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l3L ■r;tl ■a'- J. aBI, aas\:.’a' '-M--]' . .' ■:; ' FfiEEPOat M O S U L L io k w ; «.MEffiiUK?,R0AO C CFfiSSEORTfSiSrV - «58Q i!- V^ ■'- >■. : l l > > » « » i i p » r •AIDWIN MERRICK ROOSEVELT ftn CW4 n s m ,, PRICE: TEN CENTS PER COPY Freeport Due for Revenue Sharing oocktail party a t Al B. Whita'a hcuiiMna D ' j ^ ^ w M iig. t» ^ ltg ] 6 t i are Roy Cacciatore 0 a«) and John Abbate. co-chairman with Mehrmann for the meht. (LEADER Fhotol . . . ‘^Next on the Agenda'' Rep. Norman F. I^nt announced (his week that Free port would soon be receiving $205,766 under President Nixon's soon-to-be-passed Revenue Sharing bill. The South Shore Congressman was a sponsor of the Revenue Sharing plan in the House. ;c? Freeport’s share is a sizeable portion of the $15 million total uliiciK will be coming back to Nassau County from Washingtoiy and the Vfliage should be receiving its check for the fir^six months sometime in October. Rep. Lent hailed the Revenue Sharing plan as “an im portant first step in sending back to the people of Free port some of the tax dollars they’ve been sending to Wash ington for so long with little appreciable return.\ Congressional action on the Revenue Sharing bill is expected before the mid-October adjournment. Freeport Mayor Robert Sweeney said at (he open Village Board m e e ^ g Monday night that no discussion as to the of the nionie^ had been held as yet pending final Con- The consensus of the 43 people attending the public meeting of the Village Board Monday night was that Freeport “ is going to the dogs,*' be it by the November State of New York. White the former requires the signing of petitions in such instances, Freeport officials in speaking to the County Board of Elections election on a $30,000 full-time' and Albany experts learned late Mayor's post, vant^Usm in one section of the norUieast un checked by proported un derstaffing of the Village Police Department, or just by the four- le ^ e d animals diemselves. That (dtis Jomer Rand’s reference to “paranoia” onth^ part of Mayor Robert Sweeney as well as the charge that the official “ has been doing a disservice to this com munity for the past twelve years just biy sitbiig up there,\ would amply describe the atmosphere (rf the meeting which followed the hbt'ahd h^vy, but only slightly better attended, meeting a week IH'ior to air the matter of placing tbesalaiy of F reeport’s Mayor at $3O;0QO~ (up from the present $7,000 for the part-time post) as a public referendum on the November ballot thus creating a full-time position. The “same old faces, the same old nam e s\ who last week questioned the validity of (be circulation of petitions by the Village'administration opposing, the newry-adopted Local l^w #3 in a com p licated procedure th o u ^ t necessary to place the matter df the full-time position last Thursday that the State's Village Law supercedes in this case. Although several in the audience said they'had been told by the Board of Elections that the V ilia^ bad already tiled petitions, DeVUicenzo denied that tilts was Mayor Sweeney also told the assembled group, “The people will vote on November 7 on the Mayor’s salary. Local Law ^^3 was adopted last week, but to clarify the issue, the Board tonight took action in special meeting. It was resolved by Trustee Orr and seconded by Trustee White that if the vote on the law is affirmative, the salary d $30,000 per year is adopted, the position shall be full-time and the holder will be prohibited from holding any other position for IM'ofit.\ He went on to thank tiu^e who had signed the peitions “because even if we don’t need them, they are evidence that people w ant to vote on the issue.” Supporters of a paid, non- elect^ Village manager were again vocal with merchwt Henry Spltzler asking why the vote c ^ d not be in (be March Village before .the voters. , in the elections. “Peqile might want a November election^ heard Milage Manager, a full-time Monday idght that it had indeed Mayor or the present situation been di^overed that the petitions You We jam m e d this down were not necessary.; Speaking people’s throats.\ To tltis and later to THE L E ^ E H ; VilUge Jom er Rand’s statem e n t. /T Qerk Tom DeVincenre explained never heard the Village Party, tfaat.the Village is gidded by two civic amairiati^nH or p e i ^ on tows '- the Blimidpal ifome Rule the street say this was a burning lAw and (be VUUige toiw of the issue,\ the Mayor demanded why the speakers “ are trying U> turn this into a political football?\ He reiterated again that he has no plans to run in the March elec tions and the new salary would have no affect on his earnings or benefits. The matter of North Main Street vs. South Main Street was brought up by Rand when he questioned the Board as to rumors that the Village was the Mayor replied the matter had been discussed in a closed meeting of the Village Party but no official action has been taken the Village. “However, I feel South Main Street is vital to the health of Freeport.\ a statement to which Rand countered with the im portance of the recently rezoned North Main Street strip and the Atlantic South Ciric Association's proposal for HUD development “which you didn’t even consider.\ The M ayor replied it had been considoed and rejected. One group of citizens, residents of Sagamore Street, E a st Seaman Avenue and Bedford Street, seemed not too concerned with what kind of Mayor they haveas long as they don’t have to continue to “live in a nightitiare, a jungle.” They repi^ cim- tinuouk acts of vandalism directed against the white residents of the int^rated area such as car burnings, doorbell ringing, bricks thrown t h r o ^ picture windows and ^ g s against Mayor Sweeney, who lives closeby to the area, admitted that (Continued on Rige B) Freeport-s Code Enforcement attorney Raymond LavaJlee reported three more recent convictions for violations of zoning laws, Including two cases of over-occupancy (two families in a one-family house). John Kruger of S7 Frederick Avenue was sentenced to 15 days in Nassau County jail for his second conviction in two years, after he failed to pay the fine levied by Village Justice Edwin J. Freedman. Alvin Picens, owner of 45 Rutland Road, was fined $250 for an over-occupancy at that ad- James Lett was fined $150 for violation of Section 12-43 (d) • sewerage seepage from a fresh Finesf Jail^erfns air pipe, and he was also given a $100 fine foror violationiolation off Secection f v o S 24-d9 - failure to post name of agent on a rental property. The IH’emises involved was 48 Har ding Place. Mr. Lavallee said his office will continue to vigorously prosecute over-occupancy cases, which cause undue burdens upon the lawabiding taxpayers in the village and upon the school district, due to services required for more than the number of people provided for in the zoning laws. He said anyone who knows of an apparent overoccupancy situation should call the Code Enforcement Office at FR S'4000, Ext. 213. Names will not be revealed and the Information will be kept confldentail. s m M. CONGRESSMAN GREETS NEW LEGION COMMANDER. Innall ationmremoniet a t \The Dugout” of the William Clinton Story Post of the American Legion, Freeport, last Friday night brought Congress man Norman F. Lent and County Lejpon Cwnmander John Tipping to offer congratulation! to new Post Commander Frank Manx.
