Should sales tax revenues set aside for Suffolk’s environmental protection programs be diverted to help plug a huge — and growing — hole in the county’s budget? A showdown on that question is coming in the county legislature this summer and the battle is already heating up, with County Executive Steve Bellone yesterday calling Richard Amper … Continue reading ‘Callous and tone deaf’: Bellone blasts Amper and environmental groups over plan to divert Drinking Water Protection Program funds