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Friday, March 6, 2020
Vol. 8, No. 10
HOME & DESIGN
PLASTIC BAG BAN GOES INTO EFFECT
NORTH SHORE RESPONDS TO CORONAVIRUS
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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 one side in March’s election. In an email to residents sent Thursday morning, attorney Kate Maguire Hirsch, representing the Liberty Party, 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, deciding on a petition objection filed by Hirsch last week, 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 McNamara. Hirsch claims them as Continued on Page 61
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ROSLYN BULLDOGS BOOSTER CLUB
Members of Roslyn High School’s Marching Bulldogs Band make their way down Main Street, USA at the Magic Kingdom in Orlando, Fl. last month. The band was one of a number of international groups selected to perform at Cinderella’s Castle, where they came out swinging with a number choreographed to Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’”.
N. Shore schools present 2nd budget draft for ‘20-21 BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN
fering a trimmed-down version from the first presentation. Draft one of the budget, reNorth Shore school district leased earlier this year, initially officials reviewed the second called for about $110.64 mildraft of the proposed 2020-21 lion in spending — or a $2.84 budget on Thursday night, of- million increase from the 2019-
20 budget, which is roughly $107.8 million. The second draft presented called for just shy of $110.32 million, a decrease of more than $300,00 from the first proposal. Continued on Page 52
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