After 10 years of advocating for the 143+ acre former county property, the day has come for the matter to be heard by the Town of Oyster Bay on Tuesday, Jan. 23. As a community, we have the opportunity to be heard and to shape our future by attending the town board public hearing and speaking in opposition to the applicant's precedent setting mega-development proposal. This proposal seeks to create a new zoning classification for a "pud-mx" that is unparalleled anywhere else on Long Island.

Please do your part in ensuring that the last vestige of open space is developed responsibly by demanding the town maintain the current zoning, covenants and restrictions that ran with the sale of the land.

Your opinion counts ...

Send letters regarding "Old Plainview" to the town supervisor via the town website at: www.oysterbaytown.com where you can just click on the 'contact us' link and fill in your comments.

Call the town supervisor at: 624-6350.

Contact all of the town board members individually as follows: adelligatti@oysterbay-ny.gov, jmuscarella@oysterbay-ny.gov, amacagnone@oysterbay-ny.gov, ccoschignano@oysterbay-ny.gov, rmwalker@oysterbay-ny.gov, efaughnan@oysterbay-ny.gov, or via telephone at: 516-624-6300 and leave a message for them.

Sign the online petition at: www.petitionspot.com/petitions/notooldplainview.

Participate in our 2007 "Green Fund Drive." All donations are greatly appreciated and tax deductible. Donations can be sent to: Concerned Citizens of the Plainview-Old Bethpage Community, Inc., 998-C Old Country Road-PMB143, Plainview, NY 11803.

Volunteer your time, contact us at: ccpobc1@aol.com for informational materials, etc.

Spread the word to your friends, neighbors and everyone else in the community.

Attend the town board hearing on Jan. 23.

Don't stop now! The public comment period extends beyond the Hearing date, so please continue to do all of the above.

Don't miss this important opportunity to protect our suburban quality of life. Each and every one of us can make a difference.

Carol Meschkow President,
Concerned Citizens of the Plainview-Old Bethpage Community, Inc. and Neighbor-to-Neighbor Watch Program