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Category Archives: long island
Truth and Lies
America’s 220-year history of a peaceful transfer of power — the cornerstone of our democracy — was shattered in one horrifying afternoon. On January 6, a frenzied mob incited by President Donald Trump laid siege to the Capitol, vandalizing the … Continue reading
Posted in Congress, democrats, Fair elections, long island, Voter Fraud, Zeldin
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And Now, For Some 2020 Good Climate News
Looking for 2020 good news on climate? Get ready to set some priorities and make some New Year’s Climate Resolutions. Continue reading
Assault on America
Democracy has taken a beating during the past four years. From the day Trump was sworn in, the moral yardstick we use to measure presidents by morphed into a moral slide rule, constantly adjusted by obsequious Republicans anxious to cover … Continue reading
Friend of clean water, biodiversity, climate-friendly regenerative businesses and safe-guarding our shorelines? Read on…..
Dear Friend of the Shellfish Farmer, If you are a friend of clean water, biodiversity, climate-friendly regenerative businesses, coastline protection, Earth and her oceans read on….. Join us in support of our shellfish farmers, and support the inclusion of commercial … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, economy, long island, science, water quality
Tagged climate solutions, regenerative best practices
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The Days After Election Day
As our democracy hangs by a rapidly fraying thread, it is critical that each of us do everything we can to ensure that Donald Trump is voted out of office, and once voted out of office, that he actually LEAVES … Continue reading
YAY! I voted!
Like you, I have been waiting for this moment for 4 years. I have never seen voting lines like this, not in 20 years, not in sleepy East Hampton after the summer crowds are long gone. Newsday and the Press … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 elections, Coronavirus, Fair elections, long island, Trump, Uncategorized, Zeldin
Tagged by mail, early, East Hampton, voting
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Caravans in Suffolk County
From Shoshona Hershkowitz on Saturday’s rally on Long Island New York: Yesterday, people where I live, we were harassed by the Trump caravan. This group with covered license plates, screaming slurs out of their bullhorns at intersections, calling for the … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 elections, Brookhaven, Coronavirus, fascism, long island, Trump, Trump atrocities, Zeldin
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Prop #1: Yes or No?
Prop #1 asks voters (on the back of the ballot for Nov 3rd) if we’d like the term length for our Suffolk County legislators be four years rather than the current two. A no vote advocates keeping them on a … Continue reading
Trump’s chearleader: Lee Zeldin
Don’t let him fool you: LZ will take away your healthcare, your reproductive rights and destroy the environment. Another 4 years of DT and another 2 years of LZ spells disaster. VOTE GOROFF for Congress, Biden/Harris for the top of … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 elections, long island, Trump, Zeldin
Tagged Biden, goroff, Harris, suffolk county, tweets for Trump
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Vote NO on Proposal #2
While we are all concentrating on the front of the ballot, there are 2 proposals on the back. #2 is of particular concern. Here is why. Your drinking water is at risk! While everyone was home and grappling with the … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 elections, long island, Uncategorized, water quality
Tagged contamination, water, water quality
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Trump Is Killing Us
Letter to the Editor published in The East Hampton Star, October 8 Corrosive Effects To the Editor: The deadliest threat facing the American public isn’t the coronavirus, it’s the toxic brew of arrogance and ignorance that Trump and his loyalists … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 elections, Biden, democrats, GOP, long island, Nancy Goroff, Trump, Trump atrocities, Uncategorized, Zeldin
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Trump’s Economic Fallout
Guestwords in the East Hampton Star: Trump’s Economic Fallout for Suffolk County and Long Island By John Tepper Marlin and Steven Newman October 1, 2020 President Trump’s three main economic initiatives have been radical 2017 cuts in taxes (at the … Continue reading
Posted in Coronavirus, East Hampton, economics, economy, jobs, long island, stimulus, stock market, swamp, Tax Reform, Trump, Zeldin
Tagged suffolk county, economy, SALT, State and Local Taxes
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NY State Senators under Attack
From Sue in Brookhaven: The attacks from Ron Lauder on Democratic State Senators from Long Island are unconscionable as well as false. They also raise an important strategy question. These attacks especially infuriate me: at the same time that Lauder … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 elections, anti-semitism, bigotry, Fair elections, long island, NYS legislature, Zeldin
Tagged Gaughran, gounardes, martinez, new york state, state senators, thomas
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Early Voting
I can’t wait. Voting in NY State and Suffolk county starts on October 24th, a little over 1 month from now! In contrast to absentee ballots and voting by mail, there seems less risk of your vote not being counted … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Rights, Coronavirus, disenfranchisement, East Hampton, Fair elections, long island, Nancy Goroff, voting by mail
Tagged early voting, mail-in, voting, voting by mail
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Mosquito Samples and Birds Test Positive for West Nile Virus
In SEPTEMBER 2019 there were 2 cases of West Nile Virus requiring hospitalization on eastern Long Island as reported in the Riverhead Local: “West Nile virus is transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected mosquito. It is estimated … Continue reading
Posted in Health Care, long island, science
Tagged health department, virus, west nile
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We have been warned.
Rather than denial and political inertia from the Republican party now in power, what if we had acted immediately on what our science community understood and warned us about, the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic? The resulting health, economic, and … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, Coronavirus, long island, Nancy Goroff, science, Zeldin
Tagged CD-1, climate change, goroff
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Sowed Discord
SpringsAugust 24, 2020 Dear David: The past three and a half years have been a master class in the havoc that can be wrought when a president is constrained by neither truth nor decency. Starting with the size of his … Continue reading
Posted in Coronavirus, democrats, economy, Ethics, Fair elections, GOP, Health Care, long island, Nancy Goroff, public health, Trump, Trump atrocities, voting by mail, Zeldin
Tagged COVID, COVID-19, healthcare
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Make Trump and Zeldin Pay a Political Price
Appeared as Letter to the Editor, The East Hampton Star, July 23 Price to Pay Springs July 20, 2020 To The Editor: We all want nothing more than to get on with our lives without worrying about contracting the coronavirus. … Continue reading
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Complete Lee Zeldin Environmental Voting Record
Lee Zeldin’s League of Conservation Voters (LCV) score for 2019 was 28%. This seems like an improvement from his scores from prior years, which hovered around 10%, but to put things in perspective: The average Member of Congress score in … Continue reading
Zeldin’s Blind Allegiance to Trump
Appeared as Letter to the Editor in The East Hampton Star Shocking Indifference East Hampton June 29, 2020 Dear David, Five months after Covid-19 was first diagnosed in the U.S. and 125,000 deaths later, the Trump administration still has no … Continue reading
Posted in democrats, East Hampton, GOP, long island, Trump, Trump atrocities, Uncategorized, Zeldin
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