunrise Highway
and Grove Stt-^t, while the 10-
year-old Historical Society,
with no (Sup^en^ commanded a the Freeport C^an^har ei Qm-
^laiy d fi9,<JW m a ttaa^-j^r meroe's ladies Auudlteiy <r Ihe
^ioyedby thosewhoaltaifei the totally dependent upon con
Friday night gala sponsor^ by tri^ulions, had itouble bard ludi
- - - - ^ - ^j^j j|g ^jd^ipi out^or ^ le
Matfoim ttet foilous 6omfets of is, ncvetbde^, of the opimrai
peslttons our P » ^ Ins latoi fliat the Villas r ^ ^ ^ ^ a »«»-
aflCT deep con^deralioB. mA tt^e M ^ ^ ^ ^ t j S j^
p l ^ wa Is^m^Sms that we t h e ^ « mdo^g Pgf'*!^™
^ S & bdieve we laa ftML" M Villas Hall each mghl.
tt^Swe6n^ pdola om to* Salunlay mwalag o « f t eg
'^~*~ - ^ . . . - . _ _ wMdi Indude a months
^ d i
mmM most lifcefe/ not be a
r^idenl d Freeport with
% a f l ^ pertiaps not as strong
as that of a man who has teen
elected to the post ^ hto nd#i-bois."
••to my opinion." Sweeiey
Freeport Historical Society.
There were duplication of
digniiari», but eiu^ affair drew
some 200 p&si»as w l d ^ to
celebrate the Both andi^rsary d
the ini^rporatiCKi d Fre^wrt.
Fund-ralsteg as well as
i^lebrating was a factiff at bo*
rained out two successive
w^ends and can^Ued unttl
mffident Indoor ^lace can be
found.
Of the ivedcend's evmOs, the
Chamber's proved the
"swingieat" with the Elks Oub
battroom b^^lted for the oc-m^
mi ammilttee mearii^s hsi
a p i ^ ^ a t e p r b and a s^rkUng