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Up until to 1946, troopers assigned to Troop L were assigned to the State
Parkways and Parks. Troop K patrolled all of Suffolk Co. In 1946, when the
State Park Police were formed, the Troopers patrolled the Parkways and I
think it was considered Troop K, Troop L disappears. Troop K still
patrolled Suffolk County in all 10 townships. Troopers preferred to be
assigned to Troop K because they received subsistence, which added a fair
amount of their salary. In 1950, Troopers left the parkways and Troop K no
longer patrolled anywhere in Nassau Co. Troopers remained in western
Suffolk Co until 1960, and still patrol eastern Suffolk Co. These Troopers
were assigned to Troop K until 1980. I had to do a survey in 1999 and try
to find all the SP stations that existed on LI. Albany was interested in
locating these old stations to establish if we had abandoned any gasoline
tanks in the ground. I can't remember all the stations but, there was one
in every township in western Suffolk. One in Southold for the northfork and
two on the southfork -Riverhead and Bridgehampton. I even found one in
Huntington Village.
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Feb. 25, 2009: For Larry Mahoney There were gas tanks I know of in Commack on Jericho
Tpke, also In Coram Station was on Mott rd, name since changed <Mark)
I've been told that some of the stations in the five
western towns in Suffolk were the first SCPD precincts. The SP statewide
policy was to rent the SP stations and only own Troop Headquarters. This
explains why the SP changed address's so often. This policy was not in
effect on LI since the SP owns most of the stations in Troop L.
L. Mahoney
POI Hank brings us up to date:
From 1946 until 1980 the L.I. State Park Police patrolled the L.I. State
Parks and Parkways.
Through the years the official name of the organization was changed three
times
and the last name it was known as was the L.I. State Parkway Police.
In 1980, by an act of legislation, New York State Police, Troop L,
was reformed to patrol the Long Island State Parkways. Most
members of the former L.I. State Parkway Police had an option to remain with
the newly reorganized New York State Parks Police,
or transfer to the newly reinstituted Troop L of the New York State
Police. --- hank springer
When it comes to pension funding schemes, NY governor David Paterson and the
NY legislature have taken can-kicking to ever increasing levels of absurdity.
Please consider State Plan Makes Fund Both Borrower and Lender.
Gov. David A. Paterson and legislative leaders have tentatively agreed to
allow the state and municipalities to borrow nearly $6 billion to help them
make their required annual payments to the state pension fund.
And, in classic budgetary sleight-of-hand, they will borrow the money to make
the payments to the pension fund — from the same pension fund.
As word of the plan spread, some denounced it as a shell game and a blatant
effort by state leaders to avoid making difficult decisions, like cutting
government spending or reducing pension benefits.
“It’s a classic Albany example of kicking the can down the road,” said Harry
Wilson, the Republican candidate for comptroller, who holds an M.B.A. from
Harvard.
Under the plan, the state and municipalities would borrow the money to reduce
their pension contributions for the next three years, in exchange for higher
payments over the following decade. They would begin repaying what they
borrowed, with interest, in 2013.
But Mr. Paterson and other state officials hope the stock market will have
rebounded to such a degree by that time that the state’s overall pension
contribution burden will have been reduced.
Another oddity of the plan is that the pension fund, which assumes its assets
will earn 8 percent a year, would accept interest payments from the state that
would probably be 4.5 percent to 5.5 percent.
This week, Mr. Paterson called borrowing “a last resort,” but added, “I have
never said I wouldn’t borrow.”
Oddities Galore
The idea is so absurd that I struggle to believe anyone would propose it, let
alone actually vote for it. Yet it passed, and the governor signed it.
Paterson and other state officials hope the stock market will bail them out. I
have the odds of that at something like 15%.
Plan assumptions of 8% annualized are highly unlikely to happen. Amazingly,
even IF 8% returns came home, Seven State Pension Plans will be Out of Money
by 2020.
Senior Chief Petty Officer Michael Jensen pins
a Purple Heart onto the chest of WWII Coast Guardsman Harry Milton Daube.
(U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Cindy Beckert)
USS Leopold at her launching in 1943. (U.S.
Naval Historical Center Photograph)
More than 66 years ago, Coast Guard Seaman First Class Daube served on
board the USS Leopold, an 306-foot Coast Guard-manned Edsall class
destroyer, on escort duty between the United States and Europe during World
War II.
On March 9, 1944, Leopold was struck by a torpedo from a German U-boat
while escorting a 27-ship convoy off the coast of Iceland.
Harry Daube with his Purple Heart. (U.S. Coast
Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Cindy Beckert)
All of the Leopold’s 13 officers and 158 of her complement of 186
enlisted men were lost. There were only 28 survivors, all enlisted men.
Daube and the 27 other survivors waited on a life raft to be rescued after
the Leopold split into two pieces and eventually sank.
After his return to the United States, Daube continued to serve in the
Coast G ....
Harry Milton Daube, 88, proudly holds his Purple Heart in his home in
New Smyrna on Friday. U.S. Coast Guard photo
He was at the stern on a Coast Guard ship in a convoy south of Iceland
when a German submarine torpedo hit the bow. The explosion sent
22-year-old Seaman First Class Harry Milton Daube and nearly 200 others
into icy water during World War II.
On March 9, 1944, Daube clung to a rubberized raft for hours, his legs
freezing, to become one of 28 seamen who survived the explosion of the
U.S.S. Leopold, which split in two and sank. More than 170 died.
More than 66 years later, the 88-year-old New Smyrna Beach man was
finally presented a Purple Heart, given to those wounded or killed in
action.
"Apparently, when the incident occurred, we lost all the officers, and
as time went on it was one of those things," Daube said. "It went down as
history, but as far as awards -- you just accepted the situation."
Daube was "pointer on a 3-inch, 50-caliber gun with a long barrel" when
"a German sub surfaced somewhere ahead."
He doesn't recall exact details, but during the commotion he was either
pushed or fell "through the life raft but came back up and sat against the
rubberized part, waist-up, out of the water," until he was rescued by the
U.S.S. Joyce. After a month in the hospital, Daube continued his service
in New York, until the war's end, without any recognition.
"It was a paperwork issue," said Petty Officer 1st Class Christopher
Evanson, spokesman for the Coast Guard. "When we were made aware that he
was on this vessel, we put all the facts together."
Daube accepted the Purple Heart on Friday in the company of close
friends and local Coast Guardsmen.
"It was a surprise, to say the least," Daube said.
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Dorothea on L.I. is having a streak of bad luck. Russ died 6 months ago, and
last week, someone tried to break into her home while she was there. Her dog
scared the intruder away, but the living room window, screen , drapes and
drape rod were broken.
ADT did not come when they were suppose to, and Dorothea's anxiety got the
best of her. Her doctor said it would be good for her to get out of the house
until the alarm system was put in place. Dorothy stayed with a friend, and the
following day a neighbor came looking for Dorothea to tell her that someone
broke into her house while she was away staying with a friend.
The ADT alarm is now in place, but Dorothea is a nervous wreck and is on
medication.
I feel like cursing at all the scum bags in this world, and
hoping that a Bernie Getz type of guy gets them for the trouble they bring to
good citizens. I can't get over my disgust when I look at the 16 year old who
was just arrested for shooting a cop in Sanford. Arrogant, dumb, stupid, scum
bag. His mother briefly spoke to the reporters and she is arrogant and
belligerent. You can just see it implied in her demeanor,
as to why society is picking on her son, a youngster already with a long
felony record.
