Peter McGowan

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office = Town of Islip Supervisor
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term_end = March 16, 2006
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successor = Jeanette Messina
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Peter McGowan is a former municipal politician. He was the supervisor of the Town of Islip in New York.

In March 2006, he resigned and pled guilty to charges of receiving a bribe, grand larceny, and offering a false instrument for filing — taking kickbacks and stealing from his campaign account. On May 4, 2006, he was sentenced to three months in jail, followed by probation and community service. [cite news |first=Julia C. |last=Mead |authorlink= |coauthors=
title=Ex-Supervisor of Islip Gets 3 Months, a Light Term |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/05/nyregion/05suffolk.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin |work= |publisher= |date=2006-0505 |accessdate=2008-04-21 ]

In 2001, he was involved with a controversial proposal to impose a $50,000 fee on airplanes landing or taking off from the town's Long Island MacArthur Airport after 11 p.m. and before 6:30 a.m. [cite news |first=Peter |last=Boody |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Islip Puts Huge Fee on Late-Night Flights |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9807E4D61139F932A25752C1A9679C8B63 |work=The New York Times |publisher= |date=November 11, 2001 |accessdate=2008-04-21 ] , although the proposed fee was later withdrawn. [cite news |first=Stewart|last=Ain|authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Islip Abandons Huge Airport Fees |url= http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9403E3DF123FF935A25751C1A9679C8B63 |work=The New York Times |publisher= |date=December 16, 2001 |accessdate=2008-04-21 ] The airport's concourse was named after him. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=In Memory of Pete McGowan |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/19/opinion/nyregionopinions/Islip.html |work=The New York Times |publisher= |date=March 19, 2006 |accessdate=2008-04-21]

In September 2005, town officials condemned the Fairwood Gardens apartment building and issued eviction orders to its tenants to leave, but later withdrew the eviction orders and subsequently settled out of court a lawsuit brought by some tenants. At the time, McGowan denied knowing in advance about the evictions. [cite news |first=Julia C. |last=Mead|authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Whirlwind of Defiance Follows an Eviction Raid |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/02/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/02lievic.html |work=The New York Times |publisher= |date=October 2, 2005 |accessdate=2008-04-21 ]

He clashed with other council members over the issue of the town's term limits, which they supported and he opposed. [cite news |first=Vivian S. |last=Toy|authorlink= |coauthors= |title= In Islip, a Primary Battle Over Term Limits |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F02E5DC133EF93AA25755C0A9639C8B63 |work=The New York Times |publisher= |date=June 19, 2005 |accessdate=2008-04-21 ]

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