The Long Island Transportation Committee saw how Government could save taxpayer's dollars by putting the Long Island Causeway in place and doing away with the lose, lose situation of providing a ferry service.

Government is putting plans in place to save $10M over the next four years by cutting 10 seats in the House of Assembly

The PCs sucked the life out of my community. It will take many years to get back what the conservatives took away from us. They so devastated us that we may never recoup. Obviously, our community is not the only one judging by the clean sweep of the liberal party this day.

Causeway Construction Needed

This article appeared in The Norwester on February 4, 2016. Government is looking for a way to save on expenditures. The Causeway is a no-brainer. Given that the majority of residents of Long Island would probably not entertain relocation, and given that Government,( with no money budgeted for relocation for any town) would entertain relocating Long Island anyway, placing the 1/2 kilometer Causeway across Long Tickle will not cost any more than it does to run the ferry service. Probably less. So the question remains,
           "Why Would Government Delay 
            Starting This Project Immediately?"

The Great Turkey-Buck

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About a month ago, maybe a little longer our local grocery store announced that they were running their turkey-buck promotion, just in time for Easter, again this year. Never one to pass up a good bargain, I decided to play along. They even gave me an impressive 'Turkey-Buck' envelope to keep my turkey bucks in. About four weeks ago I went into the turkey-buck supermarket and picked up a few things on my way back from a medical appointment. It came to $39.23. The cashier didn't give me a turkey buck, even though I gave her my air miles card. Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you, you may only collect turkey-bucks if you have air miles.  No, (you simpleton, my words) you have to buy $40 worth of groceries to get a turkey -buck. I left in the abject dejection of acceptance of the RULES. 

Three weeks ago I went back to same store. By golly, I was elated when my total came to 
$40. 58. She did not give me a turkey buck. I said, do I get a turkey buck. She said, "No (silly, this simpleton's word) "you bought milk." Well I stammered, 'my family prefers that I give them milk rather than pepsi or coke for their meals." If I had had $4.00 worth of pop instead of milk the store would have rewarded me with a turkey buck.

 In the two years before, come Christmas and Easter time, said store would put their turkeys on special for, sometimes $1.49, sometimes $1.99 per pound. AND they post that price per pound.  Last year, along with my turkey bucks that I had collected I got an aprox. $20 dollar 10-lb turkey for $4.00. This year this store had their turkeys priced at $7.69 a kilogram. I asked the cashier, what is the price per pound for your turkeys. She looked at me in complete bewilderment and said that they only deal in kilograms not pounds. She posed the turkey per pound question to another worker in the store. Again a complete blank stare and an aura of bewilderment. They know nothing about pounds was the reply.

She offered to call the manager but I said "naw, don't bother." I'll take my $35.50, 4.617 kg turkey anyway. I gave her my 16 turkey bucks, some of which were donated by friends and relatives ( with the excited anticipation of a morsel of deep fried turkey in Da Shed) and left. By the way, they charged $3.50 per pound of turkey on Friday.

So come Easter weekend, our $35.50 turkey, which I could have gotten for half that price, turkey bucks and all,  at the supermarket up the road, will be dipped down in the turkey fryer, and NO DOUBT, will be the subjest of dinner conversation next weekend.

As a lesson to be learned, I think I'll stop in to Coleman's only, and not both stores as Long Islanders are wont to do, always looking for the grocery 'bargains'on my way back from my next medical appointment or bank business trip at least until the sour taste of turkey buckes can be cleansed from my palate.




4.617 kg= 10 lbs 2.8599 oz our Easter turkey.

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