Events

This morning our speaker was Lisa Strahs Lorenc, representing Long Island Works. LI Works was initially set in motion through the offices of LIA. The organization  promotes the interests of businesses and working people.They have several programs such as the intern program, but this morning we discussed the problem of housing our workforce. see www.nextgenerationhousing.com…

Ken Morrelly, President of Long Island Forum for Technology (LIFT) made a presentation this morning on Homeland Security. The state of New York has allotted $25 Million to establish a center for the development of new products that will be used in the effort to protect the nation. This will not be an incubator. The…

This morning we had a presentation from Dolores Bilges, Executive Director of the NY Civil Liberties Union. NYCLU is the local representatives of the national organization, ACLU.   We, or at least I, had the image of a large organization with an active agenda. Not so! The NYCLU is a small organization with no legal…

"The taxes are so high it's ridiculous" That was the opening statement from Nassau County legislator Roger Corbin at LIMBA this morning. Mr Corbin admitted that what was needed to change things would be difficult.Taking a page out of Ronald Reagan's book when he could not advance his programs because he was faced with a Democratically dominated congress.…

This morning's informative breakfast meeting was about banking. Not traditional banking, but the kind of banking that can and does help the small business person.   Time was, according to Community Development Corporation's Trevor Davis, when your banker could make an assessment of the lender that would take into consideration unusual and non-recurring events. For…

At this mornings meeting a presentation of port security was given by Hank Ulrich. Hank Ulrich created E2E Consulting (E2E =End to End) to market a technology that he has developed. There are many vulnerable points in the journey of a cargo, the loading dock, the trucks and rail links that take cargo to the…

At Round Table discussions we speak about advancing established goals as well as new things that we should consider. Always interesting

Our speaker this morning was NY & Atlantic RR's president, Fred Krebs. Mr Krebs began freight operations on Long Island about the middle of year in 1997. Since then the increase of freight has been relatively constant with the exception of the balance of 2001 and 2002.(due to 9/11)   In 1998, which was the…