Ed Romaine Brookhaven Supvr- Sponsored by Brookhaven Rail
"This has been the longest recession in history." That is the sentence that our speaker, Ed Romaine began his formal remarks. Mr. Romaine won a recent election for Town Supervisor of Brookhaven. He will have to run again in one year As a result of the recession there has been a cut-back of town personnel,…
LIMBA & LIFT Goes To Broadway in Northport
The John Engeman Theater is showing "Wait Until Dark" in January. LIMBA has secured a number of tickets and we hope you can be there to enjoy, h a high quality theater exprience LIMBA and LIFT will be offering tickets to their friends and memberships. We have a limited number of tickets so I suggest…
Dr John King Commissioner NY State Education
Dr. John King is the New York State Commissioner of education and president of the University of the State of New York. We made a request that he appear at LIMBA and he was with us Thursday morning. Dr. King began by telling us that many students are deficient in basic skills…
Scott Bronson – Next Generation High Tech Workforce Force
The weather threat had a serious effect on our attendance so we had a very truncated meeting. Scott Bronson, BNL Manager of K-12 Educational Programs, Spoke to a very small group at the LIMBA meeting today. He gave an overview of the programs at Brookhaven National laboratories and how they are working with educators on every…
Steve Levy Consolidation of government agencies,
Our speaker this morning was former County Executive Steve Levy, and now the Director of “Center for Cost Effective Government” Steve Levy has created a group that endeavors to streamline government. As most of us already know there are myriad districts controlling schools, fire districts, library districts, and various other entities that are squandering…
BNL’s Scott Bronson “Next Gen High Tech Workforce force”
Our speaker this morning was Ken White from Brookhaven National Labs. Ken is in charge of a unit that works with educational institutions that are outside of the lab. There are programs in place that encourages students to gear their learning to the sciences. We have been hearing a lot about the STEM programs. The…
David Wolkoff- Heartland Development
Friday morning we had developer David Wolkoff speak at LIMBA. Mr. Wolkoff’s family has been planning an enormous development that is essentially a new village. The plan was conceived over 12 years and the SEQRA process has been tedious, along with some opposition to the effort. David began by stating that the Long Island region…
LIMBA / LICA sold out
No longer available LIMBA Participates with Long Island Contractors Association Annual Legislators Breakfast Featuring casual conversation with invited members of the Long Island Congressional and State Legislative Delegations Keynote Address given by: Highway Administration Administrator of the FederalAdministrator Victor Mendez of the Federal Highway Administration has agreed to serve as the keynote…
LIMBA Dr. Matt Cordaro- A Case for Municipal Power
Our speaker today is a man well known to us for his knowledge and involvement with the electric utility business. Dr Matt Cordaro was vice president of LILCO. Subsequently he worked as president of Longlake Electric and then for Nashville Electric Service as president and CEO. Nashville is a municipal power company while the…