EAGR to Run, Aiming to Improve Rye's Record, Two Join Council Race

Two additional candidates have thrown their hats into the ring for the city council race this fall. Peter Jovanovich, husband of Rye Record publisher Robin Thrush Jovanovich, and Suzanna Keith, declared their candidacy this afternoon. They are both pursuing the Republican ticket. There is no mention in the announcement of former Rye cop Tim Chittenden who is also seeking the GOP ticket.

MyRye.com will have more in the coming days. Their press release follows:

Keith, Jovanovich to Run on Slate with French

This week, Suzanna Keith and Peter Jovanovich announced their candidacy for City Council. Both are longtime volunteers in the community. Keith is a founding member of the Environmental Advocacy Group of Rye (EAGR) and was a past chair of The Twig Inc. Jovanovich is a member of the Board of Architectural Review and treasurer of the Friends of Rye Nature Center.

“Many of our citizens, from young families to empty-nesters to seniors, are struggling to live in Rye,” said Keith. “We must find a way to reduce our tax burden so Rye is sustainable.”

Jovanovich believes: “Rye faces serious economic issues, and yet our government has been slow to act. What is needed is a sense of urgency and decisiveness on all fronts.”

Keith and Jovanovich support Douglas French's candidacy for Mayor and expect, along with French, to receive the Republican nomination. This week, the Independence Party formally endorsed French, Keith and Jovanovich for Rye City Council.

Peter Jovanovich, 60, is President and Chairman of the Alfred Harcourt Foundation, which gives college scholarships to disadvantaged students, and works with them and the colleges to ensure high graduation rates. Jovanovich retired as CEO of Pearson Education, the world's largest educational publisher, after a 32-year career in book publishing. He graduated from Princeton University with a degree in English.

Suzanna Keith, 42, has an MBA in Marketing and International Business from New York University. For the past eleven years, she has run her own marketing consulting firm focusing on new product launches and business development of consumer brands ranging from $5 million to $500 million in size.

Four seats are up for election this fall, including Mayor.

Comments

[I know where you pooped last summer]

From the Journal News:
"Did anyone see the massive schools of dolphins on the Sound this weekend?
Hundreds of dolphins have been swimming together in Long Island Sound, leaving witnesses in awe of the unusual occurrence.
New Rochelle's harbormaster, Salvatore Gugliara, said the dolphins neared New Rochelle on Saturday and were swimming about a half-mile from the city's Davenport shore.
"It's totally unusual," Gugliara said. "You might get one or two that cruise through the Sound, but to get this amount of dolphins here is really unprecedented."
Charles Bowman is president of Riverhead Foundation, a Long Island-based group researching and rescuing sea mammals in the state. He agreed that the appearance of coastal bottlenose dolphins in the Sound was unusual.
He credited their arrival to an influx of fish in the INCREASINGLY CLEANER SOUND.
"They're feeding on some pretty significant schools of menhaden herring that are up in the Sound," Bowman said. "They follow the food. It's kind of like kids towards McDonald's."
He added that MENHADEN HERRING LIVE IN CLEAN WATERS and COULD BE COMING TO THE AREA IN LARGER QUANTITIES AS THE SOUND'S WATER QUALITY CONTINUES TO IMPROVE."

So I guess the thousands of gallons of raw sewage that Hen Island supposedly produces is not enough to reverse the INCREASINGLY CLEANER SOUND.

[Quincy Dolan]

I don’t think you should put words in my mouth. I have always said composting or chemical toilets are one of the solutions.
Ray Tartaglione

That is not true, I have not seen a single statement made by you in which you endorse composting toilets.

Only solutions for the water issues are desalination, drill a well or hook up to city water.
Ray Tartaglione

Or, by transporting and storing potable water, just like at other campsites. A solution that you conveniently ignore.

I think you should stop the propaganda and fix the problems.
Ray Tartaglione

That is hysterical coming from the undisputed king of propaganda. You are the only one with cartoon characters, dressed up cars, television commercials and public disturbances. You should stop the propaganda and work towards a viable solution instead of attacking everyone.

I am happy to hear that there are now two composting systems and one incinerating toilet that are no longer polluting the Sound.
Ray Tartaglione

There are more than that, and you know it. Why don't you have one?

That proves my point that you know there is a problem with the sewage on Hen Island and that it needs to be corrected.
Ray Tartaglione

Not having a composting toilet in your campsite proves that you don't give a rat's ass about the environment.

I don’t answer all your questions because I have answered them in the past.

You still haven't answered the question. Why don't you have a composting toilet?

Save your breath and fix the problem, polluters.
Ray Tartaglione

By your rational, you are a polluter until you put in a composting toilet.

Exposed again.

[Hen Island are Polluters]

You could have bought everyone on Hen Island a composting toilet with all the money you've spent trying to smear their reputation.

[Hen Islanders are polluters]

The President of Heal the Harbor writes:

"Only solutions for the water issues are desalination, drill a well or hook up to city water"

How about filling up a jug of water in the boat basin with fresh water and bringing it out to Hen Island with you? Did you convieniently forget that one? Hen Island is a seasonal place. You are well aware of that. Potable water requirements are not the same as residential homes.

[Wondering]

Ray, so what are your short-term plans for your cottage? Are you going to do whatever you can as an individual until the City undertakes what you hope they will? I'm guessing that even if the city succumbs (or a new administration is installed) that it will still be a few years until anything is done to your satisfaction.

So what do you plan on doing to stop your cottage from polluting?

[Inspector Clouseau]

Can you point to any printed documentation where you said environmentally friendly toilets were an OK solution for Hen Island? BTW, gravity potable water systems are just fine in NYS (except NYC) so it looks like once you get your composting toilet you'll be good to go.

[Ray Tartaglione]

I don’t think you should put words in my mouth. I have always said composting or chemical toilets are one of the solutions. As far as recycling rain water, you are confusing recycling rain water for gardening or sewage systems, which I am all for however you need potable water for domestic use no if and or butts (pun intended). Only solutions for the water issues are desalination, drill a well or hook up to city water. I think you should stop the propaganda and fix the problems. I am happy to hear that there are now two composting systems and one incinerating toilet that are no longer polluting the Sound. That proves my point that you know there is a problem with the sewage on Hen Island and that it needs to be corrected. Keep up the good work maybe you can get rid of the ones that are opposite The Greenhaven Homeowners association beach so the parents don’t have to worry about their kids swimming in your effluents.

I don’t answer all your questions because I have answered them in the past and I have better things to do than waste my time with the same questions over and over again. Bottom line is you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to realize that the sewage systems are polluting the Sound. Trust me people aren’t stupid, they can see right thru your BS. Save your breath and fix the problem, polluters.

Ray Tartaglione

[Rob]

wow--I read that link. 2 cycle is a HEAVY polluter--far worse then sewage. So on top of Floatie boys need for attention he is also a hypocrite?

Or hippie-crit? hahahaha

[Hen Islanders are polluters]

Looks like the number one polluter on Hen Island is the President of Heal the Harbor. Sill has an old 2-cycle engine on back of his boat. Just check it out the next time you're in the Boat Basin.

http://www.kimointernational.org/Default.aspx?tabid=68

Additionally, he refuses to move to a greener solution when it comes to his waste. The only solution Heal the Harbor has put on the table is dredging across wetlands to put in a sewer pipe that would take all the waste on Hen Island and pump it to Mamaroneck where it would be mixed with poisonous chlorine and dumped into the Sound. Heal the Harbor also is for using the water from our reservoirs instead of recycling rain water. We also know that living arrangements on Hen Island are accepted and protected by NYS (except NYC).

[Crye Baby]

Looks like the Crye-O-meter hit an all-time high the last couple days. the whining is intensifing as evidenced by the needle on Crye-O-meter pinned all the way over on "tantrum".