Public deserves time to speak on bus plan
Photo credit: Newsday/John Paraskevas | A Long Island Bus rider, left, speaks with Rahul Kumar, a manager with Veolia Transportation at the Roosevelt Field bus stop. (Nov. 9, 2011)
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LI Bus goes private
The public finally got some say on the proposed contract between Nassau County and a private bus operator.
And all it took was six long months, an unexpected public notice foul-up and some fancy -- but welcome -- footwork by Peter Schmitt, the legislature's presiding officer.
Early on during a committee meeting Monday, Legis. Wayne Wink (D-Roslyn) complained that the proposed multimillion-dollar...
