Once again at a recent Great Neck Board of Trustees meeting, when a concerned resident of the Great Neck village asked a question to our village attorney, Peter Bee, he refused to comment.
One should not be afraid or belittled when asking legal counsel a question.
We residents are not all educated on the finer points of the law, so we look to our highly paid village attorney to make the attempt to answer us, not state the only answers to the board, not the public as he has stated many times in the past.
We the public are your employer, Mr. Bee. We the public pay your salary, you work for us. It is our village and we have in the past and will continue in the future to question.
If you don’t know the answer at that moment, do what our previous village attorney Steve Limmer would do.
There was many a night, sometimes stretching past 10-11 p.m. when we could agree or disagree and question.
If he was put on the spot for the answer he would always pull out the big book and find the answer and explain the law.
I learned a lot, he always showed respect and shared his knowledge, even if it was frustrating at times.
Mr. Bee, remember that you work for us the village residents, not the board only. We are the ones from where your paycheck comes from.
Jean Pierce
Great Neck
