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Friday, February 6, 2015
Vol. 64, No. 6
A Blank Slate Media Special Section February 6, 2015
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Bosworth touts 1st year gains Cites progress in building department, budget transparency, technology in state of town B Y B I LL SAN ANTON I O
North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth delivers her State of the Town address Friday at the Harbor Links Golf Course in Port Washington.
Judi Bosworth began the second year of her tenure as North Hempstead town supervisor the way she began her first - with a major snowstorm to touch down on the region just as she prepared to deliver a major speech. So in her second State of the Town address Friday, Bosworth looked to former Town Supervisor May Newburger’s 1995 speech - the second of her nine-year stint in the position - for inspiration, as North Hempstead continued to dig itself out from Winter Storm Juno. “Battling 17 snow storms is a rugged beginning, but it gave me basic training for what would be a tough and rewarding year,” Bosworth told a luncheon of elected officials and guests of the Port Washington-Manhasset chapter of the League of Women Voters at the Harbor Links Golf Course, before revealing she had been reading Newburger’s words. “...I guess some things don’t
change,” she added, “even 20 years later.” Bosworth, a former Nassau County Legislator and Great Neck Board of Education official who was elected town supervisor in 2013, said her administration would continue to achieve goals of increased efficiency and transparency in its second year, as many town departments have eliminated the use of paper and more information has become available on the town’s website. But those were minor accomplishments, she said, as even larger initiatives toward those goals were met in the previous year. Bosworth touted the announcement of the town’s $125 million 2015 budget prior to the November elections, going off-script to say that “everything we do has fiscal ramifications.” “You have a right to know what the budget is before you step into the voting booth on election day,” she said, adding the budget was “fiscally conservative” while maintaining town programs. Continued on Page 61
Mayor, 2 trustees up for E.W. election By Ja m es G a l l o w ay
of its trustees, which together makes up a majority its five-person governing body. For the second straight elecVoters in March will decide East Williston’s mayor and two tion, Mayor David Tanner and
Deputy Mayor Bonnie Parente will run on the same ticket, according to Parente. “We’re hoping for continuity as we resolve some of the lingering issues in the community,” she said. Parente said Trustee Caroline DeBenedittis would not be joining her and Tanner on the ticket after
deciding not to seek re-election. “She really is a pillar of our community and has decided not to run but I’m sure will stay very involved,” Parente said of DeBenedettis.. The mayor in East Williston makes $250 per month, while the trustees make $200, according to the village clerk. Both serve four-year terms.
The deadline to file petitions for a place on the ballot is Feb. 10, the clerk said. Parente said petitions were still trickling in, but estimated she and Tanner would easily surpass the requisite 50 signatures. “We’re definitely going to be ready with our petitions,” she said.
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