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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Fred Thiele |
| Address | 16 Fordham Street
Sag Harbor, New York 11963, United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
| Born |
August 26, 1953
(70 years)
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| Contributor | nystate63 |
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| Info | Fred W. Thiele, Jr. was born on August 26, 1953 and is a lifelong resident of Sag Harbor, New York. He currently resides at Whitney Road in Sag Harbor, with his wife, Kathleen, and their three children, Michael, Jeffrey and Josephine.
Mr. Thiele is a 1971 graduate of Pierson High School. He attended Cornell University and is a 1976 graduate of Southampton College of Long Island University. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree, summa cum laude, in Political Science and History. In 1979, the Sag Harbor native received his law degree from Albany Law School. In 1980, he was admitted to the Bar in the State of New York.
Fred began his career in government service in 1975 after he was selected by his college to participate in the New York State Assembly Intern Program. Upon graduation from law school in 1979, Mr. Thiele became counsel to Assemblyman John Behan. He served in that capacity until 1982. Under Assemblyman Behan, Mr. Thiele was also an integral part of the Peconic County Study Committee, which reviewed the feasibility of a new county from Suffolk's five eastern towns.
From 1982-1987, Mr. Thiele was Southampton Town Attorney. During his tenure as Town Attorney, Fred was involved in a number of Town initiatives including the implementation of its five acre zoning statute for open space and environmental protection, the Town Open Space law, the Long Pond Greenbelt, Affordable Housing, the Freshwater Wetlands Law and the 1986 Open Space Bond Act.
Mr. Thiele was also East Hampton Town Planning Board Attorney from 1982-1986. He was involved in the Grace Estate acquisition and drafted the first bond act which pledged Town funds for Hither Woods. He drafted legislation, which implemented East Hampton's 70/30 Agricultural Land Preservation Program, water recharge protection study and affordable housing program. In 1985, he also served as counsel to the East Hampton Town Zoning Board of Appeals.
In November 1987, Mr. Thiele scored a resounding victory capturing 62% of the vote in his bid for the Suffolk County Legislature, 16th District. As a freshman Legislator, Mr. Thiele was appointed Chairman of the Legislature's Public Works and Transportation Committee.
One of the primary focuses of Mr. Thiele's tenure had been bringing fiscal responsibility to Suffolk County. In addition to being one of five legislators to oppose the record tax increase of 1989, he had sponsored a variety of spending reduction and tax cut proposals including the tax levy cap, flexible spending freeze, and tax cutback bill. In 1990, he sponsored the Omnibus Budget Plan, which consolidated county bureaucracy, and restored essential public services while reducing property taxes. East End county taxes were reduced by over 25% between 1989 and 1991.
Legislator Thiele also chaired the Energy and Environment Committee in the Suffolk Legislature. He sponsored legislation that resulted in 5,500 acres of Pine Barrens preservation. He spearheaded successful efforts to include the Peconic/Gardiners Bay system in the National Estuary Program.
In 1989, Legislator Thiele was re-elected with an overwhelming 75% of the vote, an over 11,000 vote plurality, which was the largest in Suffolk County.
In November 1991, Mr. Thiele was elected Southampton Town Supervisor, winning 47.3% of the vote. Under Fred's leadership, Town taxes and spending decreased for the first time in modern history, bringing much needed stability to the Town's finances. During his first term as Supervisor, the Town moved forward on a number of important initiatives including open space preservation, affordable housing, environmental protection, comprehensive long-term planning, economic development and government reform.
Supervisor Thiele served as the chairman of the East End Supervisors and Mayors Association during 1992-1993. In this capacity, Fred spearheaded numerous initiatives relating to a variety of East End Issues, including advocating for erosion abatement along coastal areas, measures to improve the navigability of the Shinnecock Inlet, Pine Barrens protection and evaluating the feasibility of creating Peconic County.
In November 1993, Supervisor Thiele was overwhelmingly re-elected to a second term by a margin of 70% of the vote. Since that time, Fred continued to implement his plans to reorganize Town government in order to increase efficiency, improve services and reduce town spending. With the adoption of the Town's 1995 operating and capital budget, Fred set an unprecedented record by successfully reducing property taxes for three consecutive years. Fred also sponsored a number of new initiatives to preserve Southampton's rural character while enhancing the local economy.
Supervisor Thiele served as a member of the Policy Committee for the Peconic Estuary Management study, which is responsible for the development and implementation of the management plan for the Peconic Estuary System under the National Estuary Program. In addition, Fred continues to serve on the Board of Directors of the East End Economic and Environmental Task Force, which had commissioned the Peconic County Fiscal Feasibility study and promotes numerous issues, projects and programs to benefit the East End's key industries: agriculture, commercial fishing and tourism. Mr. Thiele also served as a Commissioner for the State Pine Barrens Commission charged with creating a 50,000 acre pine barrens preserve.
On March 14, 1995, Mr. Thiele was elected by a nearly 70% majority in a special election to fill the 2nd Assembly seat, vacated by former Assemblyman John Behan. Mr. Thiele, serving the East End from Montauk through eastern Brookhaven, was appointed to the Assembly's Environmental Conservation, Election Law and Agriculture committees. Within his first eight months of service, Fred was appointed Chairman of the Assembly Minority House Operations Committee. He was the ranking Minority member of this committee, which is responsible for administration and oversight of the Assembly's $83.2 million annual operation. In addition, he was appointed by Minority Leader Tom Reynolds to the Assembly Subcommittee on the Long Island Barrier Beaches, a subcommittee of the Environmental Conservation Committee. With the beginning of the Legislative Session in 1997, Mr. Thiele's fiscal leadership was again acknowledged by Mr. Reynolds when he was appointed as the Ranking Minority Member of the Assembly Oversight, Analysis and Investigation Committee.
Fred continues to demonstrate his leadership abilities with his strong support for the formation of a new Peconic County with the introduction of a bill to create new counties within New York State. His legislative efforts also include bills aimed at protecting the environment and rural industries of the South Fork, provisions to increase local government control over traffic and safety issues within their municipal boundaries, reforming school taxes, amendments to the financing of political campaigns as well as bills relating to the ethics of elected and appointed officials, among other initiatives.
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