Phillip Cardinale, Supervisor, Town of Riverhead
This morning Riverhead Town Supervisor Phil Cardinale made a presentation on the planning and restoration projects in Riverhead. There are a number of things being planned, including riverfront improvements, Calverton airport redevelopment, and Rt 58 transportation improvements. In the downtown Main Street, which is relatively small, there are plans for the restoration of the theater. Mr.…
Wayne Horsley, Suffolk Legislator
On May 4th, we had the privilege of Suffolk County Legislator Wayne Horsley give us a perspective of how important sewers are to the ecology and economic growth of Long Island. Wayne apologized for picking such an unsavory topic to be the subject of a breakfast meeting, but as usual, the large crowd of LIMBA…
Larry Austin, Chairman of the LI philharmonic
The Long Island Philharmonic at LIMBA Larry Austin, chairman of Austin Travel and The Long Island Philharmonic Board of Directors, came by to give us an update on the Philharmonic close to the finale of their 28th season. Larry is a past president of LIMBA, like the Philharmonic, a long running show. The final two…
Hon. Steve Bellone, Supv Town of Babylon
This morning's speaker was Town of Babylon Supervisor Steve Bellone. Mr. Bellone began by telling us of his efforts to bring green thinking to the town. The town has ordered Hi-Brid vehicles for it's fleet, and is installing green technologies in all it's new construction. Babylon is setting an example according to Bellone. The rationale…
Ray Kenny, acting President, LIRR
This morning we had a presentation from the acting president of the LIRR. Mr Ray Kenny started with an overview of the railroads performance records. The performance can be summarized here by saying that the best year on record was 2002 at 94% for on time trains. Currently we are on schedule to do slightly…
Keyspan-National Grid merger/acquisition
Friday we had a most unusual meeting with no scheduled speaker we used the opportunity to discuss any major issue facing Long Island. The topic of the Keyspan-National Grid merger/acquisition was introduced and as luck would have it, Dr Matt Cordaro was in the room. Cordaro began his career with LILCO, and left LILCO more…
Dr Andaz, Nassau County Medical Center (Hilton Gardens)
Dr Andaz an oncologist from South Nassau Hospital gave a talk on cancer. the focus was on lung cancer and the devastating statistics on smoking. Smoking however, according to Dr Andaz, accounts for a lot more than lung cancer. Primarily all the cancers associated in the mouth and upper respiratory as well as cancers we…
Bob Boerner, Conservation Services Group
New Page 1 On Friday our expected speaker did not show up. This rarely happens at LIMBA (I can't even remember it happening without any notice). We have the most astute, speakers that respond to our call. Fortunately we have an equally astute group of people who attend our meetings. The topic was the Energy…
Dr Joseph Mcdonell, Associate Dean of Bus. at Stony Brook
Our speaker this morning was SUNY Stony Brook, Associate Dean of Business, Joseph McDonnell Phd. China, the fearsome juggernaut? Maybe, maybe not so much, According to Dr McDonnell. While China is being recognized as the "worlds factory," they have a long way to go before they surpass or marginalize the economic giant that is the…