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Southampton Town: Hundreds Of Storm-Damaged Vehicles Are Being Illegally Stored In Speonk

Remind me not to buy a used car in Suffolk over the next few years" Dec 5, 12 5:07 PM

At Elie Tahari, Neon Lights Will Yield Space To Project Runway Promotion

I think JoeHampton got it right. I am not sure it is even in violation of the spirit of the law....it's not like it says "Miller Lite" or "Blue Plate Special".

I guess tho' if Ms. Bonacker would have her way it could always be replaced by an auto parts shop. BTW, I think the article clearly states that Mr. Tahari has a home in East Hampton. While it may not be his primary residence it certainly qualifies him as a member of the community so one may infer, he actually does care.

You do tend to care when your name is on the building!" Dec 13, 12 7:58 PM

New Gabreski Airport Panel Holds First Meeting


So they have no say over any of the new leases as a result of the Hampton Business District and their largest (in terms of space) lessee, the ANG doesn't come due for 10 more years. They have no power to propose or deny...and will basically manage the renewal/replacement of the 21 existing leases.

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!

Holy cow it would be a crime if these people got paid for this! " Dec 13, 12 8:07 PM


Those type of 'write offs' don't really exist in the tax code anymore. " Dec 18, 12 8:57 AM

Yup..you are the only one who git it right! Who really cares?l" Dec 18, 12 8:58 AM

Guilty Verdict In Federal Case Against Brother Of Fugitive Wanted For Nun Hit-And-Run

It always makes sense to plead "not guilty" b/c if you plead guilty then you go straight to sentencing. At least with a not guilty plea you can bargain to lesser charges or have the less tenuous charges dismissed.

I think from a defense attorney's POV, they do have to defend people that are sometimes indefensible. So how do they live with themselves? In many instances they view it as defending the integrity of the system not so much the character of the defendant.

Do you realize since the inception of this country we have killed via lynching or the death penalty over 15,000 individuals? See Espy File for reference. IMO to err once is as egregious as the defendant's crime. Each of those people deserved the best counsel they could have b/c the nature of their crime (exc. lynching) demanded it. Justice once served was final. Does a lesser crime demand lesser counsel? no.

" Dec 19, 12 5:09 PM

Thank you.

Our system is funny in that the brother is subject to obstruction if not aiding and abetting. All that is based on misinformation relayed to prosecutors from a conversation over the phone.

Yet if the fugitive's wife (if he has one) had a three hour conversation and she read him the Anarchists Bible, that would be inadmissible b/c it is covered by the marriage privilege (slightly different than lying to prosecutors but you get the notion).

To be brutally honest if my brother called me and said he needed some cash and to stall if anyone calls, I'd likely do the same. Though I would do it in such a away that I don't end up in jail myself!" Dec 20, 12 8:48 AM

Payroll Error Is Not The First In Westhampton Beach

If what is described is their answer to the error, than WHB needs to clena house ASAP. How many times you are paid per year has no bearing on this type of error. An overpayment occurs when the payroll person prepares a transaction to move cash from the cash account to payroll account (or ADP type service that automatically deducts proper taxes). In no instance is the person who prepares the transaction the person the executes the transaction. once prepared it is reviewed by a comptroller or CFO and a signature is affixed. The transaction is then made. It should be a two signature system!

Additionally failing all that, the sum of the transactions should equal your budget. If you have no turnover (likely in a small gov't) you can almosthit this number to the penny. Any variance to the budget should have been caught in the current year and FIXED.

The only caveat to this scenario is when an employee leaves and has severance. The new employee is on the books and there is in effect one body but double the cost...but severance s/b a different line than salary.

WHB...if you need a primer, I can give you one but the recommendation should be binding (you never want to the same old system justified by the phrase "of course we are doing the right thing we had a consultant come in". Advice is useless unless implemented).
" Dec 22, 12 11:47 AM

Public Hearing Set To Discuss Plan For Inpatient Facility On Quiogue

I think the missive is muddled. No one would deny EEH's effort as noble. I have not been a beneficiary of them directly but have had family members in palliative care. We all agree on that.

The sole issue is this the best spot for a commercial enterprise? I think not for two reasons. First it is a large "footprint" of an enterprise near water. If it were any other organization this would not be so well met. Secondly is the rapidly changing scene in Quiogue. In the early 90's I was told that there would NEVER be development on Adam or Jeffrey Lane. Give it 15 years and we have houses there now. 112 meetinghouse is being divided into 4 new houses. When I spoke to the planning Board they were quick to cite that the developer had the right to put up a fifth house given the land usage rules. They were happy! the traffic all exists onto Meetinghouse road.

It is not a commercially zoned lot and should not get an exemption no matter how noble the cause" Jan 5, 13 12:38 AM

I agree, that given engineering today you can pretty much build anywhere. The questions is should you? IMHO, if it were solely a residence current land use would say it is fine. Recent events (Sandy/Irene) should cause you to question that.

Now in this instance it is a commercial venture. IMHO again, I do not think Quiogue will benefit from commercial development in that spot, nor given all the proposed/enacted development over the last decade.

Now I prefer to keep the mission of the business out but I will bring it back in. Why would you build a palliative care facility in a flood plain? Many people in Katrina died b/c they had to be moved and they were not strong enough to do so. If this facility existed already you'd have had to evacuate them TWICE in the last 14 months. The point is to die with grace and dignity, not while being transported.

I am sorry but this is a bad idea. " Jan 8, 13 9:53 AM

I beg to differ here. It is a business, a not for profit business but much more of a business than a "multi-family house". The people staying there won't list it as a permanent address, won't vote in S'Hampton (unless they were SH residents first) and won't have other members of their family with them.

They will have commercial laundry service, "red bag" refuse, back up generators, etc.

Regardless of EEH's mission, that land is not for commercial use. The exemption should not be given. The necessity for the Multi family designation may be because it needs to conform with land use or maybe it's because the people in it are not getting hospital care but are non-family members co-habitating.

" Jan 8, 13 10:35 PM

Also...there is a slight difference. Seafield was an existing building and grounds. The proposed hospice involves razing a medium two story house (granted...a complete eyesore) and building a much larger footprint" Jan 9, 13 10:55 PM

Decision On Religious Boundary Lawsuits Could Come This Year

I'd agree that Religion to fill holes in science is absurd. Read "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court". That in effect is the essence of the book.

Yet logic woks here. If you found a rock would you say it was divinely placed at that spot? No. Two rocks in a row? No. A string of rocks in a row..maybe but most likely not because our observation is that rocks are usually random and perhaps there was a hand that laid these in a line. What is that line went alway around the earth. Now it is starting to sound like a planned event and not the randomness of nature. Now let's jump to the Universe. We have our solar system and galaxies and billions of stars if not more working in distances our mind cannot readily comprehend using physics understood by few. That sir is probably not random. I think the more you learn in science the more you come to realize chance did not create it. What ever divine notion one harbors, whatever they believe that role is involved in our daily lives is personal...but the proof is in nature and it is all around us.

That being said I can't tell you why is we are made in God's image but I get bad breath, body odor and motion sickness. Go figure" Jan 19, 13 9:16 AM

Just for the record I am against any stupid religious "law". Asked once what I gave up for Lent, I responded "religions with dietary restrictions".

To have a rule that you go through all these machinations to basically subvert the rule is silly. This reeks of a bunch of 5 year olds in clubhouse who make rules to keep people out but make exceptions to justify what they do and with whom they do it.

Harsh...maybe so. But I can't wait to see the first stroller being pushed from QUOGUE to Sunset Avenue. Ain't happening and we all know it." Jan 19, 13 9:21 AM

Westhampton Beach Mayor Says Village Police Chief Might Have To Pay Back 10 Vacation Days

I don't think the right phrase is "to buy back 25 unused vacation days 18 months ago". That implies he paid for them in the first place and that transaction didn't happen. Vacation is "awarded" and is usually based on time worked. What happened here is that in lieu of using his awarded days he wanted the commensurate pay.

I have to tell you that most Fortune 500 companies have a "use it or lose it policy". I fail to see why WHB would go against that grain.

Something is seriously wrong in the Village" Jan 25, 13 9:22 AM

Decision On Religious Boundary Lawsuits Could Come This Year

better fill them on Friday" Jan 25, 13 9:24 AM

UPDATE: Sears To Remain In Custody, Orders Of Protection To Be Requested For Children

Good One" Jan 27, 13 10:46 AM

??? "apparently it's fallen out of approved societal convention"

No, legally we define minors as not having reached the age of consent. Sex with a child is therefore rape because they cannot give consent. So much the pedarest argument.

As for child pornography, the law defines it as images and the transmission of images. The violation of a minor occurs when you create and or transmit the image. Sounds tenuous but it's true. " Jan 27, 13 10:51 AM

Schneiderman To Address Sex Offender Trailers Wednesday Night In Riverhead

Maybe Jay Sears can build them a nicer place" Jan 30, 13 11:06 AM

Neighbors Divided Over Plan For East End Hospice Facility On Quiogue

Forget the mission of the entity. No one would deny that it is for the greater good of the community. The issue us should you have any non-residential facility in that location. I'd maintain no because of it's proximity to water, the additional traffic and lights, and you wouldn't change the building zoning for any other type of business, then why this?

I don't like to use a doom and gloom scenario but that is in the FEMA floodplain. When the next Irene or Sandy hits you will be evacuating terminally ill patients. " Feb 1, 13 8:16 AM

Westhampton Beach Asks Its Teachers To Accept Salary Freeze

Shrek 1? 2? or 3?

hate to think they were shown the weakest of the lot...." Feb 28, 13 10:04 AM

Southampton Historical Museum Does The Harlem Shake

And what exactly is a "rug hooker"?

sounds tawdry" Mar 5, 13 8:45 AM

Bay Shore Man Arrested On Sex Abuse Charges In Quogue

Why would he be released on his own recognizance? No bail? How does one engage in a sex act with a 16 year old and have it classified as a misdemeanor? I am confused." Mar 13, 13 8:54 AM

Attorney Accuses Westhampton Beach Village Trustees Of Altering Audit

Seems all Mickey Mouse to me but when I publish something (and I often do publish reports and spreadsheets) I use a system such as Sample v1, sample v2, Sample Final etc. Oh and anything that is "Final" is sent as a PDF which you have to work at to alter!

Also a simple password on a document also secures the data" Mar 13, 13 6:14 PM

Thanks for the props but what did you mean by "It sounds like this is now the third report that shows that there are no major issues with the Village procedures"

I don't know to what level the State's audit was conducted. I would think it was more superficial just based on the notion that they were not physically present (to my knowledge) in the Village.

In publishing they call it "POP" which means publish or perish. The implication is it is final and the further implication is it could contain an error but not one of consequence. I'd hate to think in an audit there was no "final" document.

Overall this is a horrible way to run a government. Considering he bulk of the property tax collected goes to the school budget and that appears not to be in question, it is pretty heinous to mess up given the small dollars and transaction amounts involved." Mar 14, 13 11:13 AM

Bay Shore Man Arrested On Sex Abuse Charges In Quogue

Sweet Jaysus. If I were Jay Sears I'd be pretty pissed off in that his alleged kiddie porno moment was more about blunt scissors and elmer's glue whereas this guy is not only trolling the internet but IN THE HOUSE!

They notify the cops on Monday, he is arrested Monday afternoon and home by Tuesday dinner. Maybe ms. Moran missed some salient points but for public safety wouldn't make sense to bar him from his computer? Take his passport? If guilty this guy has a life ahead of him behind bars and in a Westhampton Trailer with other deviants. Oh wait but they are only misdemeanors.

I'm not sure I want to live on this planet anymore" Mar 14, 13 11:18 AM
