The East Hampton Town Board is considering a second proposal by the Tesla company to install an electric vehicle charging station — at no cost to taxpayers — in a... more
Donald Trump always begins with a big lie, which becomes viral through X and Fox News. His newest big lie: The federal workforce is the Deep State, bloated, filled with waste and fraud, pushing useless regulations, with employees sitting home not working. It needs to be dismantled. None of this is true. But Trump and Elon Musk want the public to believe their lie and turn a blind eye to the destruction of the federal government. America needs to wake up before Trump/Musk gut the regulations and federal agencies that keep us safe. It should be noted, many of the ...
15 Feb 2025 by Staff Writer
Kevin Menard said he would like to solicit help from a business school to undertake a study of business conditions [“Sag Harbor Businesses Say They See More Visitors, but Fewer Customers,” 27east.com, February 5]. May I suggest a simple way to evaluate the problem? Buy a Jenga game. The tower of blocks where play is simply pulling one block out, turn by turn, until one is pulled out and the entire tower collapses. Label the bottom four blocks “poverty.” Label the top four blocks the “20 percent.” Everything else is the middle class. Need I make further explanation? The tower ...
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On behalf of our mother, Dorothy Brown, we would like to thank the staff at Kanas East End Hospice for the lovely care she received over the past few weeks. The Kanas Center, located in Westhampton, is situated on a creek in a beautifully wooded area. The facility is bathed in light, and the doctors, nurses, aides and volunteers were so caring and loving, making sure that Mom was comfortable and not in pain. It was the perfect place for our mom as she transitioned from this world to join our father and be greeted by the Lord. We will ...
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In an otherwise enlightened and important Express News Group editorial about immigration [“A Front-Row Seat,” Editorial, January 30], the following comment bears scrutiny: “… it’s a point of fact that both parties, over several administrations, have failed to come up with workable policies at the borders.” In 2013, a comprehensive bipartisan Senate bill to increase border security and provide a path for citizenship was negotiated by four Democrats and four Republicans. These reform-minded senators became known as the Gang of Eight. This bill, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, also known as S-744, passed the Senate by ...
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DOGE — the department of global evisceration. Thank you to those who voted for Donald Trump, because now you’ve given us Elon Musk. Elon, with the help of his band of tech wunderkind, certainly seems to face challenges with empathy based on how he is slashing and burning anything in sight, not noticing how it affects people’s lives, or, for that matter, the law. Most reasonable adults understand that effective, lasting change takes place when you clearly define what needs to change, establish a timeline for that change, and then define what the consequences of that lack of change would ...
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Town and village officials, and police departments, on the South Fork all deserve a round of applause and unqualified support, both for their recent principled stance on the Trump administration’s new aggressive policies toward the immigrant community, and for taking steps to reach out and make sure the men, women and children in that community get the message: Don’t be afraid of police officers. They’re there to help you. East Hampton Town and Village led the way last week, making a special effort to send a clear message. They said the town and village, and its police departments, will cooperate ...
12 Feb 2025 by Editorial Board
Donald Trump has been back as president for a couple of weeks, and he has issued countless executive orders. He also has proposed making Canada our 51st state, buying Greenland, taking the Panama Canal from Panama, and the taking of Gaza (making it “the Riviera of The Middle East”) and moving the resident Palestinians elsewhere. Yet he has not issued any executive orders nor anything at all to bring down the price of groceries. While campaigning, Trump repeatedly said he would bring food prices down … and fast. Clearly, it was just empty promises. His tariffs will raise prices further. ...
10 Feb 2025 by Staff Writer
Laurie Anderson’s statement that “I have never met John Leonard” [“A Bully,” Letters, February 6] was about all she got right. I lived through every moment of John Leonard’s three years on the board of the Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center — he’s my husband — and it was ugly. Nobody pushed Virginia Frati out. She wanted to retire as of November 1, 2022. John singlehandedly found a highly qualified candidate. Frati was installed on the center’s board of directors on October 25, 2022. Her last day as executive director was October 31, 2022. Frati became livid when an audit ...
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During his two confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Donald Trump’s uninformed nominee to become the secretary of health and human services, struggled to answer basic questions relating to the job he was nominated to fill. Forcing myself to watch his display of ignorance and shallowness across a range of important health care issues, the fear of looming disaster mounted with every Kennedy utterance. No secretary of health and human services nominee could possibly know everything there is to know about the job — but is it too much to expect a grasp beyond the rudimentary, a bar Kennedy struggled ...
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John Leonard is one of the good ones. I have been on boards throughout the community with him, and he is courageous, honest and smart. In this turbulent time, the Southampton Town Council needs his sane and moderate voice. We need to foster inclusion and communication, which at the moment is not the way of politics, and, for that matter, our community. Let’s actually try to find consensus for our community. Let’s take a leap into a forgotten skill of collaboration and communication with the knowledge of and best interest in mind of all of our community. Join me in ...
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