My late husband, Roger Weiss, served in the Village of Great Neck Plaza from 1963 to 1985. He started out on the appeals board, became a trustee and then deputy mayor – all positions without compensation. He did receive “perks” – a badge when he became deputy mayor and a plaque mounted on a rotting concrete slab.
When the plaque is cleared of dog waste, bird droppings, cigarette butts, tissues, etc. – it reads “Roger A. Weiss, gave when others would have given up.”
Dedicated 1986, the plaque is located across the street from the Great Neck Diner, in the tiny sitting area at the front of the park lot next to a garbage can.
Roger Weiss was also one of the founders of the United Tenants Party!
When I read of the tremendous, outlandish “perks” given to the “Jean” team, I feel heartsick. The Village of Great Neck Plaza can ill afford to give such “perks” to parti-time people in the “Jean” team. Those “perks” should go to making the village’s needed repairs and, perhaps, to the senior center. It need not line the pockets of people who have decent employment and already receive compensation from that employment.
Ruth Weiss
Great Neck
