Friday, July 28, 2017
THE PULSE OF THE PENINSULA
Vol. 92, No. 30
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G.N. Library candidates share address
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Couple nominated to run for board, Nominating Committee positions were a dozen applicants for the board and committee this year. A couple running together The Great Neck Library Nomi- for two seats at the same time is nating Committee’s slate of candi- allowed. However, it has raised dates for the committee and Board questions about whether the of Trustees includes a married Nominating Committee properly looked into the candidates. couple, sources said. “There is no specific prohibiWeihua Yan, a candidate for tion in our policy the Board of Trustmanual against it, ees, and Cheng Ye, but I am very disSee related a candidate for the appointed that the committee, are listlibrary story candidates did not ed as living in the PAGE 2 disclose this inforsame house in Great mation because I Neck, a fact that inibelieve it is sometially escaped the Nominating Committee. The two thing that they should have disalso share an email address on closed,” said Robert Schaufeld, president of Great Neck Library’s WhitePages. Yan and Ye did not immedi- Board of Trustees, noting that the ately respond to email requesting committee has now been made aware. comment. “It’s a very strange mechanism Whenever there is to be a library election, the Nominating and I would very much like to see Committee typically vets candi- it abandoned,” Schaufeld added of dates it believes would be suitable the Nominating Committee. Continued on Page 66 and recommends them. There
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PHOTO BY JANELLE CLAUSEN
Quang Tran cuts the cake during MaidPro’s opening as Great Neck Plaza Mayor Jean Celender looks on. See story on page 2.
Saddle Rock holding out on ambulance contract pany, making Saddle Rock the only one that has not signed. And this puts Vigilant, an Five of the six villages north emergency medical service proof the Long Island Rail Road vider for the peninsula, in a bit have signed an ambulance con- of an awkward position. “We will always respond. tract with Vigilant Fire Com-
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We’re not going to not respond,” said David Weiss, chairman of Vigilant’s Board of Trustees. “But I think it’s not good business practice to do that,” referring to the lack of a contract. Continued on Page 66
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