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Local Hot Spots Take Part in Long Island Restaurant Week

Three Commack restaurants will be offering prixe fixe specials during Restaurant Week.

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All this week restaurants across Long Island are offering prix fixe $24.95 meals to celebrate Long Island Restaurant Week. From April 22 through 29, over 170 restaurants will be offering these deals, along with these three Commack restaurants who will be participating:

Click here for a full list of participating restaurants. You can also like Long Island Restaurant Week on Facebook and follow them on Twitter for updates menus and specials throughout the week.

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Commackvoter May 20, 2013 at 10:24 pm
I know what the word increase means! You mentioned it above about insurance rates going up. You see…Read More when a member of the BOE gives his kid a job in the district, then that adult child (24 yrs) takes a 15 yr old student to a hotel for sex and gets arrested, then our insurance company has to pay to settle the lawsuit, dont you think our insurance rates go up John. Sure you dont believe it - Read all about it http://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/cops-commack-hs-coach-faces-sex-abuse-charges-1.1711455 Time to break up this 5 member coffee clotch and their you scratch my back I will scratch yours.
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Can I ask you an honest question? I hope this doesn't sound to condescending because I really am…Read More curious. Do you understand what the word "increase" means?
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Concerned Commackian May 20, 2013 at 10:07 pm
John, it has everything to do with it. For year after year, this district has been either unwilling…Read More or unable to reign in spending, but has been highly adept at cutting programs. You have to stop using the state law crutch, you really do. It just makes you seem uninformed. Who negotiates contracts for the teachers and custodians and all other union represented personnel? The state? Thats a no. Who hires secretaries for $106,500 per annum? The state? Another no. Who negotiates a Superintendant contract that grants excessive vacation, holiday and sick time not to mention a generous contribution to a retirement account (not his pension)? The state? Once again, the answer is nooooo. So John, feel free to continue your delusion that all roads lead to the evildoers in Albany, because they do not. Dont use a crutch John, get off Patch and spend a few hours educating yourself on the process. Learn how things are done. Then, when you have a thorough understanding of what you are talking about, feel free to opine. I may not agree with you, but god knows at least I will respect you for being informed.
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JSMITH - I have no desire to run for the Board b/c I for one believe you and other people like you…Read More aren't worthy of people like me and others, like Mr. T and Mr. H, who want to make a difference and are willing to make the sacrifices needed to do it.. You don't deserve them..but thankfully they are more altruistic than I am so they are willing to ignore the hatred spewed by minority voices of people like yourself who try to keep the status quo and preserve their self-interested agenda.
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It's always interesting to watch the fear in the faces of this Board and its operatives when they…Read More are opposed. At present, the power is with too few people and perhaps the community will agree it's time to balance the power by voting YES for Prop 2. Why would a democracy vote down more representation? We fight for more representation in congress so why does the same argument not apply here.
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MJS - that I agree with you on. There are definitely people just waiting to see if Prop 2 passes…Read More and are prepared to run. You and your Tax Pac buddies - they want to get 4 seats (including Tampellini & Hartman) so they can run us into the land of 7% tax levy increases like Baldwin and Sachem with their poorly thought out short term solutions! Thanks for helping to make that clear. I appreciate the help.
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Concerned Commackian May 20, 2013 at 03:45 pm
Im concerned with the rate of spending increases. You cant talk your way around them no matter how…Read More hard you try. And as to this "district has no control" argument, thats a cop out and you know it. While the state tells the district what percentage of salary it must pay into the retirement system, if the district had done a more effective job of limiting the growth in compensation, not only would salary expense been lower, but the amount paid into the retirement system would have been lower as well. And John, care to calculate how much the additional state aid to the district this year lowered the levy? Im sure you dont.
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John Smith May 20, 2013 at 02:19 pm
Or you could think about how spending is going up over 4% (the majority of which is fueled by costs…Read More that are mandated by law -- Teachers' and Employee's Retirement and Insurance contributions -- over which the School District has no control), but the tax levy is only going up 2.91%, which means the School District -- gasp -- might be doing a good job finding alternative sources of funding other than the taxpayers. Again, look at the info for yourself, not through the eyes of a biased Tampellini/Hartman/Tax Pac supporter.
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Donna Fox May 20, 2013 at 09:25 pm
Hey Laja, John Smith and Dev. Advocate - your arguments makes no sense. Every year the District has…Read More millions of dollars that it doesn't spend which shows that they have no idea how to budget properly. Of course we need to have some over budgeting but NOT $5 Million worth, when you know every year you never come close to using it. Its crazy to say we need $5M extra in the budget every year. I'm sure we can do with $3-4 Million, and put the money saved to what it is meant for = the kids. Its idiotic thinking like yours that has people fleeing L.I. and making it unaffordable to live here unless your rich.
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@LaJa. Putting truthfully in quotation marks as you did in your last post was brilliant. Your use of…Read More that word (truthfully)is specious (look it up) at best!!!!! Hysterical
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"Things happen during a school year" to the tune of $5 million a year? FIVE MILLION?…Read More $5,000,000? Can you give me a list of the "things" that happened last year, or are you just making that up? In fact, your citation of Superstorm Sandy is a perfect example of your flawed thinking. I would bet you would be hard pressed to find unexpected expenses related to Sandy totalling $500,000 (five hundred thousand) much less $5,000,000. See Advocate, the reason that the people you support should not be voted in is that they throw around numbers just like you do. They are oblivious that the vast majority of those numbers come out of the pockets of people that work hard and watch every dollar they spend. Its a novel concept, try it sometime.
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Yes John Smith, agree that the PTA SHOULD have video taped and posted it somewhere for the community…Read More to view. This is the 21st century and there is no excuse for them not offering this for those who could not attend. Same goes for the CUFSD but at least the law prohibits them from banning taping public meetings.
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It will be interesting to see what Mr. Behar does if he loses, since he is totally opposed to Prop…Read More 2. So if Prop 2 passes, and he chooses to take advantage of it and run again then in my eyes, and those of the Community, he will reveal himself to be a total Hypocrite. The same would go for Egan, since he too opposes Prop 2.
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It will be interesting to see what Mr. Behar does if he loses, since he is totally opposed to Prop…Read More 2. So if Prop 2 passes, and he chooses to take advantage of it and run again then in my eyes, and those of the Community, he will reveal himself to be a total Hypocrite. The same would go for Egan, since he too opposes Prop 2.
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MJS May 19, 2013 at 12:47 pm
It will be interesting to see what Mr. Behar does if he loses, since he is totally opposed to Prop…Read More 2. So if Prop 2 passes, and he chooses to take advantage of it and run again then in my eyes, and those of the Community, he will reveal himself to be a total Hypocrite. The same would go for Egan, since he too opposes Prop 2.
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Hey, PTA, BOE/// try lending a hand///don't criticize things you don't understand///the community is…Read More clearly beyond your command///your 100 year road is rapidly aging///and, the times, they are changing. CUFSD has experienced a decline in total enrollment from a peak of 7830 in 2008-09 to 6934 (projected) in 2013-14, a decrease of 11.4%. During that period, spending per pupil increased from $19,759 to $25,871 - an increase of 30.9%. This performance does not reflect well on the financial management capabilities of the BOE. And, is it a surprise that NYSUT is an advocate for the status quo? A more democratic approach to decision-making via a vote for Prop 2 should be helpful.
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Vote yes for the additional members of the board. Save our schools. Save our schools with fair…Read More representation. Join a new taxpayers representation committee at the Commack community assoc effective September 2013. Our next meeting is May 30 at 7pm at the Bristol assisted living community room( next to sears) Do not let this civic group wither away as it would be a victory for the school board that monitors any opposition to the way the district operates.
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