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County Legislature to vote on casino lease August 5th
BEACH CLEANUP DAY
BY RIKKI MASSAND
Brownie Troop 1480 finished its year with a service project at Lido Beach, where the girls worked to clean up the beach. See page 24.
Traffic Commission zeros in on busy intersections BY RIKKI MASSAND The Village of Garden City’s Traffic Commission met on July 18 to address several safety and quality-of-life concerns.
Speeding in Central Section
Karen Gibbons, a resident of First Street, expressed concerns
about increasing vehicle speeds in her neighborhood. Despite posted speed limits of 30 MPH, cars and trucks often exceed 50 MPH, particularly at a curve where the limit drops to 20 MPH. “People are using those broad yellow lines, which many of the residents did not like because
they felt it made it look like a super thoroughfare. This street has become like an expressway and drivers are passing cars and driveways – I was going into my driveway the other day and someone went around me on the left, and they drove right over the yelSee page 34
Dozens of central Nassau County residents gathered on Thursday, July 18th in front of the Nassau County government headquarters near the Garden City-Mineola border to express concerns about the proposed Las Vegas Sands Casino/Hotel project at the Nassau Coliseum site in Uniondale. Their message against the project was prominently covered by major media outlets, but it wasn’t enough to prevent the Nassau County Planning Commission from approving a revised 42-year lease between Las Vegas Sands and the county. Five Village Board of Trustees members, including Mayor Mary Carter Flanagan, Deputy Mayor Bruce Chester, Trustee Vinny Muldoon, Trustee Jessica Tai, and Trustee Ed Finneran, participated in the rally. They, along with residents, and members of the Say No to the Casino civic association leaders Monica Kiely and Rich Catalano voiced their opposition to the project, highlighting potential negative impacts on the community. Mayor Carter Flanagan and Trustee Finneran appeared in multiple TV news interviews that aired between July 18 and July 22. East Meadow resident Elizabeth McCoy, a member of the Say NO group, met Garden City’s mayor and trustees for the first time at the rally. She stressed the importance of media coverage in spreading awareness about the project’s potential overdevelopment and negative impacts. “We are all very concerned, and we’re totally against the casino. Who would give any company a 42-year lease for the land? And such a long-term lease to a casino that does not have any existing ties to Nassau County or New York? What kind of example would we be setting for our future generations if we allow a casino corporation to manipulate 72 acres of prime Nassau County real estate into something that resembles a mini Atlantic City? ” McCoy said. An article by Todd Shriber on a pro-casino website, Casino.org mentioned the potential benefits of the casino project, including avoiding traffic congestion in Manhattan and leveraging Nassau County’s large population and proxSee page 34
Eagle project supports hospital for teens PAGE 49 Western POA holds end of season event PAGE 20