Letters

Hallelujah! The Bel-Aire Motel blight on our hamlet is in the process of being demolished. Such a long, hard-fought and, frankly, unnecessary battle to rejuvenate a sorely abused waterfront site by giving it back to nature to be quietly enjoyed by us.

While many had a hand in this success, special thanks should go to Christine Scalera, who was then on the Southampton Town Board. She first publicly recognized the drawbacks of purchasing the property in a financially imprudent way. Her concerns went unheeded by the board then seated.

Even more special thanks should go to Cyndi McNamara, who was with us all the way in our effort to protect this small corner of our world. She held fast and firm while others tried to ignore our concerns and plunge ahead with development or dodge their responsibility by being so quiet or so vague it was hard to tell what they were up to.

Here’s one for the good guys.

Marion Boden

Hampton Bays