The following is my understanding of the timeline around nominating a candidate for Southampton Village provisional chief of police.
At the December meeting, where the Southampton Village Board selected the candidate for chief of police, there was no information on the village website. Residents had no way of knowing about the meeting and the important agenda item.
Southampton Village Mayor Jesse Warren wrote an op-ed in The Southampton Press detailing why he didn’t vote for the provisional chief of police [“Why I Voted ‘No’ To Hiring the New Police Chief,” Viewpoint, 27east.com, December 20]. His cogent thoughts included five key points.
The January 12 board meeting was a template on how public business should not be conducted and how government should not be run. There was a link to the January 12 board meeting, but key agenda items were omitted. Again, transparency is called into question.
This meeting and the board’s actions blindsided the mayor, the village attorney and, more importantly, Southampton Village residents.
The trustees’ actions would have eroded my faith in local government, were it not for Mayor Jesse Warren’s incredible focus on finding the right solution.
On January 16, the trustees wrote a press release attacking the mayor. Their response to the mayor’s lone vote against the trustees’ choice for chief of police did not have facts but instead focused on a personal attack on Mayor Warren. Conspicuous in their response was an omission of a detail of their actions.
Let’s find a way to put this situation in the truest light and find the right candidate.
Frank Horowitz
Southampton Village
Shut Him UpFolks: it is time to take Michael Daly at his word(s), unpleasant as that may be. First: glide by his smarmy greeting card calls for “love.” His own words reveal him, above all, and consistently, a purveyor of hate and...
Suffering in SilenceWhen our world gets out of balance, we lose our comfort and security. Too much or too little of anything spikes our fear, and we lose our sense of peace. Those who have what they want and need are comfortable....
Advocate & Adjudicate?The previous administration of [Supervisor Jay] Schneiderman and current board member Tommy John Schiavoni did not give high priority to monitoring appointed public officials for ethical lapses in their private life activities. This laissez-faire policy towards ethics enforcement appears to...
Soil Is CallingIn a book titled “In Old Southampton,” Abigail Halsey reminds us that in the early days of Southampton, “every man was a farmer and a fisherman.” But those days are long gone and most people, today, have no connection to...
A Web of InterestsKudos to Craig Catalanotto [“What Are We Doing?” Letters, April 18] and Barbara Ring [“Tangled Web” Letters, April 18] for their letters to the editor shining a light on the web of special interests, conflicts of interest and misinformation that...
Dates of InfamySeptember 11 and October 7, similar dates of infamy for strong allies with similarly divergent reactions. Now gathered mobs of protesters are cheering on those who cry “Death to America” and call for the complete annihilation and genocide of the...
Your VoiceOn June 25, registered Democrats will go to the ballot box to determine who will represent their ticket for New York’s 1st Congressional District. Although CD1 has recently been held by Republicans, both parties have assumed leadership over the years....
Master ClassI thank Barbara Ring for aptly proving my point. In response to my letter [“An Alliance,” Letters, April 11], which decried the state of civic public discourse in Hampton Bays as being overtaken by misinformation, fear-mongering and conspiracy peddling, Ring...
