Over the past weekend, some supporters of Village of Great Neck candidate for re-election, Trustee Edna Guilor-Segal (who is running with fellow incumbent Trustee Mark Birnbaum) received thick envelopes that gave the impression that they were mailed from the candidate. On the top left portion was her name and underneath was typed "Better Government Party."

Inside was a copy of a disciplinary action taken against Ms. Guilor-Segal, an architect, by the New York State Department of Education, which regulates the licensing of professionals, including architects. Ms. Guilor-Segal was fined $1,500 in 2001 because she had not retained certain files going back to 1995. Ms. Guilor-Segal told the Record, "I had mistakenly thought that if I kept the blueprints of jobs that that was sufficient. I was wrong. I made a mistake, I was fined, I learned. I'm not afraid of this being made public because it was something that could happen to anybody. I don't understand why someone would want to try to smear me in this way."

The matter has been referred to the United States Postal Inspector and Trustee Guilor-Segal said she intends to contact the New York State Board of Elections and request an investigation.

At press time, on Tuesday morning, June 13, Carlos Marroquinn, manager of the Great Neck Post Office, in charge during the absence of Postmistress Mary Jacobini, told the Great Neck Record that he had just received several of the envelopes at issue and had already referred the matter to the United States Post Office's Inspector Services. He said the information was sent to the federal authorities via Express Mail and that he expected a reply in a few days.

Both candidates running against Ms. Guilor-Segal, Carole Lynn Marino and Harry Heinemann stated that they had no knowledge of such a tactic and that they did not condone such an action. They agreed that the matter warranted an investigation.