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So What’s Next?

According to town hall sourc-es, as The Independent went to press yesterday the board was expected to vote on a portion of the subject of last Thursday night’s hearing. At the conclu-sion of the meeting, board members agreed to close the portion of the hearing relating to the planning work and the funding of the planning work for the deer fence.

They could vote on that, and get the FAA funding in place before the composition of the town board changes in January, with two Democrats beginning new terms.

The board will hold a second hearing on the actual construc-tion and construction financing sometime in the future.

Also on Tuesday, Council-man Dominick Stanzione was expected to unveil his compre-hensive management plan for the airport.

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By Kitty Merrill

Those who spoke could generally be categorized as two opposing factions:

Pilots Prefer FAA Funding

pilots and people who have to listen to the din of their aircraft. Flying fans and folks from both forks have been

at odds in recent years, thanks to the increased volume of jet and chopper traffic over the East End.

Pilots made the most noise at town hall last Thursday night during a hearing related to the East Hampton Airport, outnumbering opponents more than two to one.

At issue was whether the town should seek a grant from the Federal Aviation Administration to cover the cost of constructing a deer fence around the perimeter of the 600-acre airport.

Opponents are loath to take federal money, fearing it eliminates the town’s ability to control airport operations with an eye toward quelling noise from ever-increasing

numbers of helicopters. They argue grant assurances from prior financial collaborations with the FAA are due to expire and a new agreement will extend ties to the feds for years to come.

Supporters of the move question the notion of local control, arguing the FAA “rules the skies,” grant assurances or not. The fence and other improvements to the facility, such as runway maintenance, are sorely needed for safety purposes, those with aviation interests insist.

Although the hearing last Thursday night was supposed to be about the deer fencing, speakers more often offered opinions relating to the airport and FAA funding as a whole.

There was a standing room only crowd, with people spilling out into the foyer at historic town hall as the hearing began. It would go on for close to three hours with over 50 individuals offering input from the podium. Not counting the town’s hired experts and airport manager Jim Brundige, 36 people, almost all of them with aviation interests, spoke in favor of taking the funding.

To start the hearing Brundige and town-hired consultants, Dennis Yapp and attorney Peter Kirsch, gave an overview of the history of the airport, the design of the proposed fence and East Hampton’s current status with the FAA.

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At Friday’s meeting, a conversa-tion pertaining to what legal action could be taken against the DSS was scheduled for a later date due the absences of Supervisor Anna Throne-Holst, who strongly opposes the DSS’s plan, and Councilwoman Bridget Fleming.

Other local officials and commu-nity members are also opposed to the conversion of the motel into a homeless shelter.

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My friend Art Matrano, who was the star football player at Lafayette High School back in the days when I was failing my way through the school, sent me this joke last Friday:

A little old lady sold pretzels on a street corner for a dollar each. Every day a young man would leave his office building at lunch time and as he passed the pretzel stand he would leave her a dollar, but never take a pretzel.

This offering went on for more than three years. The two of them never spoke. The man gave her a dollar and never took a pretzel.

THE ESSENCE OF CHUTZPAHOne day as the young man

passed the old lady’s stand and left his dollar as usual, the pretzel lady spoke to him for the first time in over three years. Without blinking an eye she said: “They’re a dollar and a quarter now.”

So why the joke?Because it sums up what I feel

about politicians. Take . . . take . . . take . . . and in the end, what do they give back? Nothing . . . nothing . . . nothing.

So why do we keep supporting them with our political contribu-tions?

I’m not talking about contrib-uting to our local town politi-cians. You can see them in action every day and in the end you can hold them responsible.

I’m talking about national politicians. I’m talking about the president. I’m talking about Con-

gress. I’m talking about all these fakes who are more interested in their political party than they are in our country. They are destroy-ing this country.

This goes for Republicans and Democrats, Conservatives and Liberals. I’m for dumping each and every one of them.

You want to see the best ex-ample of political chutzpah?

We have al l heard Barack Obama fanning class warfare by pushing his 99 percent of the country vs. one percent tax plan. This class warfare appeal was picked up by the Occupy Wall Street mob.

Add to that many consider Obama the most anti-Israel presi-dent in U.S. history. He runs neck and neck with that old fake Jimmy Carter.

So a week ago Obama traveled to the Upper East Side home of zil-lionaire businessman Jack Rosen – who is Chairman of the Ameri-can Jewish Congress – where about 30 cocktail-sipping donors forked over at least $10,000 each.

This cartoon in The New York Post by the brilliant Sean Delonas summed up Obama’s trip:

This is the way it works. If you’re a politician, you breeze into any town in the United States, and some dupes who have made too much money for their own good and now want to rub elbows with you because you promise you’re going to “make a difference” greet you with open checkbooks.

Every year in the Hamptons we hear a lot of talk about “making a difference” from politicians who are trying to separate you and me from our money.

For the most part, most soft money comes from people with soft heads. I know, I have been one of them.

The other night I came up with a way that we all could spend our money more wisely this election year rather than give it to some politician.

A number of years ago I held a book party/fundraiser at my house. The book was called “Ce-lebrity Dish,” and it was written by my daughter Jodi and Daniel Benedict.

They gave a significant amount of the money from the proceeds of the book sales to the Make-a-Wish Foundation.

At the end of the evening a very nice lady from the Make-a-Wish Foundation presented us with some framed drawings by the children they help. Mine was a drawing of the Tin Man from The Wizard of Oz. In his armor, the child had drawn a tiny red heart.

The woman told us that this was drawn by a little boy who needed a new heart and that’s why he chose the Tin Man as his subject.

“Will he get a new heart?” I asked.

“No,” answered the woman. “He has many other things wrong with him and a new heart won’t save him.” The eyes of all of us who heard this filled with tears. The woman then just sadly shook her head and said, “That’s why Make-a-Wish needs every penny

we can get for these children.”That night I thought about

that little boy, who has since died. Forget the politics of it. It doesn’t matter.

What if, instead of supporting still another lousy politician, we all put that money toward mak-ing some kid’s last days richer and happier?

The idea I have is: Let’s take every penny we are going to waste on some lying, scheming politi-cian and give it to Make-a-Wish or any other children’s charity of your choice.

If you want to make a differ-ence, give your money to a kid who needs a new heart instead of some lying weasel politician who has no heart.

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By Rick Murphy

East Hampton school officials reluctantly acknowledged this week three suspects – but not the ones they accused – have been identi-fied in what was originally labeled a “hate crime”.

The district’s press release has only exacerbated an already explo-sive situation.

The heinous “hate crimes” that spurred impassioned speeches and holocaust references, as it turned out, were treated like childish pranks, the perpetrators getting slaps on the wrists -- no criminal charges were filed. Three students were implicated. They were all suspended from school for a week.

More than a few parents think the incident is being soft-soaped now that the identities of the cul-prits have been gleaned.

Rumors are circulating that one of the suspects is a star athlete with strong family ties to the school, and his involvement, if made public, would almost certainly preclude ad-mission to a coveted upper echelon institution.

Perhaps not coincidentally, the same school officials who were looking to make examples of the school’s boys volleyball team mem-bers – who were falsely accused of the crime – are now labeling the incident over, and are not releasing the names of the individuals.

“It went from a hate crime to a prank all of a sudden,” one parent said. “If my kid did it they would have thrown him in jail.”

Swastikas were drawn on a pic-ture of the varsity soccer coaches, Rich King and the other soccer coaches along with crude drawings of male, genitalia on the players. The vandalism was discovered in the boy’s locker room on Sunday, November 6.

The next morning the school’s athletic director, Joseph Vas, sum-moned the two volleyball coaches – one doesn’t even work for the district. For the rest of the day, according to accounts from two parents and several students, the players were taken into a small office one by one with three adults in the room. Vas reportedly said to at least one, “We know one of you did it,” the volleyball player told his parent. Several said Vas threatened to cancel the playoff game later that day unless they revealed the names of the culprits.

Acting Superintendent Rich Burns told The Independent the

week after the incident that the questioning of the volleyball play-ers was “a fact finding mission.” He said the tapes clearly identified the volleyball players as the lone possible subjects. “Only three other individuals walked in and they all turned left into the men’s room.”

Later, though, parents said they learned school officials hadn’t even viewed the security tape when the interrogations began.

“They didn’t call us for at least a week or so,” said East Hampton Members of the East Hampton High School Volleyball team were falsely accused of defacing

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How will East Hampton Town manage the 205 parcels it’s pur-chased through the Community Preservation Fund? In the wake of a scandal in East Hampton that rocked the program several years ago, state lawmakers adopted an amendment to CPF law requiring each municipality to adopt a plan detailing how so called manage-ment and stewardship monies will be spent each year.

Red flags began to wave in East Hampton back in 2007, when then su-pervisor Bill McGintee called for the use of M&S money for a slew of town operational costs. Per legal mandate, a municipality may spend up to 10 percent of its annual CPF revenue on management and stewardship. McGintee called for using the entire 10 percent, which no town had ever done before, and promised a detailed breakdown of how it would be spent. When it finally came, the breakdown precipitated an avalanche of drama that culminated in McGintee’s resig-nation in 2009.

The scandal gave birth to the new amendment designed to tight-

CPF M&S OKen controls on how the money may be spent. Approved by voters in the five East End towns in 1998, the CPF derives revenue from a two-percent tax on most real estate transfers. A dedicated fund, the CPF may only be used for the purchase of open space, farmland and historic properties. Since the money began being collected in 1999, the CPF has generated $711.82 million, with be-tween $55 million and $60 million expected to be collected this year.

Subject to the vicissitudes of the national and local economy, revenue totals have dipped in recent years, but appear to be evening out. Across the entire East End, revenues are expected to just about match those from 2010 by the end of this year, according to figures complied by Assemblyman Fred Thiele. In East Hampton, however, they dropped by just over 27 percent, while in Southampton; they were up almost 19 percent.

Last Thursday night, director of land management Scott Wilson offered an overview of East Hamp-ton’s proposed management and stewardship plan for 2012 during a

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Only one speaker, board regular David Buda weighed in on the plan, with questions about the reserve fund. Buda noted last year’s M&S plan also called for $300K, but the money wasn’t set aside. Wilson explained that the town needs state legislative

approval to create the reserve and that hasn’t happened yet.

After the reserve is set aside, town officials are left with a work-ing budget of $527,000. The bulk of the money will be used for three projects: restoration of the interior of the Labrozzi property on Cedar Street for the creation of a farm museum, the demolition of 17 structures at Boys and Girls Harbor on Springy Banks Road, both in East Hampton, and the construction of a parking area and walkway at Amsterdam Beach in Montauk. The remaining money will be used for such annual expenses as signage, re-vegetation, invasive species removal and salaries.

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There were representatives from each of the five East End towns, plus the Shinnecock Nation. Suf-folk County was in the house, in the form of representatives from the legislature, the health depart-ment, the water authority and the county department of planning. The villages of East Hampton and Quogue participated, as did the Southampton Business Alliance, the Long Island Housing Partnership, the Long Island Wine Council and the Long Island Farm Bureau.

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Of course. I’m humiliated. The shame this tragic event has caused my dear mom is reason enough for me to be mortified.

Let’s put aside for a second that I’m a man and Bieber The Boy Toy isn’t nearly manly enough to father a child.

That hasn’t stopped Mariah Yeater from claiming she is car-rying Justin’s child, and it won’t stop me.

I don’t know who I’m madder at – that shameless hussy who slept with my guy or my guy for sleeping with that shameless hussy. Fetuses are forming left and right in this sordid affair.

For those of you blissfully un-aware – in this case you’d have to be in a coma – Bieber is an extremely popular singer. He is the most searched person on the Internet and on You Tube.

He’s pretty darn cute, too, which

I’m Having His Baby is where I come in. We all know I’m a magnet for hot babes – Lady Gaga goes gaga over me, Jessica Simpson has had a crush on me since she was in the fifth grade (and that was two years ago), and Jennifer Lopez just got divorced because she heard I was available.

But I’m not, I’m with Justin now. (Plus, J-Lo tools around in that ugly Fiat. What’s up with that?)

The fact that Justin has made millions of bucks has nothing to do with anything. His latest album, Under The Mistletoe, recently debuted at Number One. (As an aside let me say if I catch that Yeater ho, or J-Lo or anyone else kissing Justin under the mistletoe they will be buried there.)

Bieber is like, five-foot four and about 120 pounds. Yes, it’s hard to imagine him impregnating any-thing, let alone me. But what can I say? Things happen.

I’ve seen first hand what it’s like to grow up an orphan, poor and

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And that’s why I’ve decided to become Mrs. Justin Bieber, even though he’ll have to wear the high heels at the wedding.

I want a proper marriage, too. But first, my baby shower. Girls, start planning now because I’ll need items for the nursery. J-Lo, you bring the lingerie. In fact, wear the lingerie. Mom, I’ll need something to wheel the little tyke around in, probably something like a Corvette Sting Ray. Everyone else, I guess jewels and stuff like that will work. Pookie, I mean Justin, will probably want me to sign a prenuptial agreement, and I’m down with that. After all, I’m doing this for our child, I’m not some cheap, money grabbing slut.

Here’s what I’m proposing: he gives me an allowance of $10 mil-lion a year – it’s not for me mind you, but this baby. In return I agree not to kick the crap out of him ev-ery time the Giants lose a football game, which is almost every week. I’ll need additional funds for baby-sitters and nursemaids because I don’t do diapers.

In closing, allow me to quote the lyrics of Paul Anka’s classic song, in honor of the pending event:

I’m having your babywhat a lovely way of sayingHow much I love you.Oh the seed inside meI feel it growin’Are you happy knowin’ that I’m having your baby?I didn’t have to keep itcouldn’t put you through it.Could have swept it from my lifeBut I wouldn’t do itNo, I wouldn’t do it.And so I’m having your baby!Oh, Pookie! Write me a check.

Me and baby want to go to the race track today.

“Pappy” Bieber


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School Districts Need To Embrace The CapNew York State Governor Andrew Cuomo, noting state property owners pay

an average of almost 80 percent more than the national average, vowed to do something about it if elected and delivered after he was elected. That’s good news for beleaguered homeowners trying to survive in the midst of the worst economic climate since the depression.

For the most part though, school administrators and school boards – schools account for about two-thirds of our property taxes – have gone on their merry way, blissfully ignorant of the realities of life in the real world.

The property tax cap enacted at Cuomo’s urging is specifically designed to force school districts to abandon the shameless spending sprees most have been on for decades.

Recently, the local districts heard from a so-called paid “expert” about the cap. More to the point, his speech was more about how to circumvent the cap and the exemptions to the cap.

The tone was set at the beginning, when Albany was basically fried for having the audacity to broach a cap. The consultant, Anthony Cashera, a former school administrator himself, lambasted the cap, claiming the school districts hadn’t been given enough information about it. To say he found an attentive, agreeable audience would be an understatement.

Why, when this plan was announced last year, didn’t school boards and superintendents begin crafting a strategy? Why must these superintendents, who make salaries equivalent to CEOs, need the nuances of the cap explained to them? Aren’t they capable of deciphering it themselves?

Here is The Independent’s free analysis of how to cope with the tax cut: add up all your expenses. If they come to over a two percent hike in taxes, start cutting items until you get under. It would be unfortunate if the quality of education has to suffer but if teachers have to be let go so be it.

Maybe the school can do without a superintendent with a secretary and someone answering the phone, an assistant superintendent with more office help, a couple of building principals and a few vice principals, no doubt with more support staff.

Memo to school superintendents: Those of us struggling to maintain our homes and dignity really don’t care anymore about your little empires. We’ve had it. Get the job done, or we will hire people who will.

Sour GrapesWe couldn’t help notice the distinct odor of sour grapes when reading some of the other accounts

of the East Hampton elections. To hear them tell it, re-elected East Hampton Town Supervisor Bill Wilkinson, a Republican, had best heed the call of dissatisfied voters and change his tune. It seems, because Wilkinson got a lot more votes two years ago, that he must be doing something wrong.

Not really. Two years ago was an aberration from the norm, a reaction to the scandal that engulfed the town as a result of the incompetent Democratic regime that left the town $30 million in debt. Perhaps Wilkinson’s critics should harken back to four years ago, when he lost by 103 votes to Bill McGintee, who was later forced to resign by the Suffolk County District Attorney before his term ended. In fact, McGintee’s budget officer was arrested.

How could townfolk vote for this guy in the midst of a well-publicized criminal probe? Because the town’s voting base is overwhelmingly Democratic. Dems outnumber Republicans by almost a two to one margin. Personalities aside, it could be argued that since the GOP maintained its majority rule of the town that voters think they are doing a good job. It could also be argued, conversely, that Wilkinson’s opponent, running with all that support and all of Alec Baldwin’s money, was still not able to beat the incumbent.

Of course, the bellyaching comes from newspapers that endorsed Zach Cohen, Wilkinson’s opponent. It’s not unusual for Democratic candidates in East Hampton to get 4800 votes. Cohen got 1500 fewer. He lost – get over it.

The American DreamDear Editor,

Oh, how easy it is to believe that if the rich just paid their “fair share” how perfect our world would be. That has

Independent / James J. Mackin

been the world’s lottery game since the emergence of community life. It is the fault of the rich that we find ourselves unable to “be all that we can be.” Notwithstanding the reality that most sane people aspire to be “wealthy” and thereby join this group that, according to the left, everyone hates.

If we were to tax the rich more, the question arises as to exactly what purpose shall this money be put to

use? I have heard no promise that this money shall be used exclusively for the reduction of our debt and even if I did I would not believe “them” because “they” have lied to me so often I have no reason to believe “them.”

This extra money from the rich could be used to provide every American with a living wage whether he/she works or does not work. That is one goal of those who protest at Wall Street. We should

pay every lowlife a living wage so that the rest of us can be thankful for those who contribute nothing. Honestly, there is no place in America for such absurd thinking!

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Have you begun your holiday shopping yet?

Karen MartinI began my holiday shopping in August. Wewere in the Caribbean, which is a great place toshop for jewelry. Now I’ll shop for clothes andtoys for our grandchildren. I enjoy that kind ofshopping, although I spend too much. I loveindulging my children and grandchildren.

Andrew BenjaminI have not done one stitch of holiday,Christmas, Hanukah or any other kind ofholiday shopping and I don’t intend to. I don’treally observe the holidays. It’s just not mything. I am The Grinch Who Stole Christmas!Seriously, I’m always traveling for the holiday.

Mary Beth FlynnI started just yesterday. I’m having vintagephotographs of my parents made as a gift formy brothers and sisters. And I’m getting apresent for my friend but since she’s standingright here I can’t tell you what it is becauseshe’ll hear me and she won’t be surprised.

Ben JonesWe haven’t started yet. But we’re about tobegin. We have three kids and they’ve alreadymade up their lists. We do our shopping twoweeks before Christmas. We’re too lazy to do itearly like some people do. We shop eitheronline or else we try to shop locally.

JUST ASKING By Karen Fredericks

could continue to aspire to the American dream. Those who do not understand the American dream should leave America, thereby leaving this miserable nation to those of us who still believe in it.

BILL JONES

Zoning StandardsDear Mr. Murphy,

Your November 10 editorial in which you suggest Linda Kabot would have won had she been on the ballot is intriguing. Ms. Kabot’s campaign was based on a powerful but challengeable sound bite, i.e., her ideas for financial reform were usurped by Ms. Throne-Holst. However Ms. Kabot didn’t address current issues. For example, she didn’t question why the Town spent $1 million to build a questionable recharge basin in East Quogue, which goes to my argument that Republicans haven’t developed a narrative to defeat Democrats, so back to my argument.

To start, I’d like to establish a standard that no candidate running for Town Board embraced: the first priority of a Town should be to protect the investment and quality of life of property owners. In my opinion, heavy-handed enforcement tactics and SLAPP lawsuits are counter-productive because these lawsuits typically arise from incompatible zoning that’s correctable.

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By Buying Up Main Street,” The New York Times described the ways in which a New York City detective-turned-developer has made himself quite wealthy by adhering to a zoning standard based on the community good. Given that everyone complains about developers,

this detective has been described by civic leaders as a welcome addition to the community.

On the other hand in an article published March 10, 2011 entitled “The Supersizer Architect of Brooklyn,” The Times described a developer who circumvented the constraints of zoning in questionable ways. As a result of complaints, New York State, in 2007, passed a law that allows tough sanctions against anyone who files misleading zoning submissions.

Therefore, going forward I’ll try to explain why development in Southampton conforms more to the “Supersizer-Architect than to the “Detective-Turned-Developer” model.

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A devoted wife for 33 years to the late James Hayes, she leaves to cherish her memory four chil-dren: Lorraine Smalls (late Robert Stewart and Leroy) of Augusta, GA; Dudley Hayes (Gail) of East Hamp-ton, NY; Bonnie Williams (Arthur) of East Hampton, NY; and, Denise Parker (Robert) of Piscataway, NJ; one granddaughter, four grand-sons and four great-grandchildren. She is also survived by three sisters: Lucy West, Bertha Hopson (Wil-liam), and Marie Gaines (David), a host of in-laws, nieces and neph-ews, dear friends, and beloved church family.

Helen was baptized at the First Baptist Church, Bridgehampton, NY at 16 years old. She was a charter member of Calvary Bap-tist Church, East Hampton, NY when it was established in 1954 and remained an active member. From the time the church began she sang in the choir. Singing was what she loved. She faithfully traveled with the pastor and choir to sing and enjoy fellowship with other churches.

An East Hampton High School graduate, she was active in the community and a hard worker her entire life. She was a Girl Scout and Cub Scout leader and loved to participate in activities involv-ing East Hampton’s children. She did housekeeping for a number of years but was best known for work-ing at East Hampton High School for 13 years before accepting a po-sition at the elementary school. It was from that position she retired in December 2000.

Nothing was more important than family to Helen Hayes. She loved her nieces and nephews like her own, as well as the children of her friends. She supported her extended family in everything they did. She could be found at speaking engagements, concerts, and plays in New York City. She often agreed to chaperone youth trips. She loved the trips with her sisters, never missed a wedding, and visited rela-tives wherever they were located.

She will be remembered for hosting the annual Beach Party for family and friends at Maidstone Beach each July for the last 25 years. It was her way of making sure the family had the opportuni-

Obituariesty to see one another and remember those who had passed away. It was also an opportunity to feed people, and that was another thing Helen Hayes loved to do.

She was curious to see all the wonderful places she had heard about, so traveling was something she did as often as could be ar-ranged. She has traveled from coast to coast in the United States. She took a trip to Ghana and Senegal, Africa in 1995, a cruise to Alaska, and several cruises to the Bahamas.

Helen Hayes lived her life to the fullest while eagerly extending a helping hand to those in need. She loved God and expressed His love in her singing and through the kindness and generosity she showered upon others. She will be

missed but never forgotten.The following services were held

in the Calvary Baptist Church, 60 Spinner Lane, East Hampton.

Visiting services were held on on Friday and a memorial service on Saturday. Interment followed2-7 in the Cedar Lawn Cemetery. The family suggests that memorials may be made to East End Hospice or The Lustgarten Foundation or the charity of one’s choice.

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Light refreshments will be offered during the 2 to 4 PM open house, with a talk by members of the committee at 2:30 PM. Vintage pictures of the Life-Saving Station will be on display with shirts and hats for sale. The Marine Museum will be open to the public at no admission charge during the open house.

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In an attempt trying to get proj-ects moving forward, nearly a dozen people met with Southampton Town Board last Friday to discuss legislative initiatives for historic and landmarked properties.

“There are lots of questions with living in and owning a landmarked or historical property,” Council-woman Nancy Graboski said. “We need something in the way of a funding stream to make this work.”

About $500,000 was created from a Sebonac Planned Development District to be used as a funding stream for new landmarks and historic programs.

Establishing a historic burying ground program and a landmarks maintenance program were dis-cussed with Landmarks and His-toric Districts Board Chair Sally Spanburgh and Southampton Town Historian Zach Studenroth. Both programs would get $100,000.

“The board is currently develop-ing a landmarks program for own-ers of structures who can’t afford

PDD Money To Be Used For Landmarks Initiatives

maintenance,” Spanburgh said.Studenroth, who is spearheading

the historic burying ground pro-gram, said he is working to identify what constitutes a historical site and is trying to restore cemetery stones.

“Many are at risk,” he said. “This project is within the office of the town clerk, because they are in fact records.”

Each expenditure will be brought before the town board before it gets the green light.

“I have discussed with Zach and Sally about giving a certain lee-way on expenditures that can be monitored,” said Town Clerk Sundy Schermeyer.

Councilman Chris Nuzzi ex-pressed concern over outlining out those expenditures and specific amounts.

“With regard to any disburse-ment of monies concerning com-munity involvement, there needs to be a level of administration within the department as well as going



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During the month of December customers, friends and community members can stop in to any BNB branch and support the program by buying a green paper apple for $2 or red paper apple for $5. The apples will be displayed in the branches with the names of those making the donation. Bridgehampton National Bank will match donations up to $5000. Last year the program distributed $17,000, which included a contribution from Bank employees that was donated in lieu of employee gifts. Branches are also collecting food staples. A list of groceries most in demand is available at www.bridgenb.com.

“During the holidays, the community comes together in a very special way to help those most in need” notes Kevin O’Connor, President and CEO of Bridgehampton National Bank. “The economy continues to be a challenge for businesses and individuals, and many families are feeling its impact in their

ability to make ends meet. Hunger in our towns and villages is something we can all help to eliminate and maybe we can make the holidays just a little easier. We hope everyone will support this effort, either by joining us or contributing directly to your local food pantry.”

Bridgehampton National Bank was founded in 1910. Today the bank is well known for its commitment to the community and dedication to local businesses. For a complete list of branches visit www.bridgenb.com.

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owned and operated professional landscaping firm in Riverhead, will now be known as U.S. Lawns. The company, which is owned and operated by Joe and Tracey Densieski, recently became a franchise of U.S. Lawns, a national company based in Orlando, Fla.

U.S. Lawns is the largest commercial landscaping franchisor in the United States, with more than 240 franchises and locations in all 48 contiguous states. “Joining a high-quality national company gives us greater buying power, which will allow us to cut costs and pass the savings on to our customers,” said Joe Densieski. “We have also received a lot of valuable information from U.S. Lawns that will help us run our business.”

To complement the increased buying power and resources of a national firm, clients of U.S. Lawns of Riverhead will continue to enjoy the benefits of dealing with a company that is locally owned and operated.

Densieski said the new name reflects a shift in his firm’s focus. While NU GREEN concentrated primarily on residential landscape

design and construction, U.S. Lawns will focus mainly on commercial landscape management. However, the Riverhead company will continue to service its existing clientele and continue to do both residential and commercial landscape installations.

U.S. Lawns of Riverhead will also maintain its focus on environmental sustainability and continue its charitable support of organizations in the community, including Angela’s House, Peconic Bay Medical Center, Timothy Hill Children’s Ranch, local chambers of commerce and police benevolent associations.

Environmental sustainability and community commitment are strong values of the parent company, as well. On a national scale, U.S. Lawns embraces environmental stewardship as a central component of its mission. The company uses environmentally friendly horticulture best practices and real-world solutions that protect natural habitats, encourage water conservation and minimize waste. Currently, U.S. Lawns supports many industry, civic and charitable groups within the regions and local markets it serves.

U.S. Lawns of Riverhead does business in Suffolk County. In addition to providing full-service landscape management services, the firm provides seasonal color design and installation, fertilization and pest control, irrigation management, arbor care management and snow and ice management.

The company’s address remains 139 Reeves Avenue in Riverhead. Its phone number – 631-369-6319 – remains the same, as well. The firm’s web site is now www.USLawns.com.

At The JCOHThe Jewish Center of the Hamptons

is proud to announce that Rebecca Saber, a recent graduate of our Hebrew school and life-long Shabbat services attendee, will share her experiences from the summer she spent at Seeds of Peace camp on Saturday 10 AM at Shabbat services. Seeds of Peace is an organization dedicated to enhancing peace in the world by bringing together teenagers from regions of conflict, in order to foster mutual respect and create a meaningful dialogue. The principal vehicle for Seeds is a three week camp in Maine, at which the campers participate in professionally facilitated dialogue sessions, trust-building outward bound challenges and typical camp activities such as swimming and basketball. This past summer Rebecca was one of 26 American children invited to the camp, joining 170 teenagers from Israel, Egypt, the Palestinian Territories, Jordan, India and Pakistan.


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The councilwoman added that utilizing the money the way that it was intended would benefit putting the programs in place for the community.

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Spanburgh noted that she constantly hears the same two things from members of the community.

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Trying to help people maintain their historic homes is one of the biggest goals for Spanburgh and her team, adding that this program is to have the landmarks and historic districts board working with the town board.

Graboski said the proposed legislation would be further discussed next Tuesday.

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Town Police Chief Eddie Ecker. “It was when everything hit the fan and they found out everyone was going to the school board meeting.”

As it turned out, there were other entrances to the building, and other security cameras. The school campus was crowded with people that day, and many went in and came out of the building.

“The school asked us to pick up the investigation,” Ecker said. Officer Matt Rodriguez, the depart-

Hate CrimeCONTINUED FROM PAGE 7.

ment’s school resource officer, ap-parently discovered that although parents were told the locker room was locked the day the incident occurred, it wasn’t. Another video camera captured other individuals in the school, and after question-ing three students – two from East Hampton and one from Westhamp-ton -- were determined to be the vandals.

“They were going to make an example of our kids,” said one angry parent. “Now all of a sudden they are sweeping it under the rug.” I don’t want to see some kid get in trouble but, come on.”

A group of parents have demand-ed the school board make school administrators publicly apologize to the soccer team and reprimand Vas, King, and Burns.

Vas, King, and school board president Laura Ankar Grossman all referred to the crime as a “hate crime” at the November 15 board meeting and spoke at length about the horrors of the “hate crime.”

“That’s using the term wrong,” Ecker said. “There is no indication

of malice or anti-Semitism. They are not white supremacists.” Still, the chief said, it was the school’s decision to handle it in-house. “We got involved because they asked us to get involved.”

A press release issued a week after the incident, just prior to a raucous school board meeting that evening, stated the head custodian, “confirmed that he was present on Sunday and all doors to the locker room were locked except the door from the coach’s office, and no one other than the volleyball team could gain entry into the locker room.”

Parents said then that state-ment was false, and insinuated the school employee had been coerced to say as much or it was completely fabricated. “They are throwing him under the bus,” one mother said of the custodian. “Everyone is trying to save his own ass over there.”

The much maligned volleyball team, meanwhile, earned the Coun-ty Good Sportsmanship Award, it was announced last week. It was noted the team had a cumulative 91.6 grade average.

Burns released a statement after the culprits were caught last week: “I would like to express my personal regret to the members of the Boys’ Varsity Volleyball team. I know many students and parents were deeply upset about the manner in which the students were questioned in this case. There were no members of the volleyball team involved in this unfortunate incident. I would also like to express my compassion to the Boys’ Varsity Soccer team and coaches who were the victims of this disturbing incident.”

The district is now referring to the defiled photograph in ques-tion as “offensive, racially charged graffiti.”

Several parents we reluctant to go on record, fearing repercussions against their children. The athletic program in particular fosters such an environment, one said.

“The school is going to handle this in house,” said Detective Lt. Chris Anderson Monday. “in light of the circumstances and facts of the case, we believe that is the best approach.”

“They were going to make an example of our kids . . .

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improvements such as the fence and a seasonal control tower. There isn’t a resort community in all of the United States that doesn’t have its own airport, Brundige declared. They all accept federal funds and they all have control towers, he informed.

Brundige displayed photos of a recent deer strike at the airport, noting deer and turkey “roam free” on runways at dusk, stating, “It’s a wonder no one’s been killed.”

Kirsch, who’s been retained to advise the town on airport matters, kicked off a segment that could be called “dueling legal opinions,” by stating the town can “never” wrest local control from the FAA because of federal law. The only way the town could ever achieve local control is by totally closing the facility, he said.

Attorney Jeff Bragman disagrees. He represents the Committee To Stop Airport Expansion in a current lawsuit over environmental review of adopted airport plans, and argues the town can, indeed, gain local control. In Bragman’s view, local control means the ability to set hours of operation, set a curfew, and even ban helicopters. Case law from the US. Circuit Court of Appeals supports his view, the attorney asserted. Additionally he said in documents related to the suit the town has admitted it can’t exert local control due to the FAA grant assurances.

There is no deer emergency at the airport, strikes have been few, Bragman pointed out. He disparaged the suggestion that the town will be able to mitigate noise through the use of a tower dictating flight paths. That would simply move the problem from one area to another. “I have no interest in putting traffic that sounds like the attack scene from Apocalypse Now over my neighbor’s house,” he said. Finally, he complained about the notion of town officials putting the desires of “ultra luxury travelers” before the quality of life of 20,000 to 40,000 people affected by aircraft noise.

Tom Twomey and John Shea, both attorneys, and pilots, disagreed. “Every single pilot I know agrees [helicopter noise must be mitigated]” said Shea. Securing the federal grants to help finance the tower said Twomey, is the best and fastest way to reduce helicopter noise by next summer. The pair was among a number of speakers who urged swift action.

Two more attorneys did not. David Gruber and Pat Trunzo, both members of the Committee To Stop Airport Expansion, litigants and in Trunzo’s case a former town board member, argued against rapid action. Like other speakers, they want the town to pay to put the tower up and see how it works.

Simply put, the airport cannot exist without FAA grants, Margie Saurenman, vice president of the

FAA FundingCONTINUED FROM PAGE 4.

East Hampton Aviation Association, asserted. She said it would be “fiscally reckless” for the town to use the airport’s small surplus for the control tower. Her sentiment was shared by a number of speakers, including Kenneth Lee, who noted most municipalities work hard to get funding from the FAA. Take the federal dollars that other municipalities would beg for, he urged.

Others in favor of the funding spoke of the importance of the airport in terms of providing jobs and bolstering the town’s economy. Shouldn’t we do all we can to promote one of the economic drivers of the town, Rod Davidson queried rhetorically. Margaret Turner of the East Hampton Business Alliance spoke of the airport as a valuable asset that needs to be maintained in the best possible condition, and former town councilwoman Diana Weir submitted a report outlining the economic impact of aviation on communities. Britton Bistrian pointed out that for many visitors, the airport is the gateway to East Hampton.

More like gateway to misery, to hear some residents tell it. Barry Raebeck, chair of the Quiet Skies Coalition, wore black, he said, because he’s in mourning for the destruction of the rural quality of East Hampton.

Dan Rudansky of the Noyac Citizens Advisory Committee read a resolution from his group stating support for discontinuing FAA agreements. He reported air traffic was recently re-routed over his community. Patricia Currie complained she and her neighbors built their homes in Noyac years ago “nowhere near the airport.” Recent re-routing has sent the noisy traffic over homes where Southampton Town residents “suffer every day.” Curry noted that if people in Noyac could vote in East Hampton “certain people” on the town board wouldn’t be sitting there.

Taking another perspective, however, Eric Salzmann of North Sea offered, “If you had a control tower 10

years ago, we wouldn’t be having this debate today.”

While some suggested Gruber, Trunzo and others want to shutter the airport entirely, Robert Wolfram from Sag Harbor said he has yet to meet anybody who wants to close the facility.

Some speakers didn’t espouse ardent opinions on either side, but merely asked questions. One wondered what types of landing fees pilots pay and another wanted to know if taking FAA money would mean larger aircraft could use the airport.

As the hearing drew to a close Supervisor Bill Wilkinson noted the absence of a passionate advocate who’s spoken about aircraft noise repeatedly. Frank Dalene, the supervisor reported, had been in a motorcycle accident and was in the hospital.

Finally, Martin Drew was the sole speaker to focus on the actual construction of the deer fence . . . Remember? The purpose of the hearing? He said he’d like the board to move forward with the project so he can bid on it.

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Said LaValle, “The Institute will tackle a broad spectrum of issues in-cluding the economy and the environ-ment by bringing together the best minds, the best thinking and research to address the issues confronting the East End.”

Participants in the initial outing focused on such set up tasks as de-termining the group’s organization and governance, crafting a mission statement and determining funding.

A 16-member steering committee and three work groups were created to tackle the earliest tasks. According to Thiele, it is envisioned that the Peconic Institute would be created as a tax exempt, not-for-profit cor-poration which would be governed by a Board of Directors representing a broad cross-section of interests on the East End.

The three work groups will now meet and prepare recommendations over the next 45 days for consider-ation by the Steering Committee which will review these recommen-dations and present a final report at another public meeting to be held no later than March. The goal will be to create the Institute in the next six months.

Thiele stated, “The creation of the Institute is a critical part of the efforts of Senator LaValle and myself to restore the Southampton Campus as a center of higher education and economic activity. The Institute is critical to insure that the East End is part of the Long Island region’s economic plans. The expansion of the Arts program, the construction of the new Marine Sciences Building, a future Southampton Hospital on campus, and the Institute are all part of a plan to make the campus a burgeoning center of academic excellence and economic activity over the next decade.“

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This hand was played recently at the Monday afternoon game at St. Luke’s Church in East Hampton. The bidding is actually more inter-esting than the play of the hand. South should make her contract, losing at most three tricks. Only one South actually bid game with every other South stopping at two or three spades.

Why did the one South who bid game do so? She noted that her hand was more than a basic 13 or 14 point hand but not the typical 18 or 19 point hand that many other players would want in order to jump to game.

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For most Fantasy Football fans the next three weeks will decide whether we go out winners or los-ers.

Assuming you have a playoff-bound team, this is no time to rest on your laurels. In fact, it’s time to ratchet things up – spend the time necessary to put your team over the top.

Identify Strengths and Weak-nesses: look at where you rank in your league: points scored, receiv-ing, rushing, kicking points etc. Obviously, if you can improve, do so.

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Need a running back? Peyton Hillis, after a lost season, finally looked a little like his old self in Cleveland – he’s available in some leagues. Want a deep sleeper? The Packers may be undefeated, but the Pack has a terrible running game. Last season during their playoff run to the title Green Bay unleashed James Stark. Rookie Brandon Seine may be that guy. One thing is for

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A lot of Fantasy players don’t spend enough time picking a good defensive team. One of the reasons is it’s very hard to carry two teams on a roster, so we tend to grab a decent defensive team and keep it.

There’s a better way, though – take a team that is playing at home against a weaker team, and forget the hype. If you haven’t gotten the memo, the Jets and Giants aren’t very good on defense this season.

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This week’s MLB winter meet-ings are usually an exciting time for fans. Teams begin putting their off-season plans into motion and free agent rumors start swirling around the hotel lobbies and make their way onto Twitter.

But, that won’t be the case for the New York Mets. Most believe the Mets will cut their payroll to the $100 million range, down from last year’s $140 million. The most excit-ing change for the 2012 Mets might be bringing in the outfield fences.

So, if payroll is being cut and no exciting personnel changes are expected do Met fans have anything to look forward to?

Sadly, after a month of flirting, Jose Reyes has taken his talents to South Beach and signed with the newly renamed Miami Marlins. The Marlins have been anxious to make a big splash as they open their new stadium, and they landed one of the top three free agents in Reyes. Throughout the off-season, the Mets supposedly wanted Reyes to let them show him a counteroffer before departing, but many believed GM Sandy Alderson was more than content scooping up draft picks as compensation.

It’s upsetting to see a home-grown player like Reyes walk away; his style of play was contagious and loved by teammates and fans alike, but $100 million for his injury-riddled services was not worth it. So Reyes took the money, $106 million, to be exact, and he’ll be basking in the Miami sun for the next six years.

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