Here is a question that all Glen Covers need to know the answer to: Once we have spent $32 million of our federal and state tax money with $6.7 million of our 20 percent local match on building an iconic ferry terminal building, will it also be taken over by the county because the city can no longer afford to manage it?

Has anyone in city government heard about the world financial crisis we are experiencing now? Some experts say it is worse than 1929.

We hope the city will keep its commitment to the public: we heard repeatedly that there would be no building of a ferry terminal if no ferry operator were found. For more information on ferries in the NY area, read the NY Post, which reported the lack of success of the Wall Street to Haverstraw ferry. The NY Times reported the suspension of service from Brooklyn to Wall Street and the suspension of service from Queens to 34th Street. Newsday reported suspension of service on the Atlantic Highlands, NJ to Wall Street ferry line. All mentioned the cost of fuel as a problem in continuing their operations. For a real eye opener, point your browser to look at the "Hevesi Report Rochester to Toronto Ferry." Lots of our state tax dollars wasted and no ferries running there either.

Pat Tracy

No one has suggested that New York State law does not impose a local residency requirement for the Mayor of Glen Cove; it follows therefore that anyone who serves in a capacity to assume mayoral responsibilities must also be subject to that same requirement. To say that a deputy mayor has a snow-loving SUV and is an intrepid driver or has an offer of overnight privileges within Glen Cove does not fulfill the requirement. That leaves two possible reasons for our present situation in which our deputy mayor resides in Bellmore.

The first is ignorance of the law on the part of those who proposed and/or agreed to the candidate. The second is an utter disregard for the law on the part of those same people, a sense of exemption from rules intended for others, but certainly not me. This is a very slippery slope to traverse since the inevitable result is those "others" decide that if the mayor and council can determine which laws are worth following and which should be ignored then why should everyone not have the same option?

The rule of law is the hallmark of a civilized society and I hope that our mayor will recognize how important it is to not place himself above it but proceed to correct this error in judgment.

Joan Hawkins