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Riverhead News-Review debuts a new question-and-answer forum this week. Riverhead Town Supervisor Phil Cardinale has agreed to respond to readers' questions on the Newsroom Blog at riverheadnewsreview.com. No subject is off limits, but please be polite.
Phil Cardinale
E-mail your questions to newsroom@timesreview.com. Mr. Cardinale's answers will be posted to the blog and selected questions and answers will appear in next week's paper. News Room BLog.
Mr. Cardinale, presently serving his third term as town supervisor, is running for re-election in November. A former town councilman, Mr. Cardinale is an attorney, father and grandfather. He lives in Jamesport with his wife, Susan.
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6 comments found
Readers deserve better. : 5/12/2009
What's the point of setting up a forum for readers to pose questions...to which no one replies? Where was the promised coverage in the printed paper?
Recent statements by Town Council Member Blass : 5/4/2009
Mr. Supervisor; In a recent News Review interview, Counil Member Barbara Blass made some very serious statements and insinuations pertaining to the Town’s landfill reclamation project. Ms. Blass started with, “I think, ultimately, all of the facts will come out. Don't forget that at the time there were a lot of forces that were operating behind the scenes to make sure that project didn't conclude.” Then Blass finished her interview with, “A lot of what was happening behind the scenes had to do with the sand mining industry, the carting industry, the trucking industry, the asphalt industry, and they were all operative in that project, without a doubt. And that's about as far as I can go on that.” Are these statements true? And if they are, did you have any knowledge of that at the time? And if in fact there were industries operating behind the scenes to make sure a Town project didn’t conclude, did anyone in Town Hall do anything about it?
Town owned vehicle : 4/30/2009
If I'm not mistaken, didn't the former Highway Superintendent drive an unmarked vehicle?
Costco : 4/30/2009
Costco is so much better than BJ's and there is no nearby Costco. Also Wal-Mart needs a bigger and better store. Why does Riverhead stand in their way.The people of Riverhead are entitled to low cost good stores. It is not as though there are no big box stores. Are you trying to protect the existing big box stores from competition?
Public Safety Dispatch : 4/30/2009
Supervisor, When the town elects to keep Public Safety Dispatch within the Town of Riverhead, are you going to follow attrition as the town grows? Moreover, the town's safety has suffered for the last 6 years (as per available online budgets) by not staffing 911 communications properly, and according to you, the overtime has caused 911 communications to become unbearable expensive for the town's people, that you want to eliminate it. However, looking over your budgets for the last few years, you have 12 employees accounted for and taxes collected on..... but we never had 12 dispatchers hired. If re-elected for 2010, are you going to do right for public safety and taxpayers dollars and hire the proper amount based on your budget and attrition? KEEP 911 LOCAL, WHERE IT BELONGS!
Town owned vehicles : 4/30/2009
Do you think that Riverhead town should adopt a policy of all town owned vehicles (execpt unmarked police) clearly displaying the town seal to identify them as for official use? I find it highly offensive that with the terrible condition of roads throughout the town that the highway super. is driving a new unmarked SUV with official plates and darked out windows so no one can see him or what he is doing. Who authorized this purchase?
