Members and friends This mornings meeting was a a somewhat different format. We had two speakers The two speakers were the primary candidates for Brookhaven Town Supervisor, Ed Hennessy and Robert DiCarlo. The format was an opening statement of 15 minutes each. After the opening speech, each had an opportunity to address one question to…

 Herb Healy of United Technologies' Power division came to speak to us this morning on the current state of fuel cell technology, deployments and the Long Island fuel cell picture.  As every LIMBA meeting is, this was another learning experience.  UTP has several varieties of power generation technologies in a few different packages, one, a…

Members and friendsThis morning our speaker Moke McGowan, gave us an overview of one the island's biggest revenue industries. Moke is president of the LI Visitors and Convention Bureau., and it was interesting listening to the perception of what this island offers from someone who is new to the region. Mr. McGowan is a native…

Hurricane Preparedness from a utility executive perspective

Members and friends Barry Greenspan gave us a very straight forward talk about the programs that are available through NY State Department Economic Development, also know as Empire State Development, the agency he represents. Barry outlined the type of qualifying businesses that would benefit from a relationship with his office. The agency does not help retail…

Members and friends This morning's speaker, Frank Russo, who is affiliated with a group called Long Islanders for School Reform (LIFER) website, lischooltax.com was a font of information.   Long Islanders have complained about the high school taxes for many years. We appear to have thrown up our arms in surrender. Now this group emerges…

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 Members and friends Today's speaker was Roger Corbin, Majority leader in the Nassau County Legislature. His focus was on the cost and complexity of our many taxing districts. His perms is that leads to duplication of departments and services.   According to Corbin, the city of Great Neck has six police departments, and none of…