The-Leader_1973-11-29

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BALDWIN
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NEWSPAPER
38ttiYEARNb.31 FRElPORTi NEW YORK» NOVEMBER 29,1973 PRiCEt IS^ PER copy
THEY'RE WORKING, BUT BAGGING IS BEST A Village Depart­ment
of Public Worlts teamJs shown vacuuming leaves of one section
of the approximately 180 miles of curb in Freeport. Superintendent
Edwin Prefer points out that it is a slow process, dependent on the
weather. He stated, "Your cooperation is requested in utilizing bags
for (eaves. We can do the job faster, keep the drains clear, and have
the streets looking better if people cooperate by bagging the leaves."
- Art Gallery To Open
On Sunday, December 2, from 2
to 6 pm, the Roosevelt Public
Library .will celebrate^ the
opening, of-its Art Workshop and
Gallery, at 27 West Pulton
Avenue, corner of Nassau Road,
in Roosevelt. ,
Special guest of honor will be
the prominent • artist Romare
Bearden^Eve'ryone: is cordially
invited. "Hie*Art Show will be on
display from December 2 through
December 10, and'will feature
many prominent artists, such as
Bob Carter, Frank Frazier,
James iCounts.^John SiraoneUi.
tind. many others.
Workshop classes will begin the
third week in December iand will
be open to anyone 13 or older, at
no. cost. Prank Frazier, ot
Roosevelt, will be the Director of
the Workshop and Gallery. For
further information call: 868-6331
or 37fr0222.
'JL^- . INTRODUCING THE,METRIC SYSTEM. John.W. podd Junior
High;S<;ii'iMrSdenG8 Cipb'nw'm^ (Mirii Schade (left)'and Debbie
.'Blalneara^shbwn posting dettinatldn signs'In the School in^th'^dls-
' tanewjffiealured in'metrlOvTlie move Is to help their fellow students
to adjust to.,the system which,it expected to be adopted jri.the'MS
within the next tefryears^
Transportation r. -r^- -• '
Nassau' County Executive AsicProo^ of ywqyor
Ralph G. Caso met with Governor
Rockefeller recentty to discuss
state transportation problems in
regard to the defeat of * the $3.5
billion.lranaportation bond issue,'
The meeting, at the governor's
office in Manhattan,: included
Brie County Executive Edward
Regan, Orange County Executive
LpulBvV.MIIlBj Suffolk-County
ExecuUve. John V.N. Klein,
Monroe pounty Manager Lucian
Morin arid Wejstchesler County
Executive-elect Alfred Del Bello.
All the officials are currehtiy
developing mass transit systems
in their respective counties.
'/The governor is seeking other
approaches for. improving
transportation systems in New
York State now that monies from
the defeated bond issue wiU not
be available/' Caso said. "Of
course, the governor asked for no
cornmitihents - other than to
discuss the entire transportation
picture vyitb^an open.mind.!'.,
FREEPORTER IS DEPUTY CO­UNTY
EXECUTIVE. Dr. James
Shuart of Freeport, former Nas-sau
social services commtuioner
will serve as County-Executive
Caso's deputy courity executive
starting Jan. 1. Shuart's new pos-
Hioh is part of Caso's realignment
of his top cabinet posts. .
Chilly School
Board Meeting
The November 21 Freeport
Board. of Education monthly
meeting brought^ out a.-sparse
attendance the evening: before
Thanksgiving. The first thing
those' dedicated- "citizens
discovered'was that the schools
were afaready deeply .involved
with fuel conservation. 1 ^ rodm
Y/teniperatiire.. at- the,^Atkinson
Following the November J9
open Village Boiard meeting, a ;
repr«entaUve of THE LEADER
was handed a three-page
"siatemeiii and queslioni" which
was prepared Jointly by • the.
Suburban- and Action parties.;
Both -these groups-^had been -
formiBd prior to the March, 1973
Village elections to riin can­didates
against the Village Parly'
slate.* This joint statement
declared, "in the wake of the
Newsday articles and the ex­pensive
mailing circulated by the
Village Party, we of the Action
Party and the Suburban Party
feel the following questions still
remain unanswered.'!-It con­tinued,
'"The people ^piHi'reeport
have a right to honest answers to
these questions, not a puliUc
relations release containing self-serving
and meaningless
statements of.'the Village Party,"
The need for honesty, moratlty:
and candbr from Village off ipiitlt^
has brought together two
previously divefgent groups^
These two groups represented
60% of the voters of Freeport who,
. In the last election, rejected the
Village Party admlnlstrallon.
T^eti&er, the Action Party and
the Suburban PaiPty Join in.
demanding franknm and In­tegrity
from Village Hall."
Many of the eight questions
listed in the statement had been
asked during the evening's
meeting. Mayor William White
opened the meeting- with the
statement, "I do not intend to get
into a point-foy-point and sen-tence-
by-sentence interrogation
of the Newsday allegations while
we are cooperating with the
legally constituted authorities
(Nassau County District At­torney
William Cahn's office).'
Vincent Fortunato Jr. led off
the questioning by asking the
Mayor if he did not see_any
conflict of interest in his voting on
the North Maini Street^ rezoning
since his Insurance clients,*
Joseph and Fr«i Scalamandre
and Richard Raffo, "prospered^
from the rezoning that you voted
on." White replied, "They did not
profit, that was your first
mistake" and went on to say that
if he could not vote on such wifle-scale
rezonings, or other {MDject«
such as street-raising,' "no
business man In the Village can
-serve on the Board." Fortunate
t seHjM)pf'pct^bnSahces ;iit-^,the^;,'^
Atkihstm SicShoofdfo h Nowinbw 29 •-indiKM^b^
'M-/-'- -./ Tw Thmday'^prograiiM^^wiU/;TC
K;;,;. »<6n8(»t1of.;snialMgroiipi,per-S:,proyiid»tl5|i^^
a%H'f foni^bote as.preparatipn;^
|508lode«»fatrb<tije;jJan^
(The construction bid went to the
Scatamandre'& Sea Crest con­struction
firm.) Cirlnoslated that
the original minutes of the Parks
Commission was to go for the
whole thing. He wanted to know if
there was anything in writing
Ihat-led them lo assume that if
they lookout Ihe pool, they would
get more federal funds, Deputy
Mayor George Fairberg an­swered,
"You recommended It
and now you crlllclzc your
recommendation, Wc withdrew
the specification for the sanle'
reason yoiu did - on the advise of
Superintendent of Recreation
StanBrekne!"
l<bu Bloom and Joe McAn-vdrews,
the Action Party's
Mayoralty candidate last March,
both >brou|^t up the matter ot
^^lic#; car bidding, which was
awarded io Richard Raffo'B
Richard Chevrolet last February,
iMcAndrewd stated,- •'Other
MpialUMibUklerB alU^ed ISOto
12501; for a tcfldft Jri, ...BljiLhJiiu).
jChevit^Jet jpecifled 1700 (or each
iihlt of trade. According to
Newsday the Village could hatve
bought with a state contract and.
saved 1800 to 1900 a car« Ac­cording
to the Board's mlnutei
the brade in was not made. F<Mir
of the cars were given to other
departments. Three were in a
used vehicle auction ,qp Mft*' '^
All but one was sold, we ajv
floating five-year bondy to buy
new cars and yet we turn down a
good offer. Did Raffo know in
advance (hat he would not be
subject to giving this money? It
taxes our credibility, Newsday's.
only allegations are that If you
happen to know the right people,
. and have access to the right in-'
formation, you will do very well
in Freeport. Here Is further in*
formaUon, Will you kK>k Into. It?"
Deputy Mayor George F^alrberg
said the Board would do so. Ex-
Action Party Trustee candidate
Carroll' Belt, while stating he
understood the advantages of
awarding contract to dealers
with^gariage services nearby,
said he saw an inconsistency In
(he 1972 purchase of garbage
trucks, He stated that the Board
had awarded a bid to Bruno's
GMC dealership, in Brooklyn
rather than to the'second lowest
bidder, Kelly's International,
Freeport.
When'quiestjpned hy Ed Nacb-
. bar of the, Freejport Democratic
' aub; Ma>or White stated thai be'
was ciw^ratingjwlth tt)e Diitrict
AltoiTiiey!ft office and had haivded -
over all In/brmatliiii'' they - Had
requested/White added, "Ifl can
the same transaction cmild have give it toNevimiay f can give It to
.Occurred^utwi«> tJ^'oH90Bi6iy;Mf^CahnV!Edy
M' CirJ;io;^'former.^Parks;:/or^Mayorc-uiMler/the Siteban ',
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