Vivian Viloria Fisher
Today our speaker was Vivian Viloria-Fisher. Vivian is a Suffolk County legislator. The conversation was focused on an important emotional issue involving illegal immigrant labor. There is bill that requires that all Suffolk County contracts use legal labor. Viloria-Fisher was very good at presenting the issue and the various slants on the issue. Her presentation…
Steve Levy, County Executive
This morning our speaker County Executive, Steve Levy addressed a number of issues that were of interest to the gathered guests. He explained the role of an executive in contrast to a legislator. As the county executive your programs and budgets have to recognize that one action may be in competition with another valid need. He…
Bob Yaro, Pres, Regional Plan Association
Members and friends Our speaker was supposed to be the president of the Regional Plan Association, Bob Yaro. Unfortunately he could not attend but was successful in finding another person in the organization to make a John Adkins, who leads the RPA efforts in Connecticut was our speaker instead. In June the RPA convened a mayors…
Judith Pascale County Clerk
Members and friendsNever knowing what a particular speaker brings to the forum is par for the course. Therefore I am often surprised at the content as well as the questions posed later. Our speaker this morning, Suffolk County Clerk, Judith Pascale, was no exception. The county clerk's office handles many of the important documents that…
Jaci Clement- Fair Media Council.
Jaci Clement is the executive Director of The Fair Media Council and addressed LIMBA this morning. Our speaker's expertise is the media in general. She described the media as you would any other infrastructure. The varied elements are constantly changing and the speed of the change is knocking the media companies off balance. Thirty years…
Marty Cantor
"Long Island, The Global Economy and Race: The Aging of America's First Suburb"..was the topic of this morning's speaker, Marty Cantor. Marty is a CPA and a former economic development officer in Suffolk County in the Patrick Halpin administration. It sounds like a very broad subject and I can assure you it is. Mr.. Cantor…
Lance Mallamo, Executive Dir, Vanderbilt Museum
Friday morning’s speaker, J. Lance Mallamo who is the Executive Director of the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum and Planetarium at Centerport as well as the official County Historian of Suffolk County enlightened LIMBA members about Long Island's largest museum, The Vanderbilt Museum. Vanderbilt (Dutch) meaning Son of Built left this jewel to Suffolk County in 1941 along…
Bob Catell, Chairman of Keyspan
This morning Keyspan's Chairman, Bob Catell spoke to our group at LIMBA. His message was of reassurance. He began by stating that the cost of Keyspan gas service has not increased in the last ten years, but the cost of the commodity has. The amount of gas in storage at this time is high. When gas stocks…