Op-Ed Piece Airline Folly vs Transportation Matrix Ernest M. Fazio, Chairman, Long Island Midsuffolk Business Action PO Box 135, Centerport NY 11721 tel 631 757-1698 Prior to September 11th 2001 air transport was dysfunctional. After that time, an economic and logistical “basket case”. When the modern era of airline travel began in the 1950’s, there…

Still Speaking His Mind After All These Years NY Times – June 2 2002 The talk that drew a standing-room-only crowd at a Ronkonkoma hotel on a recent Friday morning was titled, rather blandly, "Long Island’s Unexploited Assets." But no one came because of the title. They came to hear the speaker, Paul Townsend. Now…

May 5, 2002 At a crowded meeting of Long Island Midsuffolk Business Action, support for a new gas pipeline across the sound was endorsed unanimously by voice vote. According to LIMBA chairman Ernie Fazio, Long Island needs diversification of energy supplies. Fazio, a long time advocate of solar, wind and fuel cells, says “we most…