Video: Long Islander News Opposing a Federal Investigation

In the video below, Peter Sloggatt speaks on behalf of The Long Islander Newspaper at the November 6, 20014 Town Board Meeting.

After Councilman Gene Cook asked for a Federal Investigation into the Town Board, the Long Islander Newspaper issued an editorial called Long Islander News Calls For State Investigation. At  first look, people who are aware of the Newspaper’s close ties to the Town Board were surprised that the paper would support an investigation into the Town, especially since Robert Fonti who has close ties to the Newspaper has been named in some of the allegations.

In actuality, The Long Islander Newspaper is not supporting a Federal Investigation which was requested by Councilman Cook, they in fact are supporting an Investigation by the New York State Attorney General and are adamantly against a federal Investigation and came out swinging against Councilman Cook.

In both their editorial and their statement on public record at Town Hall, they failed to disclose the newspaper’s ties to Cuthbertson and Petrone through Robert Fonti.  In both their public record statement and editorial, they do not mention the e-mail where Cuthbertson reveals his ties to Fonti.  Besides Fonti’s role as a consultant to the Town, ties to the Long Islander Newspaper, ties to Cuthbertson’s receiverships, he is also the chairman of the Huntington Housing Authority.

You can read more about the situation here.