Events

This morning our speaker was Congressman Jerry Nadler. The congressman has been keenly interested in transportation issues going back to when he was a state assemblyman. Mr. Nadler began with a historical overview of transportation infrastructure, and how the building of the Erie Canal catapulted New York from handling 2% of the international trade to…

Friday morning we had the pleasure of hearing from Suffolk County's Treasurer, Angie M. Carpenter on the subject of what her office does and why it is important for the county to continue to have an independent Treasurer.  Angie opened up with a little of her background as a small business career before she went…

This morning's speaker, Dr Irwin Kellner, was his usual, informative self. Dr. Kellner likes to pepper his talks with some humor which went over very well, but there was no doubt about the seriousness of his message. Irwin began by stating that we were still in an expansion mode for the economy and it's conceivable…

Among the many endearing features of Long Island are the ocean beaches. These beaches are vulnerable to storms and the cost to maintain them is a source of some controversy. Irving Like, Counsel for the Fire Island Association, spoke this morning to bring a better understanding of what those beaches mean to all of us, and…

Rudy Fusco, President of Mr. Parking Lot, made a presentation this morning about Bio-Diesel. Bio-disel has been around for a long time. When Otto Diesel invented the compression ignition engine…

Last week we had one of our periodic "round table" meetings.The purpose of these meetings is to hear the voices of the participants in order to form new directions.Here are some of the voices that were heard:John Howell mentioned that Pete McGowan, regardless of his personal prpblems in politics, should continue to be recognized for…

This morning's presentation dealt with the possible need to evacuate Long Island. This would be particularly difficult if the bridges and tunnels were not accessible. In the case of a tsunami the water may rise to the point where none of the bridge approaches would be passable because all of them are close to sea…

This morning's program was on a topic that I think more and more of us will be forced to contemplate. Retirement is no longer a sleepy interlude between the end of your work years and death. Paul Arfin, executive director of Intergenerational Strategies, titled his talk "Don't Retire, Rewire" The program was sponsored by Merrill…

The topic this morning was about creating "new" sources of energy. Most of what was discussed is not new. Solar photovoltaic, bio diesel, geothermal systems, ethanol, are some of the items that were discussed, and none of them are new. What may be new is the desire to implement a changed energy environment.. Congressman Steve…