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Suffolk needs transparency, not puffery

Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy at a news

Photo credit: James Carbone | Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy at a news conference at the Dennison building in Hauppauge. (May 5, 2011)

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Early this year, John Seaman, head of the group that spearheaded the push to create a memorial for the victims of TWA Flight 800, got a contract from Suffolk County that upset him to the point that Legis. Edward Romaine said Seaman balked at signing the agreement.

Among the provisions was the stipulation that no one from Families of TWA Flight 800 Association could talk to the news media to...

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