BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Limba - ECPv6.16.4.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://limba.net X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Limba REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20140309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20141102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20150308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20151101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20160313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20161106T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150206T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150206T000000 DTSTAMP:20150206T050000Z CREATED:20150206T050000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150206T050000Z UID:4613-1423180800-1423180800@limba.net SUMMARY:Mayor Paul Pontieri of Patchogue DESCRIPTION:Our speaker this morning at LIMBA was Patchogue mayor Paul Pontieri. Mr. Pontieri began his account of becoming mayor by saying when he was elected the village was in need of a general clean-up. He told us that the development efforts in the village created greater density and that good design makes higher density acceptable. His words were “density doesn’t matter”.  From his perspective a village needs many elements to make it more livable. \nHe noted that through cooperation with Cablevision\, for example wi-fi was made available in a children’s playground. In the same playground a small putting green was installed. These amenities create activities for parents watching the children while still being nearby.  In his view a village must feel like a family friendly community\, and with that end in sight Paul has pursued his efforts. \nIn keeping with that message he pointed out the Patchogue Theater. It has served an anchor to the village because of its cultural contribution to for residents and visitors. During the Q&A period he was asked if the theater was profitable. The answer was that on balance it was enough of a draw to support other taxpaying entities. \nMayor Pontieri cited a small Grucci fireworks display on New Year’s Eve that took place in the middle of town that was a big hit. He admitted that there was still work to be done and problems to be solved. Another question that came up during Q&A was the lack of quality office space in the village and the mayor agreed that is where the village must do better. \nHe then explained that a four year elected term allowed him to concentrate of the things that need to be done instead of planning for the next election. That rule should be more universal according to Pontieri. URL:https://limba.net/calendar/mayor-paul-pontieri-of-patchogue/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150220T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150220T000000 DTSTAMP:20150220T050000Z CREATED:20150220T050000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150220T050000Z UID:4616-1424390400-1424390400@limba.net SUMMARY:John Kennedy DESCRIPTION:Our speaker at LIMBA this Friday morning was Suffolk County Comptroller John Kennedy. Mr. Kennedy began by telling us of his experience in the ranks of labor as a lineman for Broadway Maintenance. He was inspired to get a college education and enrolled in St Johns law school. Later he studied municipal finance and had other educational life experiences. After establishing his credentials Kennedy gave us his take on his current position. \n  \nAmong the most important things that must be accomplished is the building out of sewers and stewardship of the environment. We must make sure that money exists for those purposes. Without the support structures business cannot grow and flourish. He stressed that small business cannot be neglected. \n  \nStreamlining government by putting in place modern accounting methods and easy access to information brings down cost. According to Kennedy our method of recording land sales was “little different than it was when the Mayflower landed”. Today that information can be obtained from any computer or any sophisticated mobile device. \n  \nGetting the value we expect for the taxpayers dollar is the primary goal of the comptroller. A carton of 100 pencils better contain 100 pencils. Ferreting out waste and disposing of poor performing venders saves the taxpayers money. Discrepancies with vendors where the County was overcharged will be corrected in a reasonable period of time or the County will take them to court. Venders in turn will be paid within 60 days if they submit the winning bid. \n  \nCreating policies that promote the idea of home ownership is important to Kennedy and he has asked for policies that make it possible. \n  \nThe comptroller’s office is staffed by a crew of 62 people. Recent additions have been in auditing. The payroll for auditing is well worth the expense. They find fraud\, duplication and unnecessary spending that often amounts to millions. \n  \nHe cited a statistic that 100% of the audits done by NY State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli were in some small or big way deficient. \n  \nErnie Fazio \n  \nOur staff for today’s program was Annette Krause\, Marguerite Moore\, Ken Nevor\, Michelle Zere\, Bill Miller and Ernie Fazio. \n  \nCinematographer was Verizon FIOS Josh Wein working in Waldo Cabrera’s unit excerpts will appear on FIOS next week. \n  URL:https://limba.net/calendar/john-kennedy/ LOCATION:NY END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR