LIMBA Management Recap
This week's program featured John Cusack, President of the board of the New York State Environmental Business Association. He titled his presentation, "Global Warming, Fact or Fiction." Mr.Cusck's message was two pronged. First he made a case that global warming was document able and real by all measures. Then he went on to proclaim that…
Pictured John Hritcko, Shell- John Cusak, Speaker, Jim Baum
Members and friends,This week's program featured John Cusack, President of the board of the New York State Environmental Business Association. He titled his presentation, "Global Warming, Fact or Fiction." Mr.Cusck's message was two pronged. First he made a case that global warming was documentable and real by all measures. Then he went on to proclaim…
Sustainable development planning fo the east end
Members and friends,Today's speaker was New York Metropolitan Council Director, Gerry Bogacz, and the topic was "Sustainable East End Development". Mr. Bogacz began by explaining how old communities in the Bronx were formed around the new subway lines many years ago. He pointed out how that kind of development caused developers to base their building…
LIMBA mtg recap 8/5
Members and friends Our speaker this morning was Brian Foley. Brian is a Suffolk County legislator and is the Democratic candidate for the position of town supervisor for Brookhaven. Mr. Foley gave us his take on the nature and depth of the corruption in Brookhaven. The gist of his comments that entrenched political parties have…
Felix Grucci
Members and friends, Last Friday our speaker was former congressman Felix Grucci. I asked Mr. Grucci to comment on his take on things. I thought that because he is not in elected office, he would give some opinions that were not biased by the need to be reelected. Felix began by reminding us of what…
Congressman Tim Bishop, Congressional update.
Members and friends This morning our speaker was supposed to be Congressman Tim Bishop. Mr. Bishop made a valiant effort to be there but was suffering from a painful, but not life threatening health problem. As a result he turned back at the last minute and went home. His representative, Jennifer Gunn, was there to…
Iraq and Oil
Let me begin by saying I hate this war. I have hated this war long before it began. When we celebrated “Mission Accomplished” on the deck of the carrier a friend said to me “Now what do you think, now that it’s over?” I said it’s not over, and if it is over, and the…
Tim Knight, Newsday Publisher
This morning the publisher of Newsday, Tim Knight was our speaker. Tim began his formal remarks by addressing the advertising scandal at the paper. To his credit he did not minimize the problem. Newsday had inflated its readership numbers that determine advertising rates. He then said "A crisis is a terrible thing to waste" He was…