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Editorial Enough with the studies, already Sometimes ser dogs something sid's p admet becetnes a ativature of sed (C asc de pedifit io the UHcos cud (CKB) stud y just hs dae dons band Sound MWatorhermnc P arspertation Par TSW P su Uhirce sway Nix hurwtired forty thousand dotlars in taapaver mones And what great rex clations dogs this masterwork contain ' Several. apparenthy Secat you can follow them There already as some term traffic in the Sound More commuter boats might alleviate road congestion. Some passengers would Itke a line to New Haven. And no one on Suftolk 's North Shore wants a new terry terminal built in his hometown. Giant that? So did we - long before tax- payers from Maine to Hawan shelled out tv c+ thirds of a million dollars for this waste ot a government document. Fees on the Sound\ The naked eye tells that tale. More commuters on them meaning less on the road? Pretty much com- mon sense and fifth-grade math. Demand for New Haven? The Bridgeport-Port Jefferson Steamboat Company, commonly called the Port Jeff Ferry, could have told you that. Opposition to a terminal in Shoreham or elsewhere in the area? Of course. Vocal North Shore residents don't want any new. heavy-duty commercial oper- auons here - as anyone even remotely involved with public policy already knows. KeySpan can't even expand an existing substation to provide more electricity with- out sparking an outcry from the NIMBY crowd. Maybe if the ferries were 20 feet long and ran on olive oil they 'd be okay. Speaking of NIMB Yism, since the ferry study's authors knew there would be objec- trons to any new terminals, they proposed a line from New Haven to \Generic Point. Long Island.\ We're not kidding. They even drew a map of said route: a line extending south from Connecticut and ending in the middle of the Sound - because no one is quite sure where Generic Point hes. Is this what passes for leadership today? The ferry company has also studied going to New Haven. It once asked people getting off the boat at Bndgeport if they would like to go there instead. Seventy per- cent said yes. Then the firm made a test run to see how long it would take and how much fuel would be used. Then it asked New Haven city officials about the idea (Surprise' No answer yet). We imagine all this cost a lot less than $640,000. And the information may even get put to use. as the ferry company actually could start a new service to New Haven. The study group's report. on the other hand, is nothing but a bunch of talking points for bureaucrats and NIMBYist worry warts. Is there no one in Albany or Washington with the nerve to stand up and say it's time government stop all but setting the people's money on fire with pointless studies? This state and nation have serious needs to be addressed. What's next, an analysis of the Long Island Expressway that reports it to be crowded during rush hour? Opinion Village transformed TO THE EDITOR It is that tune ot year again. where we are all wrapped up one pun mtiended: in shnm‘mg ard dee catimy for the holidays Thy agHage as dooking better thon cx oo wath mes in the trecs and en the band she oin iho park Toone the hodrdar season beans sith ons fubst phon. cull to set up the vedunteets te wrap the park ais mucters in the rvathage: Oree ayain the troop at N Paut ~ C hum h came through tor the vallage and tor the Northport Chamber of Commence On the Ebnday morning after Thanksgiving. an arm\v of met on Main St eager to turn the meters into candy canes di has become an event that they all look forward to. and I want them all to know we greatly appreciate their efforts From Troup 410 there was TJ Bolen, Joc D' Accordo, Nick DeSimone. Tom Holt, Sam Hemel! lyn. Chs Nien, Joe Pokorny, Tim Rozmus, Calen Spoering. Ken Thomas. and Greg Wells From Girl Scout Troop 82 there was Lexie Nien From Girl Scout Troop 170 there was Juliana Pokorny. The fathers helped a tremendous amount to coordi nate and supervise the efforts of these great kids. They were Joe Pokorny, Jeff Nien, Pat DeSimone. Rick Molt, John Wells, and Gary Rozmus. Within a half hour every single meter in the village was transformed for the holiday season. This truly 1s a special time for everyone in the vil- lage but for me there is an added bonus and that is to work with these terrific people. Thanks again. Ronald F. lannacone, DPM 1st Vice President, Northport Chamber of Commerce Northport Roger Putnam for fire commissioner TO THE EDITOR: In December of 2004 I sent a letter to several of the local weekly's advising the residents of the East Northport Fire District that the East Northport Board of Fire Commissioners were working diligently on a project to put the resident taxpayers into long-term debt. The project entails demolishing an existing sub- station on Clay Pitts Road and replacing it with anoth: er building In addition. the project calls to build another substation on Laurel Road just south of Du kinson Avenue At that time I projected the debt to range between S2 and 4 milhon Subsequently in April 2005 1 obtained through a POH ot Into mation | aw < request a copy of the presentation ph Raga\ In that par ngC the prv’cdcd sacst wis s( nated at S6 67 imulhhon with an estimated S6 milton rond d would venture to estimate that the tinal costs would be closer to SC multhon This would coat taraparers based upon a S4 100 average tax assessment. an additional S62 27 a year for 20 years This is on top of your annual tire district taxes Having previously served as a commissioner of the East Northport hire Dastrict tor 15 years I feel this is an unwarranted expense and financial burden on the East Northport hire District taxpayers This bond issue only addresses the nonrecurring costs Issues not even addressed in this proposal are the recurnng costs e g. salaries, utilities, maintenance., etc . that will be incurred by the taxpayers. Therefore. I strongly urge the registered voters of the East Northport Fire District to support and elect Roger L. Putnam., Sr on Tuesday. December 13 James J McCormick East Northport 4\ c ‘ It's easy to reach us! We welcome letters from our readers. They should be no longer than 400words and may be editedfor libel, clarity and good taste. Please include your town ofmsxdenocandawlepboncnumberwhaeyoucmbe reached for confirmation. Email letters to timesnpt@tbmewspa- pers.com or write to The Times of Northport & East Northport, Box 707, Setauket, New York 11733. We do not publish aaonymous letters. Ymnnysmpbymrncwsofiieeaté?anSuw editor wmammm extension 110. Cafl7SI-7744mstmwmvmgweeklyddxmof our paper. We look forward to hearing from you! The opinions of columnists and letter writers are their own. They do not speak for the newspaper. IWGULWTW mnmmmmmmmw me sea mmmwwmmmm - fjmmlmvmfimaamwnm di Ir: We in
