The group formerly known as Save Beach Lane then decided the phrase Citizens for the Preservation of Wainscott could gain them more support, has been unveiled. Their credibility has fallen through the floor.

At the Wainscott Citizens Advisory Committee meeting last Saturday, Wainscott United, a group opposing incorporating Wainscott, disclosed to the public that the petition that S.B.L./C.P.W. has been circulating is, and has been all along, invalid. The Wainscott School District, which was the geographical boundary they were trying to incorporate, encroaches into both Sagaponack and East Hampton Villages.

They knew that their petition was flawed and invalid, yet they kept promising to do more studies by hired guns and spending more money on a flawed and invalid effort. I can’t imagine how they would ever run an incorporated village if this is how they run a process. Lying to the public and withholding truth is not what any citizen wants.

This is the most disorganized group. First they can’t decide what they are saving and now they seem not to know where they are. Why should Wainscott residents and taxpayers trust them for any real information, statistics, or financial numbers, if they knew all along that their petition was invalid?

What a shame they took advantage of the public who trusted them.

Sincerely,

Doreen A. Niggles
Wainscott, NY

a Letter to the Editor of the East Hampton Star from October 11, 2020