The-Leader_1973-03-15

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FREEPORT BALDWIN
37th YEAR, No. 46
ROOSEVELT
FREEPORT, NEWXQSJLMARCH 15, 1973
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White Answers Court Mules In Favor
Charges
PBA ENDORSES VILLAGE PARTY CANDIDATES. Freeport
Patrolmens Benewolent Association President Frank Metzgar hands
Deputy Mayor William White copy of statement by die police orpn-.
ization endorsing White, Ralph F^ranco, Berkeley Swezey, and Judp
Edwin Freednian, for die Village Election on March 20th. In aoMptiiig
the endorsement Deputy Mayor White said, "I noticed diat mambers
of the opposition parties hai^e already triedlb Imock down this
action by the PBA as being selffsarving^becMise they do not. yet
have a contract for this year. That tyi^B of iallegati^^
Is typicaf of die campaign the dppositon has been condi|etii|8i5ritey
don't eveii try to, eat the .f«:ts.before tiiey make wild aixKisations.
If tiiey had checked tiiey woy|(d have found that the Freeport police
4Siriaries.are on parity With die Nassau County pplice, which fneans
>they will automatically get the same salaries as die county force virtten
the oMinty contract l»^«»d. The Freeport Police have demonstrated
many times in the past that they are independent^miiided and will
. not stand for any form of political «>ercion. That's why dils voliintary
enddrsenient is so appreciated and valued so highly by tfie Village
, " Party^ candidates;"—:-—'~-""i"" '~ ~' /-'- - . :'""
Yanover, Mendes
Speak Out
It will not come asa shock to
Action Party Mayor candidate
Joe McAndrews that he can not
count hls« fellow School Board
members, Larry Yanover and
„John~Mendes,-among his sup- T^vine for aJotaUy new building
porters. Neither will it surprise- in qne fell swoop!.
' school affairs-never"
concerned him. Any
program that smacked of It got
his negatlye vote. He voted
"against Phase I in the rebuilding
of the Podd School. He sided with
Mayoralty Candidate William
H.White, addressing an overflow
crowd of ^ilage Parly
Representatives at Headquarters
last Friday .evening, stated that
the Village^rty team of Bill
White, -Ralph Franco. Berkeley
Swezey and Judge Preedman was •
a team put together by a Nomi­nating
Committee and duly elec­ted
at a January Convention that
allowed open nominations from
the f loor^and was attended.by over
160 members. He also noted that
every officer of the VP Executive
Board who was electedWhis past
December is still servmg. Con-
,trast this with the revolving door
jwlicies of the two other political
parties. -
"Sure," he said, "we admit to
some changes in the Village
Party Platform since twelve
, years ago. But what hasn't
changed in that span of time? A
platform is meant to be a guide
and we now have the best
platform that will maintain a
proper^ ,, balance, between
residential^- dwellings -= and
apartnient houses."- 1 _
White also mentioned th^
administration is being criticized
for not promoting employees
from within the raid(s at Village
HalL He said, "our policy has
been to obtain the best qualified
personnel to run Preeport's
municipal government. Lou
Bello, Supt. of Buildings, was
[ricked from the outside and look
what a tremendous job he has
been doUig. Ed Prefer, Supt. of
Public Works, is another outsider
and look at the sidistantlal in­crease
in productivity he has
achieved within such a short
time. Stan Brekne, Recreation
Director, was not from within our
ranks but hundreds of parents
have congratulated the Village on
our comprehensive recreation
progranLboth during the-school
year and summer vacation." /
"When you tallc to youLneJgb-of
Village Clerk
In a momentous decision, the
Village .Party of Freepor| war
awarded Row A on the. voting
machines for .the Village Election
ne:kt Tuesday, March 20, as the
court rejected all of the Suburban
Parly's allegations, that the
Village Clerk had acted im­properly
in determiningposilloris
on the ballot. The decision '
dismissing the Suburban Parly's
action-was handed down by
Nassau County Supreme Court.
Village Clerk " Thomas
.DeVIncenzo said he had been
confident the court would uphold
his decision that the incumbent
Village Parly belongs on Row A.
(Under State law the Village
Clerk is the, officer in charge of
Village elections, rather than the
County Board of Elections.)
•'This determination was hot -
made lightly by me," DeVln-cenzQ
saTd. "I not only read the
law myiwlf but 1 also consulted
wittTcompetent 1^1 ccwnsel aind '
wiUi .individuals familiar with
elecilbh procediir^joii_alLlevetat
of government^ Iii every case I
found'that the Row A ballot
„positionwas given to the^party or
independent body, which had
polled the mOTt vot^ in tiie
preceding general election.
**In „ Nassau County _the
Republican Partyls on'Uie top
line. Most New York State voters
will recall that when the Con­servative
Party polled more
votes than the Liberal Party
statewide the Conservatives
moved up to Row C from Row D
In Uie following election. "We've made our point," Yamin
"R would not make sense-to—'Sald—"'nie-desperate grabbing
apply this criterioh to every other for every^ unfair advantage by
level of government and make Boss Sweeney has been exposed
the Village-of Freeport Uie sole in all Its crass cynicism.'.'. '
exception. I also found Uwt in the Pointing out _Uif t, #hile the
last pr«:eding FreeiJort Village favoritism shown-by Uie sup-^
election in mi, under previous posedly Impartial Village Clerk
Village Clerk John MacDonald, may "be technically allowed,
ttiejncumbent Village Party had Yhmin asserted, '^The public,now
been—awarded "'Row A^- In has seen Uiat Uiis was, simply
(Conilnued <m-Page 16)
Ihe county r found they followed
Ihe same procedure of a warding _
the top line to the incumbents.
"Another consideration in the
law is the number of names on -
the nominating petitions of each
patty or independent body. The
.Village Parly had the most
signatures by far, 868, or almost ,
three hundred more thoVi their
nearest rival,' the Action Party -
with 577.
"The Suburban Party would
have been second highest except
that supporters. of their can­didates
have petitions split into
two party names in order to get
two lines oh the voting machine.
Sponsoring the same four can­didates
were 340 petition names
under Suburban Party, and 241
und^r Freeport Independents ;
" p a r t y ; " " ""••" •• * ' • ' • ' ; '•'' '•:'-. ^ " ' • -•
"Similarly, WlUlani Sprowal's
Buppoi;tersfllcNA two .sets of
petitions, WiUi 180 nara^ iiiider
BWc* ^C^venU^m c!33 JiiJtt''i,3l
riames under "Uhlti^'W^epdrt
-^-party,""":'.:'':- ^—^^—-^t=:-:=:—
"Vincent Randazzp filed l(»
names for his independent
candidacy for Mayor.. The'
required number! of signatures
for each party or independent
body isJOO."
Commenting on^-the court
decision which upheld the village
^clerk's ami$nment of the top line
on (he ballot to his own Village
Party, the Suburban Party's
candidate for Mayor, Ed YamIn,
-said that his party was satisfied ;
to abide by the court's decision.
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bgrs," White concluded, "remind—checking witii bUier villages In^
them of the many ac- ' , __ i:
"th6se**'acUve^ m
'aware i^oi the present-^ two
(Yanover and Mendes) • to three
(Harold Levine, Rev. Frank
Emmanuel and McAndrews)
voting record.of that Board.
/Hanover, a -member- of the
-Village Party, and Mendes, an
active member bfTthe Suburban
Party, kicked aside political
differences and asked THE
LEADER to allow them Id
comment on McAndrews as a
candidate. ^
Mendes says, "Anyone has a
right to run for Mayor and we
would have, kept quiet If
McAndrews had not, in all his
public, utterances, carhpalgn
material, In THE LEADER'S
"profile" and most definitely in
his,^"'lettei' ttiis weekend.to_ all.
paferitsr- nniade -. constant
reference to his leadership,role
and fiscal expertise during.his
service on the School Board.
- Before the public is duped .... he'
took liberties .... now we .will."
Bioth'men argue.vdth.McAn
tfts^-.-financlal^^expertiset'^complishments-^achieved by Uie
Yanover.Tiimself'an accountant
stater, "That's a myth. His
contribution in all financial areas^
hasbeen minimal. When budgets
are being woi*ie«r out - he Just
doesn't get involved - except to
vote against any money saving
project. The super expensive
tilings he can always be relied
upon for an affirmative vote. I
don't go along wiUi his posiUon as
the defender of 'education comes'
first. We can't count pennies,
where tiie kids are concerned.'
The cuts John and I tried to bring
about dealt with< superfludus'
administrative aids and salaries.
The kid in Spanish 10 would not
have been affected; nor even
aware of the cutsi",
. Agalh, Mendes states It simply,
"During negotiations with the
Teachers AssociaUcm last year
the Board agreed to a salary
scale fori our faculty that would
put them In the 78 percentile in'
Nassau. County, McAndrews
to
last three Village ^Party;-Ad­ministrations-;
and: to conUnue-
Village Progrbs - Vote Ftow A on
Election Day." "TT
voted for that. We are now
dreWs* pMltion as'b4iiig one of negotiations again. When tiie '78
concern for tiic taxpayer, Uie percentile* came, up again,
homeowner, r"Economy has <ContlnuedonPi^e2)
A RECEPT4QN. House Minority LMdmr Qerald Ford (R.^MIch.>,
•t right, wes the Invited guest of Congressman Norman Lejit, laf^
on a visit to Nassau County last Friday, At «'luncheon in their
honor, the Congressmen were iolned for a photo by Norma Brai^ii,
left, and Barbara Morris, right, who manage Unfs District and;
Washlnfton offloH, rnpeotively.
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