In 2006, we moved that date up, instead evaluating the new Foley administration after 75 days, citing quick two-year terms as our excuse.

This year, however, we moved that date back and, now, after nearly 100 more days, we feel it's as good a time as ever to reflect on the first 100 days of the Fozzei administration, or whatever you want to call this mess.

We waited an additional three months because we didn't feel it was appropriate to evaluate an administration during times of chaos. Then we waited another three months and said, "Looks like the chaos may outlive the administration, we better just get it over with."

So after 6 1/2 months, here we are, bitter, tired and ready to hand out a big, fat F to the Brookhaven Town Board.

Surprised by that grade? What did you expect?

First, let's start with the good stuff.

As poorly as everything was handled, and I suppose there's no clean way to get rid of a town supervisor's entire staff, we think some of the new commissioners have been doing a good job.

We're particularly pleased with the work of the public safety department, which, if you've spent any time in a town park recently, is hard not to notice. For far too long the maintenance of our parks always seemed to be an afterthought. But with an increased public safety presence and with the completion of a lot of parks improvements in our area, we seem to be on the right track.

We also like a couple -- and trust us, that's not a lot -- of bills that have been proposed by this Town Board. We're pleased with the sex offender legislation proposed by Connie Kepert and, more recently, Kathy Walsh. Those bills should go a long way toward improving the disastrous situation with sex offenders in Gordon Heights.

We also like the GPS bill proposed by Brian Foley (if only Republicans would stop playing games with it) and the commuter car legislation proposed by Jane Bonner, whose constituent service skills have served the district well.

But we're not grading individuals here. We're evaluating the board as a whole. And we're not convinced a lot's getting done on Bald Hill these days. That's mainly because we have a Town Board that can't agree on anything.

We've been treated to 6 1/2 months of bickering and really long meetings that require motions to extend in order to be completed. And even those motions get denied in this town, sending people home without a chance to address the board.

So, yes, we give this board, as a group, an F. And until they decide to work with each other, they're going to continue to fail us.