CIVIC ASSOCIATION MEETING
December 1, 2011
VFW Hall Shad Creek Road 8:00 PM
President’s Message
The civic meeting for November is postponed from its normally scheduled date of the fourth Thursday of the month to the first Thursday of December due to the Thanksgiving Holiday. The meeting will be held at 8 pm, on December 1st at the VFW hall, and as always all are welcome! Speaking of the Holidays the Broad Channel Civic Association would like to wish all of our town’s residents, young and old alike, a happy and healthy Holiday Season!!!!!!!!
Elections will be held at this month’s meeting to determine the Civic board for this upcoming year. The nominating committee has submitted the existing slate of officers currently serving.
Last month’s meeting saw the presentation of Civic Association Awards to Eileen Smith and former Assemblywoman Audrey Pheffer for their tremendous contributions to our town. Kathy Lawless did an outstanding job on procuring two beautiful plaques that were presented to the honorees who offered moving words to the crowd at hand.
The request for a natural gas line to supply our town is coming to a head as we have our appeal before the Public Service Commission for the first time and you can read the submitted comments online here -http://documents.dps.state.ny.us/public/MatterManagement/CaseMaster.aspx?Mattercaseno=11-G-0358 . Our position is that it is long overdue that the National Grid company supply this town with a natural gas line for both domestic and commercial use and that their argument that it is not cost efficient for them is rather hollow as they hold a monopoly on gas supply to their entire region and are a multi-billion dollar energy company!
The civic association, in conjunction with the Jamaica Bay Ecowatchers, has met with both Congressman Turner and Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder to brief them on issues affecting Broad Channel as well as Jamaica Bay. We will be expecting their support on a number of issues affecting our town as well as the waters and islands that surround us. Assemblyman Goldfeder attended and addressed the recent Jamaica Bay Taskforce meeting as did Congressman Turner’s representative. We have secured a letter of support from the Assemblyman on the gas line issue (which can be seen at the above mentioned website) and hope to also receive the same from our new congressman.
Quote of the Month : “The most wasted of all days is one without laughter!”
…….. C.C. Cummings
Respectfully submitted,
Dan Mundy Jr.
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