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Geoffrey Walter

About Geoffrey

A graduate of Chaminade High School (2001) and Fordham University (2005), Geoffrey first obtained a job working as a freelance reporter at the classic editions of the Williston Times and the New Hyde Park Herald-Courier as well as a syndicated writer for The Garden City News.  He spent the next five years covering school boards, village meetings, as well as politics on the local, Town, County and State levels.

Between 2006 and 2008, Geoffrey spent time as a sports writer and columnist for SNY.tv, a division of Major League Baseball's online site MLB.com.  He covered minor-League games for Brooklyn, Staten Island as well as college level games for C.W. Post and Hofstra University.  During his time at SNY, Geoffrey also developed an ongoing sports cartoon feature which he continues to create on his own personal website.  Geoffrey's writings have also appeared in the New York Daily News, and The Long Island Catholic.

Beliefs

At Patch, we promise always to report the facts as objectively as possible and otherwise adhere to the principles of good journalism. However, we also acknowledge that true impartiality is impossible because human beings have beliefs. So in the spirit of simple honesty, our policy is to encourage our editors to reveal their beliefs to the extent they feel comfortable.

Religion

  • Do you consider yourself religious: yes
  • Do you identify with a certain religion: Catholic

Politics

  • How would you describe your political beliefs?  Independent, yet fiscally and morally conservative.

Local Hot Button Issues

  • What do you think are the most important issues facing the community?  Besides being the County seat and always the focal point for politics across Nassau County, the biggest issues are the reconfiguring of the Mineola School District as well as the proposed "smart growth" initiatives in the downtown area along Old County Road and Mineola Boulevard and now Willis Avenue, not to mention the relationships the village has with the surrounding communities because of these initiatives.
  • Where do you stand on each of these issues?  The recent history of closing and reopening the Mineola schools has become almost cyclical.  The Board of Education has decided to close three schools, thus creating what residents are calling a "North-South divide" and doing away with the neighborhood school feeling people seem to want to maintain, yet no longer wish to pay the high property taxes in order to do so.

Recently

The Board

Leave a note for your neighbor

Bob Miller

5:59 pm on Thursday, December 15, 2011

PS...If you are interested in a quick update...on that lot on 2nd Street across from the bar....Sen Martin's office was kind enough to get back to me with some info. on it...apparently there is a hold up because there is the need for better drainage in the lot and a wall on the inside border to keep folks from driving over the edge into the water retention basin. The lot would really help the businesses in the area...and I took note of your writing about the building across from us which has been empty for some time now...may be worth a follow up to the Village, the DOT and/or the Senator's office here in Mineola. Thanks again man...stop by for a Holiday Brew soon!

Bob Miller

5:56 pm on Thursday, December 15, 2011

Hey Geoff...Bob from the Black Sheep (O'donnell's) here...Ive claimed the profile on line but dont know how to make changes to it....people are clicking the black sheep in articles and it is still linking to O'Ds...I'd like to change the name and update info/add pictures, etc... Let me know...Thanks!

Jeff Clark

9:29 am on Friday, November 11, 2011

The Village of Mineola will be placing collection boxes for Toys for Tots at the Village Hall, the Library and the Fire house on Washington Ave from Nov 28th to Dec 15th. Please donate a new unwrapped toy.

Christine EShields

6:33 am on Thursday, November 10, 2011

Hi Geoff-
Thanks for the write up in Mineola Patch.
How do yo like Mineola (Go Mustangs)?
Seems we have something "in common":
I work in Mineola and went to Hofstra for grad school and you cover both. Funny?
Take care and hope to see you in the neighborhood.
Christine Shields Markoski

James Kaminski

4:30 pm on Wednesday, October 5, 2011

I respectfully request, as a fellow Chaminade Alum, to please remove all references to Chaminade in your article on the students involved in the drug deal gone bad. It would be best for the school if that information was not spread. I feel proud and strongly about my high school and would not want this news heard.
Kindest Regards, James '11