Larry Simms, Author at Riverhead News Review

04.02.2016 Columns

Guest spot: Imaginary politics in the Main Road corridor

News-Review editors recently wrote in favor of studying the Aquebogue-Jamesport corridor. Unfortunately, they politicized the issue, saying Democrats called for a master plan update last year, but now “suddenly...

02.25.2016 Columns

Guest Spot: The change Riverhead government really needs

This newspaper recently endorsed two proposals intended to improve government in our town: term limits and a four-year supervisor tenure. I’m not writing to oppose, but rather to point...

10.17.2015 Columns

Guest Spot: Play money for politicians, but hard cash from taxpayers

For ordinary citizens concerned with rising taxes, last week’s supervisor debate brought breathtaking explanations from incumbents about the Industrial Development Agency and its impact.

09.18.2015 Columns

Guest Spot: Short-term planning = long-term problems

Though we’re in the midst of a hotly contested election, the problem of short-term thinking isn’t limited to candidates and their promise-the-moon campaigns.

02.22.2015 Columns

Guest Column: Local government for sale? It seems so

National debate about corporate campaign contributions is endless and abstract. The discussion becomes manageable and much more real if we look at a small, local example of how the...

07.25.2014 Columns

Guest Column: This 800-pound gorilla needs a leash

“Anywhere he wants to.” That’s the punch line of the ancient joke about where an 800 -pound gorilla sits. In our neighborhood, the big bully is Agriculture & Markets,...

05.17.2014 Columns

Simms: School board gets ‘A’ in sloganeering, ‘F’ in governance

‘ONLY WHAT’S NEEDED. NOTHING MORE’ Last spring, a neighbor brought me to a meeting with RCSD administrators focusing on the high school capital plan. He’s a design professional, and...

01.30.2014 Letters

Letter: Let’s be objective on water pollution

To the editor: I remember when platinum-based catalytic converters were first proposed. Comments were split between “it will bankrupt the automakers” and “no one will be able to afford...

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