Events

This morning's topic raised a few eyebrows, "Global Warming Fact or Fiction." Our speaker was respected attorney and environmentalist Victor Yannacone. Victor has numerous credits to his name including being a founding member of the "Environmental Defense Fund" and lead attorney on the Agent Orange legal suit in support of Viet Nam era soldiers.   The…

Suffolk County Legislator John Kennedy spoke at LIMBA this morning. The topic was expanding the sewers systems in the county. Suffolk County aborted its efforts to create a comprehensive sewer system when the Southwest Sewer district was completed during the 70's. There were many problems when that system was built and politicians were circumspect about…

Members and friends Our meeting this morning was a round table discussion that was as interesting as any meeting we have had.   We reviewed  the three active LIMBA agenda items, namely;     Repowering Electric Generating Plants     Increased Rail Freight     New Ferry Service to CT The public conversation on REPOWERING has changed substantially. Instead of discrediting the idea,…

This morning our speaker was Dr James Moore of HDR Engineering. HDR is a nationwide firm that employs 6700 people throughout the country and will open an office on Long Island in a few weeks.   The nature of their work is large scale projects, and they encompass buildings, roads, and rail systems. Dr Moore…

This morning's meeting was blessed with snow. I say blessed because we had a  filled room, and many people showed up "out of the blue". Accommodating those people and every person who indicated he or she would come, would not have been possible. Our speaker was Kevin Law, the recently appointed President and CEO of LIPA.…

Members and friends:  Friday our speaker was Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy. Mr. Levy, as most of you know, is a very engaging speaker. He began by reviewing the financing of the budget and pointed out that a relatively large decrease in county taxes makes a small impact on the taxes we pay, because most…

This morning our speaker was  Lawrence Weber PhD.  Recently Larry assumed a position at SUNY Stony Brook in business development. The topic was "Strategic Alliances with Sony Brook University." The university created a unit that forms cooperative situations with innovators and established businesses to develop marketable ideas. The premise is that most of the people that have ideas…