Politics & Government
5 Things Lynn Mendelman Wants Voters To Know
Candidate for East Hampton Town Trustee shares her thoughts before the election.
East Hampton Patch has asked all the candidates to write up five points voters should know about them as they head to the polls on Nov. 8. Here's what Lynn V. Mendelman, a for , wants you to know about her.
1. Lynn V. Mendelman, Ph.D. attended , , Hamilton College, University of Southern California, and Harvard Medical School, where she focused her research studies on the effects of mutagens on the fidelity of DNA replication systems using techniques in microbiology, biochemistry and molecular biology.
2. Lynn returned to her home town of East Hampton in 1996, and subsequently continued part-time research on environmental mutagens in marine systems with research teams at Brookhaven National Laboratory and SUNY Stony Brook’s MSRC, while working full time as a general manager of her family’s marinas in Three Mile Harbor, East Hampton. Lynn loves our East End’s water based environment and spends as much time as possible around it, in it and on it!
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3. When asked to run for election to the East Hampton Town Trustees in 2005, she knew her efforts in helping to keep our local environment healthy, productive and accessible would be well served. The public agreed and after being elected, she assumed a new role in our local government as an East Hampton Town Trustee.
4. The East Hampton Town Trustees have assigned Lynn to various roles, defined by Committees. These have included trustee finances, creation of their web site, beaches, trustee roads, the pump-out boats in Montauk and Springs, education, aquaculture, liaison to the Peconic Estuary Program, and more recently, Accabonac Harbor, from Fireplace Landing in the north to Barnes Landing in the south.
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5. As you head to the polls, Lynn would like you to remember that in every village, we have the power to keep our environment healthy, productive, and accessible. East Hampton can continue to be one of those lucky places if we respect our history, our natural resources, and our residents. She would also like to thank you for your vote!
