Important Issues

• Committed to reducing taxes by responsible management and cutting wasteful spending•
• Took a 5% pay cut in 2010 and a 5% pay cut in 2011
• Committed to attracting top quality jobs and supporting growth at EPCAL. Finally a real plan with the DEC, business developers & the environmental community working together toward a finished comprehensive plan
• Committed to serving all the people. This is not about political parties!
• Committed to making downtown Riverhead a safe, vibrant destination
• Working with Riverhead BID to design a new ice rink for downtown -- coming soon!
• Founder of the extremely popular Riverhead Cardboard Boat Race, another downtown showcase event
• Sponsored legislation to officially end the Town policy of satellite surveillance of private residences, a victory
  for privacy and property rights
• Town Board Liaison to Recreation Committee, responsible for many projects including new soccer
  fields at Stotsky Park at no cost to the taxpayer
• Town Board Liaison to Agricultural Advisory Committee
• Town Board Liaison to Farm Select Committee, working on stewardship and purchase of farmland to forever preserve these lands
• Town Board Liaison to the Water District, investing in new infrastructure and installing new wells, increasing our capacity from 87% to 121% and averting a near water shortage in 2010/2011 (see photo at right)