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I have this idea that public access TV is only watched by sad people or insomniacs - or maybe a combination of the two. Having said that, I did agree to do a show for Brookhaven Conservative Party and just got back from recording it.
They wanted to chat with me about our church's issues with the Town over our building plans and I was happy to oblige, together with one of our attorneys, Ken Auerbach. I told our story and explained that things will go one of two ways -
1. The U.S. Attorney General's office will continue to prepare their case, sue the Town on our behalf and claim substantial damages.
2. November's elections will put some new Town Board members in place who will reverse the unconstitutional restrictions on churches that were set in place two years ago and have been left there untouched by the current board.
I'm not sure which option I prefer. I must confess that I do favor the first one as this would probably net us a multi-million dollars settlement from the Town - enough to put up our building! The problem with this, is that it could take some time as I guess we're not first priority at the Justice Department.
The quicker solution is the second one and this could well be in place January of '08 when a new Board will be sworn in.
Everyone standing for election to the Town Board with the Conservative line has made a commitment to revisit this subject with a view to rectifying it.
The sole exception is Councilman Timothy Mazzei from the 5th District who is adamant that he will do nothing unless forced to by the Attorney General. Sadly the U.S. Constitution and Federal law appear to be insignificant to this particular attorney and board member. His constituents will have the last word of course and people of all and any faiths will doubtless make their voices heard. They need to.
By the way, the show will air on Brookhaven Cable at 2.00pm on Tuesday September 11th and weekly thereafter until election day.
They wanted to chat with me about our church's issues with the Town over our building plans and I was happy to oblige, together with one of our attorneys, Ken Auerbach. I told our story and explained that things will go one of two ways -
1. The U.S. Attorney General's office will continue to prepare their case, sue the Town on our behalf and claim substantial damages.
2. November's elections will put some new Town Board members in place who will reverse the unconstitutional restrictions on churches that were set in place two years ago and have been left there untouched by the current board.
I'm not sure which option I prefer. I must confess that I do favor the first one as this would probably net us a multi-million dollars settlement from the Town - enough to put up our building! The problem with this, is that it could take some time as I guess we're not first priority at the Justice Department.
The quicker solution is the second one and this could well be in place January of '08 when a new Board will be sworn in.
Everyone standing for election to the Town Board with the Conservative line has made a commitment to revisit this subject with a view to rectifying it.
The sole exception is Councilman Timothy Mazzei from the 5th District who is adamant that he will do nothing unless forced to by the Attorney General. Sadly the U.S. Constitution and Federal law appear to be insignificant to this particular attorney and board member. His constituents will have the last word of course and people of all and any faiths will doubtless make their voices heard. They need to.
By the way, the show will air on Brookhaven Cable at 2.00pm on Tuesday September 11th and weekly thereafter until election day.
posted by Roger Blackmore | 8:34 PM
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