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It’s been a great year… instead of a column this week I’m going to share my family’s holiday card. Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!

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Gregory Blass, DSS Commish, Resigns Under Pressure By Rick Murphy

A raging controversy over a Hampton Bays motel being used as a homeless shelter took a new turn this week when the County Commissioner of Social Service abruptly resigned. Gregory Blass, who had made a personal visit to The Independent office last week to make his case for the shelter, was at odds with Southampton Town Supervisor Anna Throne-Holst, who in the end had the ear of County Executive Steve Bellone. Throne-Holst visited Bellone ear-

lier this month to complain about the Hidden Cove Motel on West Tiana Drive; about 30 units had been filled with social services recipients, though a county law limits the number of homeless units in any one location to 12. “I would resign,” Blass told The Independent, if Bellone intervened on Throne-Holst’s behalf. It proved to be a prophetic statement. Three rent paying tenants complained they were being forced out of their dwellings because the county was willing to pay the landlord, LAML Realty, considerably more in

rent. The tenants who received eviction notices included an 88 year-old woman and her disabled daughter. Their monthly rent had abruptly been raised from about $700 to $1150 when the county began moving SS recipients in. The county reportedly pays an additional fee to the Community Housing Initiative (CHI) to manage the facility, provide transportation to residents, and staff the facility with security personnel. Blass said the facility was a “crime center” before DSS took it over, and claimed local police

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Kabot, I’ll Run A Primary To Prevent ‘Horse Trading’ By Rick Murphy

Former Southampton Town Supervisor Linda Kabot will be running for office, and she doesn’t intend to be a write-in candidate this time around. “Absolutely not,” she said emphatically. “The voters deserve a real choice.” Two years ago Kabot garnered almost 3900 votes as a write-in after the Republican Party failed to nominate a candidate for the supervisor’s seat. Kabot wants to screen with both the Republican and Conservative parties. But given the nature of local politics, Kabot said she has lingering concerns that voters could ultimately be disenfranchised in the event the Republican and/or Conservative Committees “nominate someone who is not a serious and viable candidate for Supervisor.” Kabot doesn’t intend to go quietly should that occur. “They’re not getting away with running a placeholder, that’s for sure,” she said. Instead, she intends to run a primary should she not be chosen. It wouldn’t be the first time Kabot took on the GOP establishment. In 2007 she ran a primary against incumbent Supervisor Pat

“Skip” Heaney and ultimately took his seat in town hall. Though Kabot would love another shot at the incumbent supervisor, Anna Throne-Holst, some party insiders think she should run for the town board instead. Jim Malone and Chris Nuzzi, both Republicans, are up for reelection. Nuzzi is facing term limitations and hasn’t announced his plans. “A number of well-respected individuals have urged me to run [for town board],” Kabot said. “I’m looking at supervisor right now but I haven’t ruled it out.” Theresa Kiernan, the town’s receiver of taxes, said she intends to run for supervisor. “I am planning to screen. I feel like I can contribute a lot more.” Kiernan has two years remaining in her current position, and said she would retain her job should she not be chosen or should she run and be defeated. Malone, who is also the head of the town’s Conservative Party, hasn’t tipped his hand either. Two town hall insiders said there is growing dissatisfaction with Malone and that it is unlikely he will get a GOP nod even if he runs. He has been missing in action for most

Published 3/27/2013 of his term in office – often skipping meetings – and is viewed as unelectable by some pundits from both parties. Kabot sent letters to both the Southampton Town Republican Committee Chairman Bill Wright and Malone to formally state her interest in being screened for potential nomination as a supervisor candidate for both the Republican and Conservative Parties. On March 14, Kabot met with Southampton Town Republican Chairman Bill Wright and ViceChairman David Gilmartin to discuss her exploratory campaign, the

positive feedback she has received from prior supporters, and her desire to screen for the Republican nomination. According to Kabot, the party leaders firmly stated that their intention is to screen registered Republican candidates for supervisor for the nomination for this year’s election, and welcomed her to send formal letters of interest to the committee members. Throne-Holst is expected to run on the Democratic and Independence Party lines, as she did two years ago. Kabot said Wright and Gilmartin Continued on Page 41.

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Cahill Rests Her Case By Kitty Merrill

After 20 years of service on the bench, East Hampton Town Justice Catherine Cahill is getting ready to hang up her gavel. She won’t be running for re-election, setting the stage for the first serious contest for the position in a long time. “It has been an honor and a pleasure to preside over one of New York’s 10 busiest justice courts,” Cahill, who was out of town and not immediately available, wrote in an essay in advance of a recent re-election bid. “I am proud of the level of service and professionalism that the residents of our town receive when dealing with the justice court.” Born and raised in the Bronx, Cahill spent every summer of her

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childhood in Maidstone Park. She became a full-time resident when her older son was born. Cahill established the East Hampton Youth Court, together with Detective Tina Giles this year’s Police Officer of the Year. The program is designed to intervene in early delinquent and criminal behavior, and to foster a healthy attitude towards rules and authority. It was a state recognized and award-winning program. Before being elected to the court in 1993 – East Hampton’s first female justice -- Cahill worked for five years in the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office. During that time she worked in each of the seven justice courts throughout the East

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some interceptions while Joe Flacco is a shade less talented but much more poised, so he will play a strong, steady game. Key player to watch is David Akers the SF kicker, who has blown a few field goals this year. He blows one this game and your 3 1/2 points are good as gold. Take the 3 1/2 points and go with Baltimore.

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V-Day Dance: Rising For Women By Kitty Merrill

Just like moons and like suns, With the certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I’ll rise . . . Maya Angelou’s words rang out in Bay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor Sunday evening as the Neo-Political Cowgirls dance troupe, along with V-Day founding committee member Lynn Blumenfeld, hosted a community V-Day “rising.” V-Day is a global movement designed to draw public awareness to the fight to stop violence against women. The V stands for Victory, Valentine and Vagina. This year for the first time since its inception, V-Day celebrations included a worldwide dance. Blumenfeld recalled the birth of the movement, born 15 years ago “in Eve Ensler’s living room.” A Tony Award winning playwright, Ensler authored The Vagina Monologues. Her experience with the play inspired the creation of V-Day. Fifteen years ago, Blumenfeld recalled, the New York Times wouldn’t print their ad because it included the word “vagina.” “They had a problem with the word “vagina,” Blumenfeld related. “I had a problem with [the fact that] one in five women is raped.” On Sunday, she marveled that from those beginnings a global movement arose. Two hundred and five countries participated in V-Day this year, with public performances in places where such expression as dance is dangerous, and could mean prison or even execution. As this year’s event approached, Blumenfeld contacted Kate Mueth of the Neo-Political Cowgirls dance theater company. “Lynn called me and said ‘I think you should spearhead this with the Neo-Political Cowgirls,” Mueth reported. “It plays right in with the mission of our company . . . I felt, “If it fits like a glove, there’s no excuse not to do it.’” NPC is a not-for-profit company operating under the auspices of the New York Foundation for the Arts. It works with girls and women to portray their stories through dance. The movement this year was titled, “One Billion Rising.” Blumenfeld explained: one in three women will be raped or beaten in her lifetime. Across the globe, one in three equates to one billion women. “That’s a big number,” she said, noting that the strategies used by politicians and leaders haven’t changed the harrowing fact . . . perhaps a global awareness action

will. Bay Street Theatre donated the space and proceeds from admission offerings were to be split between the V-Day organization and The Retreat. H o p e K r a m e r, d i r e c t o r o f philanthropy from The Retreat was on hand Sunday. She said she was thrilled to witness the performance. The Retreat mission, she said, blends with the Cowgirls’ goal of “giving women a voice.” According to the V-Day website, last year over 5800 benefit events were produced by volunteer activists in the United States and around the world, “educating millions of people

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about the reality of violence against women and girls.” This year, in celebration of its fifteenth anniversary, V-Day launched its One Billion Rising

campaign, inviting women and those who love them to “WALK OUT, DANCE, RISE UP and DEMAND” an end to violence. Continued on Page 41.

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NYE Prix Fixe at Almond Almond Restaurant will host a special four-course prix fixe menu on New Year’s Eve starting at 9 PM. The evening will feature a champagne toast and party favors. The cost is $85, plus tax and gratuity. Guests who do not want to order from the prix fixe menu can order snacks and cocktails at the bar. The a la carte menu will be offered earlier in the evening. The New Year’s Eve menu features a choice of Roast Veal Tenderloin, Truffled Poussin or Surf & Turf along with many other treats. Almond’s is on 1 Ocean Road. Call 631-537-5665 for reservations or visit the website to view the complete menu. Continued on Page 21.

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New Year’s at The Living Room The Living Room at c/o The Maidstone will celebrate New Year’s Eve with two seatings. The first will be from 5:30 PM to 7 PM and the second will be from 9 PM to 10:30 PM. A six-course tasting menu will be available for $125 per person, as well as the a la carte menu. Call 631324-5006 for more information and to make reservations. It’s located at 207 Main Street. Specials at Nick & Toni’s Nick & Toni’s on 136 North Main Street will be open for Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. Dinner will be served from 6 to 10 PM and reservations are suggested. Special menu items chosen for Christmas Eve include baby octopus minestra and house-made squid ink fettuccine, arrabiata with poached lobster and charred shishito peppers. On New Year’s Eve shaved Foie Gras Torchon and veal loin are among the specials. Call 631-324-3550 for more information. Holiday Specials at Rowdy Hall Rowdy Hall on 10 Main St. in the Parrish Mews, is open on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. Specials include fried chicken and biscuits. Call 631-324-8555 or visit the website.

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Ring It In At The Publick House The Southampton Publick House offers a three-course prix fixe for $39.95 per person (plus tax and tip) from 5 to 10 PM. Choose from a selection of appetizers like goat cheese & apple salad or shrimp bisque. Follow up with choices including grilled filet mignon or pan-seared Chilean Bass, and make sure to save room for Chef Carl Holfelder’s special desserts. Call 631-283-2800 for reservations. Stay on after your meal for the annual New Year’s Masquerade Celebration at 10 PM. A $20 cover includes DJ, passed appetizers, noisemakers and a champagne toast at midnight. Prizes for best dressed.

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An international manhunt is continuing with both local and federal authorities searching for the driver police say is responsible for a hitand-run crash that killed a nun in Water Mill last July. The alleged fugitive, Carlos Armando Ixpec-Chitay, reported as a 30-year-old Guatemala native, was behind the wheel of the SUV that struck and killed Sister Jacqueline Walsh, 59, of Syosset, as she was walking along Rose Hill Road on July 9 of last year, according to police. Officials say the car belonged to Ixpec-Chitay’s employer. Police say it was found abandoned later that night with front-end damage about a half-mile from Walsh’s body. Ixpecchitay was identified as the driver of the vehicle about 10 days after the incident. Walsh was a Bronx native and a cherished pastoral associate at St. Edward the Confessor in Syosset. She was staying at a retreat house with fellow members of the Sisters of Mercy at the time of her death. Her body was reportedly discov-

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The Democrats plan to hold their screenings in Februar y, Frankl reported. To the idea of Schneiderman seeking her party’s nomination, she said, “Everybody’s welcome to screen, it’s a democratic process.” While Schneiderman maintains positive working relationships with county Dems -- he caucuses with them in Hauppauge -- locally it seems Democratic loyalists have never forgiven him for unseating Cathy Lester and wresting away the town board majority in 1999. “I see myself as somewhere in the center, and that suits me well,” he said, speaking of political

allegiances. “I agree sometimes with the Democrats, sometimes with the Republicans and sometimes with neither of them. I’m more about the issues than a party agenda.” County legislators serve under term limit mandates, Schneiderman could run one last time this fall, but said this week, “I feel like I’ve accomplished a lot of what I set out to accomplish as a legislator. I feel like I may be more needed here in East Hampton. This is where my heart is.” Like Cantwell, Schneiderman reported overwhelming support from a diverse array of community members. “It’s been very flattering,

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Susan Rockefeller, Mermaid Extraordinaire By Jessica Mackin

Susan Rockefeller wears many hats. A true Renaissance woman, Rockefeller is a documentar y filmmaker, author, jewelry designer, mother, wife, environmental activist, and philanthropist. She serves on the Board of OCEANA, The Alaska Conservation Fund and the David Rockefeller Fund. She has launched her jewelry collection with Honora pearl jewelry. She also put out a documentary film this year called Mission Of Mermaids. O n J u n e 15 , R o c k e f e l l e r will be honored as “Mermaid Extraordinaire” at the South Fork Natural History Museum’s (SoFo) 24th annual summer fundraising party, “SoFo Rocks.” SoFo’s mission is to provide nature education for children and adults and to foster an interest, knowledge and appreciation for the natural world. The event will also celebrate “Honorary Mermaid,” Christie Brinkley. “I love SoFo. I think it’s one of the best kept secrets on the East End,” said Rockefeller, “giving people an opportunity to see the diversity of wildlife on the East End, I don’t think there’s anything else quite like it.” She continues to explain how SoFo, “reawakens a lot of curiosity for both young and old people. All ages can really enjoy and have their senses awakened.” When asked how she felt about being honored at the upcoming event, which takes place at the museum grounds, she said, “I love the sensibility of the event. I like that it’s down-home and low key, but very cool in terms of the design, the tents, and the music. You

get people that really do love the nature of the East End.” Rockefeller continues, “Andy Sabin [president of SoFo] is a great conservationist and visionary . . . I’m thrilled to be on that stage with Christie Brinkley and Andy.” She also stated how she was “looking forward to dancing.” The music this year will be provided by one of the hottest DJ’s around, DJ Phresh, thanks to Adam Alpert and his company 4AM DJ’s. Rockefeller has had ties to the Hamptons since she was young. “I’ve been going to the Hamptons since I was a small child and much of my wonder and awe comes from the beach, and the sand, and diving into the ocean waves.” Mission of Mermaids raises awareness about the ocean’s dwindling resources, while using beautiful imagery of mermaids and childhood memories to educate viewers. Over the past year the film has been featured at the Hamptons International Film Festival as well as film festivals worldwide. It will be available for download this fall. Rockefeller calls the film “my love letter to the ocean.” Her fall 2013 jewelry collection also carries an ocean theme. With the collection she wanted to “create something that is beautiful and wearable and also make a statement . . . I wanted to find a way to talk about things that are meaningful through something that’s also artful . . . The idea is to have something beautiful that reminds you of the connection to the ocean . . . Art is the highest form of human expression.” “Protect what is precious” is her company’s motto. Rockefeller believes “small ripples can grow into big waves of change . . . we need to

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give the ocean time to rest.” If the ocean can rest, it can then replenish its resources. Rockefeller’s website creates a platform for people to talk about the ocean. To find out more about Susan Rockefeller, her jewelry collection, documentary films and how you can become involved in a variety of environmental causes, visit www.susanrockefeller.com. “SoFo Rocks” will take place on June 15 at the South Fork Natural History Museum in Bridgehampton from 6:30 to 9:30 PM. The event will begin with guests touring the museum. Guests will then be

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Hidden Cove, the Hampton Bays motel converted into a Suffolk County homeless shelter despite complaints from neighborhood residents, will weed itself of all county-welfare recipients by the end of September and probably sooner. The Independent, in a series of articles last year, detailed the plight of three rent paying residents the county tried to evict from the motel, on West Tiana Drive, and replace them with county homeless at a significant cost to taxpayers and the Hampton Bays school district. An elderly woman and her disabled daughter were two of the victims – they were paying $700 a month to live year-round in the building. But as the County Department of Social Services (DSS) moved more and more homeless people in, it put pressure on the women to leave. First, their

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from Hidden Cove. "Last Friday Supervisor Throne-Holst and I met with officials from the Bellone administration and the Department of Social Services and made the case for the discontinuance of the Hidden Cove shelter in Hampton Bays." Schneiderman said. "It was agreed that the county would stop placing new families at Hidden Cove and would place the remaining families in permanent housing over the next few months. The facility may be closed as early as July, but no later than by September 30 of this year. I appreciate the cooperation we have received from County Executive Bellone in addressing this issue." The decision comes too late to help Nick Saradakis, a former tenant who went public with his complaints about the facility and CHI. He said the county spent as much as $5000 per family per month of taxpayers' money for residents – Saradakis paid his own rent, yet he was evicted after a protracted battle with CHI and the DSS.

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The Montauk Playhouse Community Center Foundation got the money, and Willie had the time. Country music icon Willie Nelson performed at the Surf Lodge in Montauk on Sunday night, drawing an estimated crowd of 500 to the venue proper as pedestrians lined the surrounding streets, and hundreds more fans formed a flotilla of kayaks, rowboats and surfboards in Fort Pond. Maureen Rutkowski can’t help it if she was still in love with Nelson, the folks at Surf Lodge and the community on Monday morning. At one point on Sunday, as she snapped panoramic pictures with her iPhone, Rutkowski took in the sight – the sun setting, Nelson playing, the people on boats and a catamaran – “I was getting emotional, saying,’ This is what this community is all about.’” Project manager for the foundation, Rutkowski estimated the event will bring in over $20,000 when the final tally is completed. Originally touted as a free concert, within days of the announcement on the Surf Lodge website, the event morphed into a de facto playhouse fundraiser. For a $100 donation concertgoers were guaranteed access. Within 24 hours, however, the Surf Lodge announced the donation option was sold out. “It blew me away, how quickly it went,” Rutkowski enthused. By Saturday morning, the Surf Lodge website reported there were no more general admission spots available either, with organizers asking those who didn’t already have tickets to stay away. “Due to our overwhelming capacity for the Willie Nelson performance, we cannot honor general admittance on Sunday, June 9th,” the Lodge’s website said. “In respect of our community, we ask that you do not try to get access to the Surf Lodge on Sunday, June 9th.” . . . and so it was “Cryin’ Time” for those who hadn’t acted with haste. But not for savvy locals who found their way to see, or hear, Nelson and buddy Jimmy Buffet. Music lovers simply stood along Edgemere Road, set up lawn chairs in the grass on Industrial Road, or paddled across Fort Pond for front row floating. Surf Lodge has had its bumpy times with town code enforcement and locals who complain of the nightspot’s popularity. For East Hampton Town Police Chief Ed Ecker, when it comes to the Surf

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A guest at Gurney’s Inn, the aged singer performed two Hank Williams song, as well as Patsy Cline’s hit “Crazy,” (which he wrote) during a set that lasted just over an hour. Local legend Jimmy Buffet was on hand and sang “Happy Birthday” to Nelson, who turned 80 this year. With the crowd on the deck swaying and waving their arms, Nelson closed with “God, I’ve Seen

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FBI, Investigating Bishop, Came To Southampton By Rick Murphy

The Independent learned this week that an FBI agent grilled Southampton Trustees about Congressman Tim Bishop’s role in the so-called “Plover-Gate” incident. On another occasion last spring, two lawyers from the House Ethics Committee also came to town, investigating the same matter. Specifically, the agents wanted to know the extent of the Congressman’s role in securing a permit for a fireworks display near an active Piping Plover nest in May 2012. The Bishop camp ignored several requests for comment about the FBI investigation, and whether there is a State Department probe underway. The House Ethics Committee was scheduled to make a statement about the investigation today. A Sagaponack homeowner, Eric Semler, asked Bishop for help securing a fireworks permit just five days before his son’s Bar Mitzvah. Bishop’s office helped cut through a myriad of red tape, dealing with several different local, state, and federal agencies – but not before his daughter Molly, a fundraiser for the Congressman, petitioned Semler for a $10,000 contribution. “We had a discussion about the

permit process,” said Eric Shultz, the President of the Trustees. “He asked about the procedure and whether it was directly followed.” Shultz turned the agent over to Fred Havemeyer, who was the board’s point man in the matter. “An FBI agent came in last winter,” related Havemeyer, a Trustee in charge of the permit process in that area of town. “He wanted details about what the office did to aid [Eric] Semler and Bishop’s office finding a way to make [the fireworks] happen.” The thrust of the questioning was “There was a tremendous amount of activity” in the days before the fireworks, Havemeyer said. Semler a wealthy hedge fund manager with a house on the ocean, planned the fireworks as part of a Bar Mitzvah celebration for his son. Havermeyer categorized the interaction between the Trustees, the DEC, the US Fish and Wildlife Service and Bishop’s office as “intense.” “I’ve tried to help people and worked with the Fish and Wildlife people in the past,” Havemeyer related. “But it’s usually for someone who wants to have a [beach] party” near a Plover nesting site.

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Last Spring “two men came from DC, lawyers for the House Ethics Committee. They did the lawyer thing, asking me questions for two hours.” Havemeyer said they asked a lot of questions about Bishop’s involvement in procuring permission for the fireworks. Havemeyer told them the events at Semler’s

house “weren’t unusual. I didn’t want to get dragged into it. My main concern was the Trustees. There was nothing done by this office that could be considered unethical.” Grucci Fireworks informed Semler on May 21, 2012 that it had not Continued on page 42.

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Continued from page 15. As of last year the movement raised over $90 million. Writing for The Guardian, Ensler articulated this year’s effort. While V-Day has had successes over the last decade and a half, she said, “We expected to be out of business by now.” Over the years, she said, “We have broken taboos, spoken the word “vagina” in 50 languages in 140 countries, called up stories and truths about violence against women, breaking the silence, supported amazing activists across the planet who have created and changed laws . . . But we have not fulfilled our mission to end violence against women and girls. In fact the UN says that one out of three women on the planet will be beaten or raped in her lifetime. That is one billion women plus. That is simply insane and unacceptable.” The Rising’s reach has been staggering. According to Ensler, “It is happening in all 7000 islands of the Philippines and in over 50 cities in Turkey. There are 100 risings in Italy, 135 risings in the UK and thousands in North America. We are expecting 25 million to rise in Bangladesh, and it’s hard to

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imagine the numbers in India but they will be massive.” She continued, “The diversity of the risings is beyond anything we could have imagined: the carnival queen in Rio de Janeiro, the queen mother of Bhutan, prime ministers of Australia and Croatia, members of the European parliament, lamas, nuns, unions leaders, avatars in Second Life, zumba dancers, classical dancers in Karachi, cast members of Wicked and The Lion King on Broadway, women in the Andes, 200 women in a parking lots in Kamloops, British Columbia, Iranian teenagers in their bedrooms, thousands of Afghani women dressed in OBR scarves, Filipino domestic workers in Saudi Arabia, people on bridges, in buses, prisons, squares, in stadiums, in churches, theatres.” ... And that includes Bay Street, where about three dozen dancers – women, teens, children and even a couple of men – ventured out on a frigid afternoon to spend two hours learning the routine shared by participants across the globe, to quietly whisper why they chose to rise, and then, when the song began, answer Ensler’s call to “Dance with your body, for your body, for the bodies of women and the earth.”

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Continued from page 10. both emphatically stated to her that no cross-endorsement deal is in the works for the incumbent, despite news reports earlier this year that Throne-Holst mentioned an interest in securing the Republican and Conservative Party’s support. Kabot said that although she has not spoken with Malone, she did receive a reply to an email she had sent to him last week inquiring about the protocols he envisioned for the Conservative Party screening of local candidates. Kabot said that Malone indicated that he has not finalized any decision with regard to his 2013 plans for re-election to the town board or some other post and that candidates should not contact him directly or the County Chairman Ed Walsh. One town hall insider said Malone is angling for a judgeship but did not know the specifics. He has not returned phone calls and thus could not be reached for comment. The rather convoluted process for a would-be candidate is cause for concern. “You are screened by invitation only,” Kabot said. “There is

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no guarantee. I’m asking for clarity.” Kabot is concerned that insider dealing may hinder her bid for office. “Unless the contender is extraordinary and truly would be a person whom the rank and file voters would prefer to have at the top of the ticket for the Republican Supervisor candidate, then concerns remain in my mind about whether or not such person is really in it to win it or just stepping in as a placeholder.” Kabot said the GOP must avoid the fiasco of two years ago and must refrain from nominating a candidate who is “taking one for the team.” Running someone with no chance to win, she said, amounts to “a defacto cross-endorsement deal for Throne-Holst.” One fear is a candidate will be named who will subsequently withdraw after the filing deadline. “I have articulated these concerns to Republican Party leaders,” Kabot said. “The supervisor’s seat should not be the subject of horse-trading. I believe that whoever is nominated as the supervisor candidate on the Republican line should clearly state their reasons for running and their unwavering intention to remain on the ballot all the way through Election Day.”

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Continued from page 39. received the necessary approvals for a fireworks display because of the Plover nest. Semler called Bishop, who agreed to intercede. Semler and his wife ended up giving the Bishop campaign a total of $5000 a month later, but not before complaining – he called the solicitation from Bishop’s camp “really gross” in an email to Grucci just days after he called Bishop asking for help. In one email Semler complained that Bishop, “didn’t hesitate to solicit me in the heat of the battle.” The Independent revealed last year that Semler is a business associate of Robert F.X. Sillerman, Bishop’s long time friend and a huge campaign contributor. According to SEC records Sem-

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ler’s firm, TCS Global Equity Master Fund, was involved in an offering by a new company Sillerman controls, Viggle Inc. TCS, according to the document, held or holds one million warrants to purchase shares of Viggle, and Semler has “voting power and investment power” over the securities held by TCS Global. Viggle recently donated $5400 to Bishop, who has spent close to $40,000 in campaign funds on legal fees since the investigation began. “It was quite an effort, a tremendous amount of work,” Havemeyer said about procuring the necessary permits for Semler. “Usually you get a thank you note or something. There was nothing. That has rankled me ever since.” Bishop spent the days before Memorial Day weekend working frantically to grease the skids for Semler. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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was completely opposed to allowing the fireworks to happen five days before the event. “This event will likely cause adverse affects on the Piping Plover,” Steve Papa, a senior biologist with the USFWS told Edward Rubio, a logistics assistant for Grucci. “Unfortunately . . . there is no possibility of obtaining . . . a permit. I would recommend rescheduling in September to be safe.” Bishop thrust himself into the permitting process even as his daughter was hitting up Semler for a donation. On May 24 a Grucci higher-up sent out a group e-mail to some employees: “Wow . . . Congressman Bishop is meeting with the DEC regional director this morning. Be prepared to move forward.” It is not known what transpired at that meeting or even if it took place, but the next day, Papa said, a USFWS superior wrote to Bishop, “you’re

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good to go” – a direct reversal of the USFWS position from a day earlier. In the interim the scope of the fireworks display was pared down and the location was switched to the roof of the house. Despite the clutch of plover eggs near the fireworks site – one of only 18 in the entire town of Southampton – Semler delivered his Bar Mitzvah present to his son, and 200 people gathered a few hundred yards from the plover eggs. Semler sent a note to the Congressman on May 28th: “I want to thank you again for going out of your way to help us . . . I can’t really believe we pulled it off. Your relentless focus on this task was so impressive.” Three weeks later he and his wife each contributed $2500 each to Bishop’s campaign, the maximum allowable. It is illegal for a sitting congressman to solicit a contribution for performing an official function. Bishop donated the money to charity after the story broke but insisted there was no wrongdoing on his part. Semler initially complained bitterly about Bishop’s camp asking for money. After reportedly receiving a call from Bishop he changed his story – Semler told Newsday the request for a donation came only after the permit for the fireworks was obtained. However a string of e-mails and other documents obtained by this newspaper clearly contradict his statement.

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