Are the Village of Great Neck mayor and Board of Trustees performing their due diligence? You be the judge.
Isn’t it simpler, smarter and more cost-efficient in the long run to install the correct lightbulbs than to purchase/install a wireless system that dims the incorrect bulbs?
This new technology system which our mayor and board have approved promises to dim their poor choice of too glaring, too bright bulbs — but will also provide capabilities for video and audio surveillance.
To date, the mayor and Board have refused to properly acknowledge what they in their power have authorized (unwittingly or knowingly) for our village.
Is it possible our elected leaders don’t recognize the ethics issues at stake?
I believe the outside consultants have failed to be transparent about their intentions and true agenda for testing surveillance capabilities on Great Neck residents.
Why would Mayor Bral and the Board of Trustees hire a consulting company whose elaborate website ridiculed the medical profession (of which Mayor Bral is a part)?
At the time they were hired by the VGN government, Realterm Energy consultants had language on their website mocking and ridiculing the medical profession’s concern for blue-rich lighting with respect to human health risks.
Specifically, RealTerm’s language stated, “hype and nonsense” to describe the statements of the medical profession.
Did our village perform due diligence by hiring this consulting company?
Is it any wonder that advocates’ year-long concerns for human health issues and LEDs are met with contempt and disregard?
Is it any wonder this author receives silence and blank stares every time she brings up this critical point at public meetings? Why was RealTerm Energy hired to make critical lighting recommendations for VGN residents?
Lastly, this author does not believe it is a coincidence that the RealTerm website has evolved, since the start of our project, removing the derogatory language.
Think about it. Great Neck residents are already acting as an unknowing focus group and guinea pigs for this Montréal-based company.
Show up. Speak up. Energize and activate your right to be heard on Tuesday, Nov. 7, at 7:30 pm, at the next VGN meeting (61 Baker Hill Road).
Judy Rosenthal
Great Neck
