A bunch of pissed-off East Hamptonites is launching a six-figure advert purchase to carry the “incompetent” city board accountable for its “failed management,” The Put up has discovered.
“Cease the East Hampton City Board” members say their native authorities has repeatedly failed them and is ruining life on the East Finish.
“By no means have I seen a gaggle of individuals which can be so utterly out-of-touch with the emotions of the native folks,” one Hamptons enterprise proprietor informed The Put up. “These are tone-deaf, incompetent folks with their very own agenda who're keen to deceive your face.”
The group is spending north of $100,000 in print and digital adverts that assault the city board, and encourage residents to stand up and make their voices heard. One of many adverts, which was completely proven to The Put up earlier than its launch, declares: “The city Board is tearing the East Finish aside.”
The “Cease the Board” group is livid the city tried to shut the East Hampton airport regardless of widespread native opposition; that it refuses to enhance cell service in sure areas, making emergency providers inaccessible to many residents; that it’s burning thousands and thousands of their tax dollars on fruitless litigation; and that it’s making it tough for small companies to get better post-pandemic.
“Belief between East Hampton residents and the City Board has been shattered. We elected you to serve our neighborhood,” the group wrote in an open letter to city supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc and different members.
Although the city board’s plan to shut and reopen the East Hampton Airport underneath its management was killed by a choose, the group is furious that elected bureaucrats spent greater than $2.5 million dollars combating for a plan that 77% of surveyed East Hamptonites opposed.
Citing The Put up’s unique reporting, the group additionally known as out the board, charging its members “intentionally lied to the FAA, all to advance your privatization scheme.”
It additionally knocked the board for incurring a $239,000 fantastic after a Suffolk County choose mentioned it confirmed “indifference and deliberate disobedience” in refusing handy over requested materials for a case involving seaside entry. “You embarrassed all of us,” the group wrote.
“Sufficient is sufficient. East Hampton City Board is incompetent and costing us thousands and thousands. We would like solutions. Who's the City Board actually working for? Not the residents of East Hampton,” the letter says.
Von Scoyac was reelected in 2021, however the group says he ran on an agenda totally different than his present actions. The native enterprise proprietor and member of the group mentioned forcing out the board is a last-resort possibility.
“We simply need to be heard and represented,” he mentioned.
The City Board didn't instantly return a request for remark.
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