Meet The Candidates: Ed Warner For Southampton Town Trustee

SOUTHAMPTON, NY — Suffolk County residents are heading to the polls Tuesday to elect local representatives and make their voices heard.

Residents will weigh in on the race to represent one of the 18 legislative districts in Suffolk County, vote for Suffolk County District Attorney and Sheriff (both are running unopposed) — and choose their local town elected officials.

On the South Fork, 10 candidates are running for five Southampton Town Trustee seats. Edward Warner, Republican and Conservative, is running against Matthew Parsons, a Democrat, Hannah Pell-O'Farrell, Democratic, Conservative, Joseph Mc Loughlin, Democratic, Jimmy Mack, Democratic, Working Families, John Carson, Republican, Conservative, Scott M Horowitz, Republican, Conservative, Chip Maran, Republican,Bill Parash Republican, Conservative, and Sara Topping, Democratic and Working Families lines.

Name

Edward Warner

How old will you be as of Election Day?

66 years old

What office are you seeking?

Southampton Town Trustee

Party affiliation

Republican, Conservative

Education

Associates Degree in Marine Technology/ Hampton Bays High School

What is your occupation?

Bayman for 50+ years

Do you have a family? If so, please tell us about them.

Married for 44 years to wife Kathy. Daughter Meghan works for United Nations/Unicef. My son Danny is a 6th generation commercial fisherman

Does anyone in your family work in politics or government?

No politics, no government

Have you ever held a public office, whether appointive or elective?

I have been a trustee for 19 years.

Now we'd like to ask a few questions about your reasons for running and your general views on politics and government. First, why are you seeking this office?

I believe I can use my generational knowledge to help resolve issues on the local waters and help make the environment a better place.

What needs to be done to address water quality issues on LI?

Pollution from the upland running into local water solution: using CPF to do water enhancement projects. There is a lot of money that can be made available for such projects. There needs to be elected officials that advocate for this funding, such as myself.

How are federal issues impacting local government?

Advocate for workforce housing. Have local and state government work on reducing the taxes on the local communities. For the trustees, the federal government should lessen the restrictions on our board for us to manage Mecox Bay and Sagg Pond, specifically the endangered species.

What other issues do you intend to address during your campaign?

I am a trustee for 19 years with an in-depth knowledge of the local water and environment. My family has been here for over 150 years which gives me a bank of institutional knowledge second to
none.

Water quality and shellfish restoration working with Cornell Cooperative and Stony Brook College.

What accomplishments in your past would you cite as evidence you can handle this job?

a) Saving the Ponquogue Bridge from demolition. The only walk off dive site in NY.
b) Achieve getting the tax-line for the trustees giving them independence from the Town of Southampton.
c) Working with Stony Brook College and establishing the Shinnecock Bays Restoration Site in western Shinnecock. Have the area declared an internation HOPE SPOT.
d) Administering the Pump Out Program for the Town of Southampton, which this year alone has removed over 300,000 gallons of effluent from the environment free of charge for local boaters. This has established the Peconic and South Shore estuaries to be classified as no discharge zones.

e) Administering the largest water fowler program in the state with over 320 registered blind locations.

f) Working with Cornell by reseeding the local water with over $30,000 worth of shell stock. ( clams, oysters, and scallops)

g) Partnering with Agawam Conservancy on the rain gardens/water improvement project on the trustee owned property on the south end of Lake Agawam.

h) Working with Suffolk County PPW and achieving multiple dredge projects within the Town of Southampton for safe navigation and better water quality for the local estuaries.

i) Restocking the ponds and lakes with fish for the resident's recreational fishing.

j) Working with Peconic Estuary Program and the DEC to establish a fish ladder for the alewife to return to their historic habitats for spawning.

k) The two issues I believe in most are preserving public access to our beaches and waterways and preserving the maritime heritage for future generations.

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