03.27.2014 Columns Guest Column: A Town Board that needs some refining When I ran for Riverhead Town Board last year, I made positive suggestions that I believe might help the board through the embarrassing bickering “Honeymooners” moment it is struggling...
11.15.2013 Opinion Guest column: Time to get to work, Town Board The road signs are gone (mostly), the ballots have been scanned, the results have been counted and it’s time for the new/old Town Board to make plans to govern....
08.29.2013 Columns Equal Time: There’s no doubt Republicans are scared They’re worried. Yesterday, Councilman Jim Wooten sounded retreat and the Old Guard Republicans started circling the wagons because they are worried. They are worried it might be closing time...
08.12.2013 Opinion Guest Column: Riverhead must get tough on IDA tax breaks When you drive Route 58, you shake your head and wonder how we even have town taxes. Every major chain calls Route 58 home. So, given Riverhead’s small population,...
02.08.2013 Columns Guest Column: Playing dumb getting old in Town Hall In my home, when the last chocolate chip cookie goes missing, or there isn’t an ice cube left in the tray, or the milk gets put back with nary...
06.01.2012 Columns Guest Column: What are these councilpeople thinking? Some ideas are just bad. New Coke, the Edsel, Anthony Weiner’s text messages, Elaine Benes’ suggestion that New Yorkers wear name tags, all leap to mind. Last week, in...
03.29.2012 Columns Equal Time: The real issue at hand is in Calverton I used to drink way too much. I would joke that I was “young and irresponsible.” Then one day, I realized, I wasn’t so young any more and my...
09.08.2011 Opinion Equal Time: Don’t need downtown lectures from Phil I read with a chuckle Phil Cardinale’s column last week on how to improve downtown Riverhead. Listening to Phil Cardinale lecture about how to improve downtown is like listening...