Events

Bram Weber and Michael Cassidy - August 19, 2011   This morning we had a presentation on a large multi use development project in the Town of Islip. The presentation…

Yesterday's speaker was Tom Croci. Croci has served as a Navel intelligence officer and also served in the George Bush Whitehouse, and is now in the reserves. He is the…

LIMBA program speaker Randi Busse   The program at LIMBA was different from our usual format. Instead of having a high profile Long Islander, we have a professional speaker. Randi…

Stored Energy System for Long Island Our speaker this morning was Brian Prusse and the discussion was about the use of batteries to help support the grid. The age-old problem with power plants is the difficulty with matching load to production. Firing up a major power plant takes time. On the other hand, the moment…

Supervisor Phil Nolan - Oct 7 2011 Mr. Nolan made his presentation today by pointing out some changes that he made when he took the reins of Islip town government. He began to learn very quickly that there were some questionable practices that needed to be addressed. The practice of confidential pay. These were payments…

"Ask the Lawyer" - October 14, 2011    Gary Wirth, partner in the law firm of Kaufman Dolowich Voluck & Gonzo LLP, brought to us a program this morning called "Ask the Lawyer." Gary began with pointing out the difference of approach of who pays legal fees. He compared the English system where the losing…

County Executive Steve Levy requested an opportunity to speak before LIMBA this morning. He believes the budget that he has put on the table will be disturbing to many, but the measures he is taking are absolutely necessary. Among the problems are the Medicaid bills. While they were difficult enough a few years ago they…