Category Archives: long island

Friend of clean water, biodiversity, climate-friendly regenerative businesses and safe-guarding our shorelines? Read on…..

Posted on December 1, 2020 by David Posnett

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 →

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The Days After Election Day

Posted on October 31, 2020 by David Posnett

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 →

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YAY! I voted!

Posted on October 24, 2020 by David Posnett

pink slip 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 … Continue reading →

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Caravans in Suffolk County

Posted on October 22, 2020 by David Posnett

Trump car rally participant 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 … Continue reading →

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Prop #1: Yes or No?

Posted on October 20, 2020 by David Posnett

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 →

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Trump’s chearleader: Lee Zeldin

Posted on October 15, 2020 by David Posnett

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 →

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Vote NO on Proposal #2

Posted on October 10, 2020 by David Posnett

https://www.pinebarrens.org/voteforcleanwater/ 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 … Continue reading →

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Trump Is Killing Us

Posted on October 9, 2020 by David Posnett

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 →

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Trump’s Economic Fallout

Posted on October 5, 2020 by David Posnett

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 →

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NY State Senators under Attack

Posted on October 1, 2020 by David Posnett

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 →

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