Larry Simms
Guest Column
Town supervisor was right to criticize school board actions
Former South Jamesport resident Larry Simms believes the school district is looking to distract voters from more than the budget revote.
Guest Column
Luminati’s history of late payments on runway lease yet another red flag
In November 2015, Luminati Aerospace and the Town of Riverhead signed an agreement requiring Luminati to pay annual rent of $40,000 for exclusive rights to the 10,000-foot runway. Here's how that's worked out. Guest opinion column by Larry Simms
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Grapes and Greed: 5 ways J. Kings is in your pocket
Guest column by Larry Simms questions propriety of town's settlement with Grapes and Greens/Cider House owner.
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Opinion Four-year terms? Term limits? No, Riverhead needs a professional manager
If term length and term limits are the answers, we’re asking the wrong questions Why we need to restructure town government and hire a professional manager.
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Is “town manager” really a profession?
When things have been done a certain way for as long as anyone can remember, we tend not to notice what works elsewhere.
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Board members drop bombshell; distracted voters don’t notice — a tale of two headlines
I’m as disgusted with the sad state of Riverhead campaigning as anyone, but what troubles me most is that the mud-slinging diverts attention from really important things.
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Luminati, welcome to Riverhead
An open letter to Luminati Aerospace from South Jamesport resident Larry Simms on improvements the town should make to its draft runway use agreement with the aerospace company to better protect the town's interests.
