Events

Today's speaker was Dave Daly, Vice President of PSE&G - LIPA transition.   Mr. Daly comes from a service area that has many similarities to Long Island. That experience lends itself to operating on Long Island with confidence. Mr. Daly outlined a number of initiatives. As he put it "PSE&G will be putting plans together…

Our congressman from the 1st Congressional District, Tim Bishop was our speaker this morning and he outlined some of the topics that he thought may of concern to us. Tim began with the situation in Syria. He pointed out that there was a real reluctance to using military strikes to punish the Syrian government. His…

Our speakers today were the president and CEO of Nautilus Solar, James Rice and Long Island attorney Morton Weber.   Solar power has been around for many years. Photovoltaic cells were used in spacecraft at the inception of the space program. The then new technology was far too expensive to be used by the public,…

Our speaker this morning at LIMBA was former County Executive Steve Levy. Steve established the "Center for Cost Effective Government" for the purpose of "preventing municipal government from going over the cliff."   Levy described the current problems as two parts. Revenues are reduced and expenses continue to rise. Revenues will again rise in the…

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Anne Shybunko Moore was our speaker Friday morning.  Shybunko is president of GSE Industries. GSE has a long history on Long Island but had purchased land in Georgia a few years ago and built a manufacturing facility.  It all seemed so attractive but a trained workforce was less available. And retention of those who were…

At LIMBA we like to vary our programs. This week I reached out to Gary Richard of PC Richard & Son fame. Although I met Gary almost 30 years ago it never occurred to me to ask him to speak at LIMBA. The story of a family owned business remaining in the family for 104…

  Our speaker this morning was Long Island Railroad President Helena Williams. Helena has been our guest speaker at LIMBA each year for the last few years. Her mission today was to inform us of the various projects the railroad is working on.   The principal effort of today's discussion was the second track on…

James Graseck will be playing for us again. We call Jim the "Victor Borge" of the violin. We will also have comedian Harry Freedman. Harry has worked our room before in 2002 and was a big hit. He also brought us the ventriloquist Vince Dantona, and comedian John LaRocchia. This is always a well attended…