Southampton Town Board

The incumbent Southampton Town Board members, Patrick Heaney and Martha Rogers, Republicans with Conservative endorsement, have been outgoing and hard-working members of the board. Ms. Rogers has paid her dues on such issues as the proposed community pool; Mr. Heaney has played a big role in devising ways to raise money for open space. They have earned re-election.

There is, however, a dark horse candidate on the Democratic and Southampton Party lines, who seems able to make an excellent contribution. He is Wayne Grothe, a bayman whose mixture of common sense and thoughtfulness is impressive, although his call for a moratorium on development is excessive.

We have not found any compelling reasons to think that the Independence candidates for the Town Board, Ronald Campsey and Kenneth Drange, or Mr. Grothe's running mate, Bonnie Fuchs, or Daniel Rudansky, who is only on the Preservation line, would do any better than the incumbents.