Letters

I’m proud to support Trustee Robin Brown in this year’s village election. Throughout her time in office, Robin has been a steadfast champion of environmental sustainability: She has made meaningful progress on cleaning our beaches and waterways.

As trustee, Robin has spearheaded the restoration of Old Town Pond using EnBiorganic’s biotechnology: a nature-based, science-backed solution that removes harmful algae and bacteria without dredging. The technology works similarly to how probiotics work in the human body, using bacteria to clean up the local ecosystem. This technology has already shown results in Sands Point, another village on Long Island, where 70 containers of muck were removed, and the water is thriving again.

In order to get this project off the ground, Robin was the first trustee to sit down with six different departments at the Department of Environmental Conservation to secure support, compliance and permitting for the project. She negotiated a contract that saved the village $50,000 in consulting fees, locking in a flexible agreement with no long-term commitment. This was a game-changer for Southampton, allowing us to move forward on environmentalism while not raising taxes.

As liaison to Coopers Beach, Robin has played a key role in helping the beach climb back up to its No. 1 ranking [“Coopers Named No. 1 Beach in the U.S. Again; Main Beach Ranked Fifth Best,” 27east.com, May 22]. She expanded broadband Wi-Fi at the beach, helped the village acquire a beach safety drone, rescue Jet Ski and evacuation Gator, and made the beach more accessible by introducing sand wheelchairs.

Robin also helped install the East End’s first solar-powered charging benches, an idea brought to her by her junior ambassador — a program Robin founded to select one local student each year to serve as a voice for the youth of Southampton Village.

Robin is a hands-on trustee who delivers real results. Her work speaks for itself: She is the candidate to move Southampton forward.

Libby Fitzgerald

Southampton