Events

Today our speaker was John Cameron, President of the Long Island Planning Council. Mr Cameron seems well suited for the position because of his understanding of how things work. He is the founder of Cameron Engineering a formidable engineering firm that was begun 25 years ago. John began by giving us a little history of…

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Lee Zelden was our speaker this morning. He is challenging Brian Foley in the 3rd NY Senate District. Zelden began by introducing himself emphasizing his roots on Long Island and his military service. He proceeded to discuss the MTA tax that his opponent had voted for. He vowed to overturn that tax as a matter…

Bob Catell was our speaker this morning and when it comes to utility delivered power he has had the benefit of heading up a combined gas and electric company for about 14 years. His prior experience at Brooklyn Union Gas Company makes him an authority on that too. Bob made a poignant comparison of the…

Our speaker Friday morning was John Kominicki, Publisher, and now, also the editor ,of Long Island Business News.   We posed the question of how do newspapers compete with other media. Kominicki has a humorous, and always interesting manner when he speaks, even as he approaches a topic that is a serious business concern. LIBN, as…

Today my friend Ken Morelly, made good on his promise to have LIFT host a LIMBA meeting at the Homeland Security Center in Bethpage. Ken came to LIMBA in September of 2009 and explained what we would find there we came. Unfortunately Ken passed on in October less than a month after he appeared at…

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 Due to extenuating circumstances this meeting had to be cancelled. It is rescheduled for October 8 2010