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Hirsch files complaint on ethics in F. Hill
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Accuses village administrator of conspiring with mayoral opponent BY R O S E W E L D ON A Flower Hill trustee running for mayor has filed an ethics complaint with the village alleging that the village administrator is favoring her opponent’s slate in the March’s election. In an email to residents sent Thursday morning, Kate Maguire Hirsch, an attorney running on the Liberty Party ticket, accused Ronnie Shatzkamer, who serves as village administrator and chief election officer of Flower Hill, of giving assistance to the Flower Hill Party in the upcoming village elections for mayor and three trustee spots. Hirsch has filed a complaint on Shatzkamer to the village’s ethics committee. The accusation comes two days after the Nassau County Board of Elections, rejected a petition objection filed by Hirsch last week and ruled the Flower Hill Party’s nominating petitions valid. “I am disappointed to report
that in denying my objection the Nassau County Board of Elections completely ignored my challenge to the improper activity occurring in Village Hall,” Hirsch wrote in the email. “The objection I filed to my opponent’s petition was based on my suspicion that the Village Administrator was working with the Flower Hill Party on their campaign, including assisting with the petition. It is [Shatzkamer’s] responsibility to prepare ballots, obtain the voting machines, hire poll workers and the like. On the contrary, she absolutely should not campaign on behalf of any Village candidate, especially on Village time.” Text messages obtained by Hirsch through a Freedom of Information Law request show conversations with Shatzkamer, Flower Hill Party mayoral candidate and Deputy Mayor Brian Herrington, and Flower Hill Party trustee candidate and sitting Mayor Robert Continued on Page 61
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Port Washington Superintendent Michael Hynes plays in the Manorhaven Elementary School gymnasium. Hynes had shadowed 2nd grader Marcellino Morgan, a member of Lorraine Bellman’s class, on Feb. 28 and participated in their physical education period.
Library director keeps job as investigation closes BY R O S E W E L D ON
finding that there was “insufficient” evidence of bias. The library board began Manhasset Public Library Director Margaret Gough will the investigation one month continue to serve in her posi- ago, weeks after Gough was tion after an investigation into accused of calling a group of allegations of comments per- student musicians, many of ceived as racist came to a close, whom were of Asian descent,
“foreigners” at a violin recital held on Dec. 14, 2019 in the library’s multi-purpose room. Elena Cacavas, a former judge who was hired as an independent investigator by the library board, was retained to Continued on Page 52
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