Our speaker this week was Matt Goerke. Matt is a truly talented memory training specialist. He began by asking which one of us has trouble remembering and the response was almost universally negative. He went on to say that the bulk of memory difficulty is the belief that we cannot do it. It sounds simplistic,…

Our speaker this morning was Congressman Peter King, and it was a particularly lively meeting. It was the congressman’s first appearance at LIMBA since his district was changed to include the Town of Islip. The audience was eager to hear what he had to say and the room was full. I introduced the speaker after…

Mr. Keating is an economist and a columnist for LIBN. He has authored several books as well. He has a conservative view Please join us. Meeting will be held at the Clarion Hotel (formerly Holiday Inn) 3845 Veterans Memorial highway, Ronkonkoma NY Hotel phone 631 585-9500 Room opens for registration at 8AM, Program begins at 8:30,…

It was a pleasure to have an old friend of LIMBA return. John Kanas has the reputation of being unassuming and well-grounded and that is exactly what we saw this morning.   Mr. Kanas took us through the chronology of his development. He began as a middle school teacher doing reasonably well when he was…

This morning our speaker was Lee Zeldin. Mr.Zeldin is the Republican candidate that is running for congress in the 1st congressional district  The candidate is impressive as a person when you consider  his education and his military service. He spoke about his participation in the repeal of the MTA tax that LIMBA championed. He noted…

 Microsoft will host a seminar at their Walt Whitman location in Huntington. This program is being offerred as an educational function by LIMBA and seating at this event is strictly limited so that the interaction between the presenter and the audience is meaningful. We recommend early registration. Please go to     www.LIMBA. net  and…

Congressman Tim Bishop was our guest speaker this morning and he began with telling us how difficult it was for many people in that body to embrace compromise.   He gave this example: One of the tools of international business that many smaller firms rely on is the Import/ Export Bank. This government entity facilitates…

LIMBA speaker this morning was Islip Town Supervisor Tom Croci. Mr. Croci began be expressing the notion of good government is borne out of a workable philosophy. Tom chose to use his experience in Afghanistan to make his point.   He told a story of meeting an enterprising youth that was selling cheap knock-off knives…

LIMBA  recap 10 3 14 LIMBA conducted a program at Adelphi University this morning featuring Nassau District Attorney Kathleen Rice. Ms Rice has made a compelling case against the toleration of drunk driving, and now wants the same scrutiny of drugged driving. The technology has not kept pace with the problem of drugs and she…

This morning's speaker was NY Rising Director Jon Kaiman. His opening remarks noted that hurricane Sandy was a once in a hundred year event or one we could see again in a year.   The point being this is not an event we usually plan for. On the other hand we can make our structures…