Successful Fundraiser For Plum Island Foundation

April 4, 2008

Victor Tine’s article in the April 3,2008 Daily News describes the Plum Island Foundation’s ambitious and pretty impressive efforts to raise the $40,000 it needs to retain Washington lobbyist Howard Marlowe’s services to help coordinate and spearhead beach replenishment efforts for the Plum Island barrier beach. The foundation held its first formal fundraiser on Wednesday, April 2^nd at the Plum Island Grille where about 150 people gathered. The Plum Island Foundation stopped selling the $100 tickets to the event after 135 were purchased.

The foundation has raised $35,000 of the amount it needs to formally retain the services of Mr. Marlowe’s Washington, D.C. lobbying firm, Marlow & Company. The lobbying firm has been very successful in helping municipalities work through the maze of Federal and Congressional bureaucracies and ultimately in obtaining funding for local beach replenishment efforts.

Mayor John Moak’s quote in Mr. Tine’s article concisely summarizes why the efforts of the Plum Island Foundation are needed and vital to the Plum Island community.

“In politics, we talk about issues, and talk about issues, and talk about issues,” he said. “You in the Plum Island Foundation took the next step.” — Mayor John Moak

Unfortunately Mayor Moak is right on the mark with his comments as they are true. Talking is not a solution. Taking action is the only solution. That is why the Plum Island Foundation was created. The political model for obtaining funding appropriations in Congress is not the same one that worked 10 or 20 years ago. Now it takes forever to get the Federal government to respond to any funding-related issue in a timely manner.

Utilizing the professional services of a skilled consulting firm like Marlowe & Company, which specializes in beach replenishment efforts and knows how to most effectively garner support for the clients they represent in Washington, seems like a no-brainer and a necessity.

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