|
SEPTEMBER 27, 2007 | NEWSDAY
Hauppauge Asphalt Plant Accused of Polluting Air
The state Department of Environmental Conservation has issued two notices of violations for air pollution to Intercounty Asphalt Supply in Hauppauge. Suffolk Legis. John M. Kennedy (R-Nesconset) said that when he learned of the problem he immediately contacted the DEC and the county Health Department. (Full Story)
DEBATE COVERAGE
SEPTEMBER 13, 2007 | TIMES OF SMITHTOWN
Contenders Face Off
"I have held my Republican and Conservative principles all the while I've been in office," Kennedy said. "Doing something besides passing the buck, that's what I've tried to do." (Full Story in PDF)
SEPTEMBER 13, 2007 | SMITHTOWN MESSENGER
Candidate Profile: John M. Kennedy
John Kennedy was elected to the Suffolk County Legislature on November 2, 2004 on the Republican, Independence, Conservative and Working Families lines, receiving an overwhelming 60% of the vote. (Full Story in PDF)
SEPTEMBER 8, 2007 | NEWSDAY
GOP Incumbents Face Off in Primary Debate
Kennedy, a lawmaker since 2004 who also has the Democratic line, sought to display his knowledge of county government by detailing his work. (Full Story)
DOG PARK DEDICATION
SEPTEMBER 13, 2007 | TIMES OF SMITHTOWN
Canine Companions Cut Dog-Park Ribbon
Legislator John Kennedy’s election campaign is going to the dogs — literally. The Long Island Dog Owners Group (LI-DOG) and Legislator Kennedy hosted the opening day celebration for the new dog park at Blydenburgh County Park. (Full Story in PDF)
ADDITIONAL CAMPAIGN COVERAGE
AUGUST 23, 2007 | NEWSDAY
Wet and Weary of It
Weary from two years of pumping basements, 375 people packed a conference room at the Hyatt Wind Watch Hotel in Hauppauge last night to hear from scientists and other experts on the phenomenon of rising groundwater. (Full Story in PDF)
JULY 19, 2007 | SMITHTOWN NEWS
Kennedy Makes the Ballot
“See you in September.” That could be Suffolk County Legislator John Kennedy’s new slogan after acquiring well over the necessary amount of signatures needed to wage a primary September 18 for the Republican nomination. (Full Story in PDF)
JULY 19, 2007 | TIMES OF SMITHTOWN
Kennedy Attacks ‘Patronage’ Politics
Suffolk County Legislator John Kennedy (R-Nesconset) has not taken his dismissal by town GOP leaders as a reason to abandon the Republican Party or his office. Rather, his plan is to hold onto both, reforming the first while using a future term to continue his mission to develop needed workforce housing. (Full Story in PDF)
JULY 19, 2007 | SMITHTOWN MESSENGER
Kennedy Submits More Than 1,600 Signatures
Suffolk County Legislator John Kennedy (R-Nesconset) has not taken his dismissal by town GOP leaders as a reason to abandon the Republican Party or his office. Rather, his plan is to hold onto both, reforming the first while using a future term to continue his mission to develop needed workforce housing. (Full Story in PDF)
PDFs require free Adobe Reader
JULY 10, 2007 | NEWSDAY
Water Causing Flood Can’t Be Diverted
A resolution authored by Legislator John M. Kennedy Jr. (R-Nesconset), asking for $700,000 to clean silt from the Nissequogue Tributary, also asks for an update of a comprehensive 1980 study of elevated groundwater problems. (Full Story)
JULY 5, 2007 | TIMES OF SMITHTOWN
GPS Sex Offender Tracking to Expand
County money designated for building repairs will instead boost GPS surveillance of sex offenders on probation in Suffolk, as the result of a bill that passed unanimously in the Legislature on June 26. (Full Story)
JUNE 25, 2007 | NEWSDAY
Tracking Success
Tapping into the fervor for technology-based monitoring, Suffolk Legis. John M. Kennedy Jr. recently introduced legislation that would provide the staff necessary to monitor 100 probationers, roughly double Suffolk's current capacity. (Full Story)
|
