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SUMMARY:Joe Gergela' Ex Dir. LI Farm Bureau
DESCRIPTION: \nEach week people at LIMBA learn surprising facts. This morning was as good an example as any. Our guest was Joe Gergela\, Executive Director of the Long Island Farm Bureau.\nAgriculture in Suffolk County is the largest revenue producer of all of the counties in New York State. I knew that was true in 1988\, but I was surprised that it was still true today. The Farm Bureau’s interests are broadly defined and encompasses fruits\, vegetables\, aquaculture\, greenhouse growers\, fflowers\, nurseries\, and other related industries. while Suffolk it is credied with being the largest agtriculture county in the state\, it is grossly under estimated. According to Mr. Gergela the gross product may be close to a billion dollars.\n\n \n \nJoe spoke about the effort to maintain the value of the land by keeping it in line with all other land uses. He pointed out that by zoning farm land in a way that is unfavorable to farmers it deprives them of what may be the only lasting value for a lifetime of work. \n \nThere was a creative solution involving transfer rights that was worked out with the farmers\, and while I did not exactly understand the mechanics of the planning\, the resulting benefit to the public was 200 acres of prime Keyspan property on Long Island Sound being converted to parkland. \n \nThe farm bureau gets into the issues that effect farmers viability. Gergela made a case that the economic security of the farming community has a net positive effect on the rest of us. Having a functioning farming industry keeps a certain amount of open land\, which in turn retains some of the rural nature of Long Island. \n \nOne of Joe’s  important issues issues is “grown on Long Island” This copyrighted label is enforced by the farm bureau and is currentlly being embraced by one of Long Island’s biggest grocers\, namely\, King Kullen. The emphasis in the label is more than local loyalty\, it is better quality. \n \nAt LIMBA we appreciate the diverse nature of our economics\,and this was an enlightening discussion. Thank you Joe Gergela.
URL:https://limba.net/calendar/joe-gergela-ex-dir-li-farm-bureau/
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SUMMARY:Bob McMillan-Health Care
DESCRIPTION:Bob McMillan came to LIMBA this morning and soke about the state of health care. He pointed out that medical technology is the best in the world. He also pointed out that universal availability continues to elude us. These fact are becoming a familiar theme now. A few months ago Michael Dowling\, President of North Shore LIJ\, said more or less the same thing. \n \nAccording to Mr. Mcmillan there are 45 million uninsured people in the country. Of that amount\, 25% of those people are employed at incomes of greater than $25\,000. This is no longer a problem relegated to the desperately poor. And like the Titanic\, the band plays on.\n\n \n \nThe stats are appalling\, and getting worse every year. In terms of quality care the gap between large city facilities and rural America continues to grow. \n \nThe problem of delivering quality health care is challenging. As it is the cost of long term care is consuming 80% of the Medicaid budget. Twenty-three million Americans do not speak English. How hard is it to administer medicine to people who cannot tell you what bothers them and have trouble responding to care they don’t understand? He predicted that the cost of healthcare would consume 20% of the Gross National product in 20 years. And finally\, productivity in healthcare is growing at half the rate of industry in general.\n \nMcMillan gave a little history on attempts to put a health care program in place. Starting with Teddy Roosevelt through Hillary Clinton. Since Clinton’s failure on the issue\, no one has been courageous enough to rejoin the battle.\n \nThe bright spot is that that since a higher and higher percentage of the economy is being diverted to health care\, job opportunities in the health care sector will be increasing dramatically. Otherwise\,  a bleak picture was presented. The good news is that we are talking about it.
URL:https://limba.net/calendar/bob-mcmillan-health-care/
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SUMMARY:Lisa Tyson\, LI Progressive Coalition
DESCRIPTION:This morning we started a little early to get out a message delivered by our new member Irving Like and his partner Vincent Tenety. The issue Irving brought up was the way that commercial property is being exposed to a quickly escalating tax based on a new formula. There is a small window to establish your challenge that ends May 17th. Failing to do so could have dramatic effect on your taxes. Please download this file for additional help on this matter.\n\n \n \nOur scheduled speaker was Lisa Tyson from the Long Island Progressive Coalition. The topic was a Failed Education System. She acknowledged that\, while schools on Long Island are generally good to excellent\, there are several places that are not providing a quality education. \n \nLisa cited situations\, mostly upstate and in NY City\, where basic tools such as books were not available. She referred to a study that said the minimum cost for a good basic education for the students of NY State is $8\,000. That did not shock anyone in the room since most of the school districts on Long Island spend considerably more than that. \n \nThe study went on to say\, in order to meet that threshold there was a need for an additional 5.6 Billion dollars each year. But there is more\, the state of the infrastructure is in bad repair. Ms. Tyson told us that there were schools in NY City that h were still burning coal in their ancient furnaces. The cost of bringing these facilities into the modern era is an additional 9 Billion dollars. This 9 billion\, however\, could be amortized over a number of years. \nThe state was sued over this lack of funding and lost. Presently the state has asked for a stay of the court order while they appeal. Not a pretty picture\, but that’s where it is. \n \nOn Friday the 29th we will have NY Times Long Island desk mgr. speak on “getting the Story” \nThis should be an interesting meeting. Meanwhile\, have a nice weekend
URL:https://limba.net/calendar/lisa-tyson-li-progressive-coalition/
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SUMMARY:Bruce Lambert\, reporter NYTimes-Getting the story
DESCRIPTION:This morning\, Bruce Lambert\, lately of the New York Times\, came to talk about some of the different ways that peoples’ stories wind up as newspaper stories.  It turns out that Bruce is an old-time veteran reporter on the island\, having worked for many of the local papers from time to time. He was also the first reporter working on the AIDS story full time for the New York Times.  As is the reporter’s role\, Bruce brought us some news\, that Newsday’s Paul Vitello is moving to the Times. \nWhat is the News? \nThere is tons of competition for column-inch space in the metro section of the NYT.  For Long Island stories to make it into the metro section\, they have to be of tri-state regional interest.  The Long Island section of the Sunday Times\, is obviously more focused on our home\, with longer\, more focused stories. \nHow do reporters get stories? \nReporters are bombarded with press releases and phone calls\, having to sift through many of them to find items that are newsworthy for that day or week\, but sometimes stories find reporters.  Bruce recounted the story of the Gertz heiress\, Alison Gertz\, who was one of the early heterosexual women to contract AIDS when the disease was thought to be confined to the gay male and IV drug using communities.  There\, Alison’s mother called Bruce and brought him the news that the disease was breaking out of those communities.  Alison went on to become an AIDS activist\, forming the organization Love Heals\, passing away tragically at age 26. \nSometimes personal relationships are sources.  An old friend of Bruce’s introduced him to a Private Investigator that turned out to be working on reopening the Marty Tankleff murder case.  Personal experience can also suggest stories.  Bruce’s experience in newspaper union organizing and negotiations was helpful in doing stories on the arbitration process with county police department contracts. \nAnd sometimes stories are just plain fun.  Bruce recounted some stories on Long Island’s fractured geography\, oddities that date back to Revolutionary War times.
URL:https://limba.net/calendar/bruce-lambert-reporter-nytimes-getting-the-story/
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