Transparency and Public Lands in East Hampton

by Group Staff 11. June 2010 12:49

By Jeremy Samuelson

"Transparency is a fake word." That was Town Board Member Theresa Quigley's response to a request for a public hearing on the sale of public park land. To make matters even worse, Mrs. Quigley, Supervisor Bill Wilkinson and fellow Board Member Dominick Stanzione, refuses to hold a public forum explaining how proceeds from land sales will be used. With less than one-minute of discussion, no public hearing and no notice, Quigley, Wilkinson and Stanzione agreed to list for sale 3.9 acres of public parkland which the Town bought in 2003 for both "passive and active recreation" use.

Simply put, your land is being sold without notice, without a public hearing and they wont even tell you how the money is going to be used.

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