50 Smithtown Residents and Taxpayers Band Together

July 2, 2007– (Smithtown, NY) After just one week of campaigning, nearly 50 Smithtown residents and taxpayers have banded together to express their dissatisfaction with the Town of Smithtown’s dismal efforts to fix broken curbs in front of their homes.

According to James P. Lamb, a local private investigator-turned-community-activist who organized the campaign, the Town of Smithtown recently released data in response to Lamb’s Freedom of Information Law Request, showing that there are currently about 1200 residents on the “Town’s Curb Repair List.”  Accordingly, each resident was mailed a notice last week, which encourages residents to sign lamb’s online petition at www.fixsmithtown.com.

“After less than one week, 48 residents have already signed the petition and it appears the numbers are growing by the day. Based on online comments posted at www.fixsmithtown.com, it would appear that Smithtown residents are tired of waiting years-in some instances over 10 years-for curb repairs. They are ready to let the Town know just how they feel,” Lamb said.

Lamb recently received a call from a Town Council Representative in response to the petition, which he indicated appeared to be somewhat intimidating in nature. “The Town Council Representative who called my home indicated that there might be “problems” for me because my work email was used in connection with the petition. Since I own my own company, the apparent inference that I might lose my job over the petition was laughable. It’s clear the Town doesn’t want to spend its time fixing our curbs. If that’s the case, as the July 4th Holiday approaches, they might consider spending that time reading the U.S. Constitution,” Lamb said.

For more about the Petition and the “Fix Smithtown” Campaign, contact James P. Lamb at (800) 215-4213 or via james@jplinvestigations.com. Or, visit www.fixsmithtown.com.