Category Archives: long island

Early Voting

Posted on September 11, 2020 by David Posnett

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 →

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Mosquito Samples and Birds Test Positive for West Nile Virus

Posted on September 8, 2020 by David Posnett

https://www.cdc.gov/ncezid/dvbd/media/westnilevirus.html 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 … Continue reading →

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We have been warned.

Posted on September 4, 2020 by David Posnett

https://www.ft.com/content/27c9a6e8-ffb7-11e9-b7bc-f3fa4e77dd47 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, … Continue reading →

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Sowed Discord

Posted on August 28, 2020 by David Posnett

Trump‘s lackey boy, Lee Zeldin 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 … Continue reading →

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Make Trump and Zeldin Pay a Political Price

Posted on July 23, 2020 by David Posnett

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

Posted on July 8, 2020 by David Posnett

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 →

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Zeldin’s Blind Allegiance to Trump

Posted on July 2, 2020 by David Posnett

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 →

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“I Can’t Breathe”

Posted on June 1, 2020 by David Posnett

“I Can’t Breathe” The Murder of George Floyd “The time for endless conversation has passed. We are a nation of differences and this is our greatest strength. It is a time for action in a way that cannot be ignored … Continue reading →

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Protest in Commack drawing criticism

Posted on May 31, 2020 by David Posnett

Some insightful letters to Newsday: The behavior of a few unruly demonstrators at the recent Commack protest was shameful [“Trump cheers LI protesters,” News, May 17]. If these few were, say, 4% of the demonstrators, the other 96% could have … Continue reading →

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Visiting New York City

Posted on May 3, 2020 by David Posnett

I have not been in the city since late February 2020. Much has changed.  It is now a ghost town.  Nobody rides the subway and there are no cabs.  On the bright side, there are plenty of parking spaces and … Continue reading →

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