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Bayport Civic Embarks on its Second Decade of Community Service

Islip Town Supervisor presents a proclamation at group's 100th meeting in recognition of BCA's efforts.

The Bayport Civic Association, founded a decade ago with the primary goal at the time to keep the Bayport Aerodrome in the community, celebrated its 10 years of activities at its 100th meeting Tuesday night.

The occasion drew a large audience, of both new and former board members and several town leaders. Islip Supervisor Tom Croci presented a proclamation to BCA President Bob Draffin honoring the group’s efforts and community activism.

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“We’ve accomplished a lot in the past 10 years and here’s to another 10 with hopefully a new president at some point,” said Draffin with a smile and drawing laughs from the dozens of attendees.

The meeting’s guest speaker was Croci who attended along with two councilpersons, John Cochrane and Anthony Senft. The town leaders talked about the current fiscal crisis facing Islip and spent about a half hour answering audience questions regarding budget cuts to be made (See Related Story on Patch for more information).

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John Thompson May 19, 2013 at 10:26 pm
And so the taxpayer is once again asked to give more to an already out of control and bloatedRead More system. Every year the school districts on Long Island receive increases of millions of dollars to their budgets, and still they want to bleed the taxpayer for more. As two income families struggle to pay exorbitant tax bills, we’re asked to pay even more? We’ll here’s a novel idea, how about if the teachers union’s began demanding less? This early retirement baloney must stop, salaries should be capped, administrators and their staffs must be cut by at least eighty percent. In addition, educators and staff should have to pay for their own medical and retirement plans just as the rest of us must. Here on Long Island, families are suffering and sacrificing, and many are being forced to leave due to taxes which are out of control. It is time for educators to cease hiding behind children with threats of decreased student programs, and to make an honest and realistic observation as to why things are as bad as they are. To blame parents for not paying enough into the system to support the schools is ludicrous. The real problem lies in a system which is self serving, and run by incompetents blind to the harm they are inflicting upon our children and families.