Civil Liberties Union – Dolores Bilges
This morning we had a presentation from Dolores Bilges, Executive Director of the NY Civil Liberties Union. NYCLU is the local representatives of the national organization, ACLU. We, or at least I, had the image of a large organization with an active agenda. Not so! The NYCLU is a small organization with no legal…
Roger Corbin
"The taxes are so high it's ridiculous" That was the opening statement from Nassau County legislator Roger Corbin at LIMBA this morning. Mr Corbin admitted that what was needed to change things would be difficult.Taking a page out of Ronald Reagan's book when he could not advance his programs because he was faced with a Democratically dominated congress.…
Trevor Davis -Small Bus Financial services
This morning's informative breakfast meeting was about banking. Not traditional banking, but the kind of banking that can and does help the small business person. Time was, according to Community Development Corporation's Trevor Davis, when your banker could make an assessment of the lender that would take into consideration unusual and non-recurring events. For…
Hank Ulrich- Port Security Technology
At this mornings meeting a presentation of port security was given by Hank Ulrich. Hank Ulrich created E2E Consulting (E2E =End to End) to market a technology that he has developed. There are many vulnerable points in the journey of a cargo, the loading dock, the trucks and rail links that take cargo to the…
Round Table Discussion
At Round Table discussions we speak about advancing established goals as well as new things that we should consider. Always interesting
Freight Rails Update – Fred Krebs
Our speaker this morning was NY & Atlantic RR's president, Fred Krebs. Mr Krebs began freight operations on Long Island about the middle of year in 1997. Since then the increase of freight has been relatively constant with the exception of the balance of 2001 and 2002.(due to 9/11) In 1998, which was the…
Steve Jones “Water and Land Use Principles”
Today's meeting sponsor, Cliff Sondock, the Executive Director of The Land Use Institute, and Steve Jones, CEO of Suffolk County Water Authority, presented a program to dispel myths about water and land use. According to Mr Sondock, water quality preservation is being used as an excuse to limit how land may be used. Whatever arguments are being…
Dr Matt Cordaro, Dean of College of Management, LIU
Dr Cordaro, Dean of the School of Management at LIU, gave us an overview of the courses that are being offerred at the LIU, which included criminal justice, social work, and not for profit. But that was the usual list of special training. What I thought was more interesting and important was the approach to teaching…
Dr Lee Koppleman, Planning and the Region
Dr Lee Koppelman spoke at LIMBA and it has been about 12 years since he last spoke there. The master planner was generally in good spirits about the way Long Island has developed. He began by citing the economic importance of the Long Island region. Suffolk County, for example, is still the largest agricultural county in the…