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SUMMARY:LIMBA invites WSHU"s  GM George Lombardi  TBC
DESCRIPTION:Our ever expanding field of topics was extended to public radio. Our speaker this morning was WSHU General Manager George Lombardi.  \nPublic supported radio goes back to nearly the beginning of radio. The early stations were created at colleges to explore the education and entertainment value of this media. \nWSHU is part of the public radio system that exists in every place in America. There are also systems in places like Guam\, Samoa\, and Indian Reservations. Not for profit radio began years before The Corporation for Public Broadcasting was formed in the Johnson administration\, but that legislation more or less guaranteed that this voice that serves the population so well would continue to exist. While radio stations in the network are now largely self-sufficient by virtue of donations from listeners\, there may be smaller markets that depend more on the CPB . The stations vary in size. WSHU is considered a mid size operation reaching 2.7 million people in Long Island and Connecticut.  WNYC\, in New York City is very large reaching 17 million people. \nOne of the more famous system wide programs is “All Things Considered”. This program delivers the news from around the world and around the nation but it handles lengthy facets of the news that the commercial stations will not. In depth coverage develops a story that endeavors to give the whole picture. With that success launched “Morning Edition” was created. Again the focus was on understanding the news and not just reporting it. \nPublic radio systems have been innovators. They started the first satellite transmission system and assembled a vast listening audience all over the nation and now PRI- Public Radio International is heard in many parts of the world. The affiliates in the system receive most of their funds from donations from the listeners\, and while there is some corporate underwriting of programs\, they are beholding to them. The loss of an underwriter will not be significant enough to quash a story or a program. \nThe quality of public radio is impressive. Read more using the link below. \nhttp://www.npr.org/about-npr/192827079/overview-and-history \nErnie Fazio \nThanks to a staff that supports our efforts LIMBA is able to produce interesting programs such as this. Thank you Bill Miller\, Ken Nevor\, Michelle Zere\, Annette Krauss\, and Marguerite Moore Fazio
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SUMMARY:LIMBA Marc Herbst will lead infrustructure Panel  TBC
DESCRIPTION:Our speaker this morning was Marc Herbst. Marc is the executive director of the Long Island Contractors Association and the topic was infrastructure. Mitch Pally Executive Director of the Long Island Builders Institute\, and Gil Hanse also contributed to the conversation. \nMarc began by speaking about the cost to each of us as a result of inefficient transportation systems. The loss of time we experience in snarled traffic he estimated as $1250/year. The last time we had ample funds allocated to infrastructure was in the 1970’s and the backlog of investments have accumulated over the years.   \nThe funding for roads and bridges comes out of gasoline taxes\, and those federal  taxes have not been increased from the 18 cents per gallon since 1992. We drive more efficient cars so the revenues have decreased while construction costs have increased. \nState gasoline taxes are more at 59 cents per gallon. However those revenues have been raided by other state agencies. Only 23% of that number winds up going to roads.  \nOn the federal level we have been funding infrastructure using “continuing resolutions”. Funding by these short term commitments of one month or six months does not allow for long term projects that take years to plan and complete. Next month if no funds are voted on there will be no more funds. None! As it is the United States spends only 2% of its budget on infrastructure. That is less than half of what the European nations allot for the same purpose. \nIn New York State most of the road needs are in this downstate region. In the past we received 23% of those funds to match our needs. It is now 9%. On Long Island 61% of the bridges are reported to be below acceptable safety standards.  \nMitch Pally weighed in on the need for sewers noting that the village of Patchogue was able develop because a gift of sewers were planned and built by his predecessors. The future of the islands’s growth is dependent on the building of sewers. \n He then spoke about the need for unsnarling the track layout at Jamaica that encumbers train traffic there. He explained the need for building second tracks on several lines. He then explained how a robust train service indirectly helps the situation on the roads by luring the commuters to the rails and off the roads \nGil Hanse then gave a wrap-up of various infrastructure he is responsible for with a concentration again on sewers \nErnie Fazio \nThis meeting was sponsored by SFM Company and Principal Mark Pinnata- Thank you  \nLIMBA staff today was Ken Nevor\, Bill Miller and Ernie Fazio \nIn the photo – Ken Nevor\, Bill Miller\, Mark Pinna (today’s sponsor}.Ernie Fazio\, Marc Hebst-LICA\, Mitch Pally- LIBI\, and Gil Hanse
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