The 24-hour news cycle, especially in the age of Donald Trump, is truly insatiable. It’s in this kind of environment that news outlets and opinion-makers can jump to conclusions. In... more
For the House Every single national election is important, but it’s not hyperbolic to say that this is an election like no other, and it requires a level of participation and engagement far beyond a typical November vote. It’s always important to have a healthy turnout, but in 2024 the nation’s future is on the ballot to a degree that we haven’t seen in recent history. This one will truly matter, for years to come. The bald truth is that Donald Trump is uniquely unfit to serve as president, considering character, demeanor and personal history. His four years in the ...
30 Oct 2024 by Editorial Board
We recently had the honor of addressing the breakfast meeting of the Southampton Democratic Club, headed by Barbara Weber-Floyd. Our focus was on our latest book, published by Routledge, “Education for Social Justice: The Meaning of Justice and Current Research.” The publisher found the book so important that an electronic copy is available to anyone for free. We wrote the book with support from Michelli’s doctoral students from Johns Hopkins University and City University of New York who had written dissertations on one of the elements of social justice. In this election year, social justice is such a critical issue, ...
by Staff Writer
Today, I voted for Tommy John Schiavoni for New York State Assembly. Tommy John, as a member of the Southampton Town Board, has always had the back of the East Quogue residents. Not only has he supported and attended our concerts, our holiday tree lighting ceremonies and civic meetings, but he has always offered a ready ear to listen to our concerns in East Quogue and to fight for us. When Discovery Land’s mega development off Lewis Road in East Quogue, presently called the Lewis Road Planned Residential Development, was before the Southampton Town Planning Board, Tommy John was the ...
by Staff Writer
Proposition 3 presents an opportunity to improve the water quality of Lake Agawam, yet it demands careful attention to details of how this land will be used and funded. Under this proposition, Southampton Town seeks to alienate a smaller parcel — 69,989 square feet (1.6 acres) — to house an algae harvester, a project I helped initiate in 2019 in partnership with the State Department of Environmental Conservation and then-Governor Andrew Cuomo. The harvester will remove the lake’s legacy load of nitrogen, phosphorus and harmful microcystin. This project will address nutrient buildup temporarily; however, Lake Agawam needs a long-term solution. ...
by Staff Writer
I read with concern a Letter to the Editor published a few weeks back by a Republican turned Democrat turned Republican former member of the Southampton Town Planning Board [“Political Pollution,” Letters, October 3]. He was lauding the sole Republican Town Board member and her crusade to have all election signs removed from public properties. He seemed to relish the fact that the board member “instructed the Highway Department” to remove the signs in question. It was a “you go, girl” kind of thing. While true that the signs have grown in number over the years, it is also true ...
28 Oct 2024 by Staff Writer
The East End of Long Island was originally a farming and fishing community, dating back to the 1640s with the colonists, and, for many years prior to that time, for the Shinnecock and Montaukett. The original inhabitants lived off the land and the waters. Due to myriad reasons, harvesting the bounty of the seas is no longer possible in the manner it once was, but this year we have the opportunity to correct the course of water quality. A eighth of one cent tax on goods and services in Suffolk County would be dedicated to preserving our water quality, not ...
by Staff Writer
When I woke up this morning and discovered my yard sign had been vandalized, I did not feel angry. I felt sad. The word “Suffolk” had carefully and premeditatedly been replaced with the word “Idiots.” Someone felt empowered to deface my property and refer to me in a derogatory fashion. What happened to me and the pain I felt is emblematic of the larger divisiveness that currently exists in America and the unchecked anger and hatred that people feel emboldened and entitled to express. It never would have occurred to me when my family moved here almost 40 years ago ...
by Staff Writer
Clean water is on the ballot this Election Day, and we urge Southampton Town residents to flip the ballot and vote yes for Proposition 2, and Proposition 3, the clean water questions. After more than a decade of research, scientists have confirmed that nitrogen from outdated and failing septic systems is the primary controllable source of nitrogen pollution leading to the declining health of our bays and harbors all across Suffolk County. If passed, Prop 2, will establish a stable source of dedicated funding for the next 35 years to help homeowners pay for the replacement of their current septic ...
by Staff Writer
Kamala Harris is intelligent, vigorous and caring. As a district attorney and, later, attorney general of California, she has prosecuted all kinds of criminals, from white collar to back alley. As our vice president, she sat at the president’s side for four years getting things done. Now she’s ready to chart her own course. Tim Walz, “Mister Midwest,” has been a high school teacher, football coach, soldier, congressman and governor of Minnesota, all very successfully. He’ll make a great vice president. Our U.S. senator, Kirsten Gillibrand, has served us in Congress for 18 years. Senator Gillibrand has always worked on ...
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