Category Archives: Zeldin

Miami under Water – for Good!

Posted on November 4, 2017 by David Posnett

Just heard from a friend regarding United Nations conference in Geneva (Switzerland). Pretty devastating UN report. Even action on climate change NOW will not prevent the predicted devastation as the lag time is too great. Here is the link. You can … Continue reading →

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Taking Action for Suffolk County: TASC

Posted on November 2, 2017 by David Posnett

From Bryan Erwin Founder, Taking Action for Suffolk County I started Taking Action for Suffolk County to rebuild what we once had, the ability to elect progressives up and down the ballot in Suffolk County. In truth, given the outcome … Continue reading →

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Let’s Vote

Posted on October 30, 2017 by David Posnett

Letter to the Editor in the East Hampton Star  Oct. 26, 2017 “Self-Defeating” With two weeks to go, anecdotal evidence suggests that many potential voters in our region: 1. don’t know much, if anything, about individual candidates; 2. are unaware … Continue reading →

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Nassau-Suffolk continues to Lag Well Behind New York City in Job Growth.

Posted on October 20, 2017 by David Posnett

Submitted by John Tepper-Marlin New York State Department of Labor Contact Us: 518-457-5519 October 19, 2017 NYS Economy Added 84,400 Private Sector Jobs over the Past Year From September 2016 to September 2017, New York State’s private sector job count … Continue reading →

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Hatemongers without the Robes and Hoods

Posted on October 19, 2017 by David Posnett

Letter from Richard Cohen, President, Southern Poverty Law Center (Photo: Yuri Gripas/Reuters)Donald Trump addresses the 2017 Values Voter Summit in Washington, October 13, 2017.   As expected, the annual “Values Voter Summit” in Washington this past weekend featured a rogue’s … Continue reading →

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Trump Undercuts ACA with New Plan Options

Posted on October 19, 2017 by David Posnett

Author Shannon Muchmore @stmuchmore Published Oct. 12, 2017 Dive Brief: President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that rolls back a number of Affordable Care Act (ACA) provisions that set minimum requirements for health plans. The order will allow … Continue reading →

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More Bad Zeldin Environmental Votes

Posted on October 12, 2017 by David Posnett

By Marc Rauch and Chelsea Estevez Since our last update in late August, fourteen bills impacting the environment have come before the House of Representatives. Lee Zeldin took the anti-environment position on 12 out of 14 of these recent bills. … Continue reading →

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Short Hospital Stocks!

Posted on October 10, 2017 by David Posnett

I have been waiting for this:  Wall street is jittery about Hospital stocks.  Here is why: (1) Investors are approaching hospital stocks cautiously As  Les Masterson   has said: “Some unfavorable financial trends and an air of uncertainty for healthcare’s future … Continue reading →

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Response to Rep. Lee Zeldin’s 10-point Plan for Gun-violence-prevention Advocates

Posted on October 10, 2017 by David Posnett

  Dear Congressman Zeldin, Every American is saddened and appalled by the massacre in Las Vegas. Yet while the public is overwhelmingly united in wanting Congress to act, you continue to try to divide us by belittling and misrepresenting the … Continue reading →

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Shame on Zeldin–Again!

Posted on October 6, 2017 by David Posnett

Representative Lee Zeldin should be ashamed of himself. That’s what his constituents declared back in May at their “Shame on Zeldin” protest on his AHCA vote. And now, in the aftermath of the Las Vegas shootings, others have joined that … Continue reading →

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