Readers Write: Vote out G.N. Plaza’s failed leadership

On 7/29/16, two readers wrote in and I am simply adding my two cents to echo their sentiments re Great Neck in general and the Village Plaza specifically.
In other words, I wish to both thank and applaud the contributions of readers/residents Muriel Pfeifer and Alan A. Gray.
It is practically exactly one decade ago that I purchased my co-op in the Village Plaza. I was a haste and naive buyer at the time.
I much needed to leave the rental I was occupying in Bethpage and I had only bought/sold one piece of property prior, but that purchase was made with a partner, and so I allowed a good deal of the details to fall upon his shoulders that first time.
I simply ponied up some money and signed my name to countless documents when this first home was bought.
Fast-forward to the closing of my current residence which took place, as I indicated, on 8/2006.
I, no longer with a partner, failed to do my due-diligence then as a haste buyer. I “bought into” Great Neck’s reputation from the good old days as a Great place to live! I work close by so that too was a “plus” for me.
Then, again, almost exactly one year later after the purchase (8/2007) I am at a wedding seated with two brilliant professionals.
When I told them that I had made this purchase in Great Neck and have really only been living here roughly one year, they said that I was “brilliant” for selecting such a fine town in which to reside.
I could not, however, avoid confiding in them, back in 2007, that I may have exercised poor judgment in selecting Great Neck as my home. I told them that the number of store vacancies I was noting even then in 2007 was scary to me.
I revealed to them that the VP was at times filthy with debris flying everywhere. I also observed a large number of “For Sale” signs and “Open-House” balloons advertising that many were moving out of Great Neck.
Traffic was an abomination. The quality of life I was hoping for when buying into Great Neck was simply not coming to fruition.
The Village Plaza has some of the worst policy makers “working” for us.
This is what government’s job is — to work for and represent the needs/wants of its people!
During the European Age of Enlightenment, John Locke, among others, began to develop theories about government that rubbed off nicely on men like Thomas Jefferson.
These ideas and theories are particularly evident in the Declaration of Independence.
In a nutshell, if I may: People as a society have recognized the genuine need for leadership, government, call it what you will.
Anarchy simply is not viable.
And so, upon acknowledging this need for government, we make a pact/contract that emphasizes that its this government’s job to do exactly what is best for society.
If said government fails to do this, not only is it the people’s right to “overthrow” (vote out!) this government..it is the people’s duty to do so!
I implore you all to exercise what amounts to your duty. Vote out the Village Plaza’s policy makers. Great Neck is hemorrhaging!
Monica Braunfeld
Great Neck