Voices

Our Members’ Commentary, Activities, and Opinions At Large

From the Desk of George Lynch: Vote Where Your Money Is – Register And Vote In Southampton To Protect Your Investment In Your Home

This is a naked appeal to your financial interest. Your home in Southampton Town is a big investment, possibly your ...
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The Resistance & Me: “If we don’t have the vote, we don’t have democracy.” – Part II

“Now it's up to voters, particularly progressives who have voted before on the Working Families Party (WFP) line, to understand ...
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From the Desk of George Lynch: Media Bias Is A Two-Way Street — In More Ways Than One

It's not just what they say, it's also with what they don't say. So in the cable news game, it’s ...
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The Resistance & Me: “If we don’t have the vote, we don’t have democracy.” – Part I

My last blog post about the June primaries featured an interview with Robin Long, Southampton Town Democratic Committee (SHDems) Vice ...
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From the Desk of Michael Iasilli: How Democrats Move Forward From Here

July 2021: The 2020 election of Joe Biden was a momentous occasion for working Americans. As we lean into a ...
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From the Desk of Dick Sheehan: Integrity?

In her letter titled “Vote In November” [Letters, July 1], Barbara Wilson said she has the integrity to ensure justice ...
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From the Desk of George Lynch: How I Lost Two Votes

Early Voting Won’t Work Unless Voters Are Fully Informed In Time To Make A Plan To Vote Susie and Sam ...
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The Resistance & Me: Robin Long Explains the Conservative Attack on our Local Elections

The theme of “MAGA Goes Local” is emerging across my blog posts this year. My last two posts were on ...
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From the Desk of Dick Sheehan: JUDGEMENT DAY

On Tuesday, June 22, registered Democrats will have the opportunity to vote in the Democratic Primary Election for Town Justice ...
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From the Desk of George Lynch: BARBARA WILSON IS OUT OF CONTROL

Ordered To Pay $250,000 For Defaming Her Neighbor, Judicial Hopeful Now Makes False Charges Against Southampton Democrats Southampton judicial candidate ...
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Our Candidate for SH Highway Superintendent – Tom Neely: What’s important?

Dick Sheehan recently wrote an opinion piece in which he endorsed my candidacy for Highway Superintendent. This expression of support ...
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Our Candidate for Town Justice – Adam Grossman: The Right Person for Town Judge

Adam Grossman is the right person for Town Judge. Grossman's long experience as a lawyer dealing with important issues and ...
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Our Candidate for SH Highway Superintendent – Tom Neely: The Rubber Meets the Road

Who is the only candidate with extensive experience in Transportation and Highways ? Tom Neely was the Director of Public ...
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Our Candidate for Town Justice – Shari Oster: For Town Judge

IN A THREE-WAY PRIMARY RACE FOR TWO JUDICIAL POSITIONS, SHARI OSTER AND HER RUNNING MATE ADAM GROSSMAN ARE THE CLEAR ...
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From the Desk of Joy Flynn: Save the Night Sky

“We are losing the dark of night by the speed of light.” Losing the Dark The International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) ...
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From the Desk of Mike Anthony: Was the January 6th attack on the capitol seditious?

Recently, the U.S. House of Representatives held hearings on the January 6th attempt to subvert the credentialing of the November ...
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Our candidate for Town Council – Robin L. Long: Why I am Running for Town Council

We in Southampton are at a crossroads. I have seen this crossroads coming for years but its advent has been ...
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From the Desk of Denise Merchant: The Politics of it all…

With all of the wonderful, shocking, unjust or entertaining things that are quickly happening in the news these days, it ...
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The Resistance & Me: Smithtown BOE Election in the News

When I wrote about the contentious Smithtown Board of Education (BOE) election in my last blog post, there was almost ...
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From the Desk of Andi Klausner: Hate Crimes Rise

Suffolk County launches Hate Crimes Task Force to aid in investigations and prosecutions. According to statistics released by the FBI ...
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Our Candidate for Southampton Town Trustee – Ann Welker: SOARING thru COVID

Southampton Town Trustees back SOAR – Supporting Oyster and Aquaculture Restoration. “The fact that 80% of the seafood in this ...
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The Resistance & Me: Race, Police, Education and Lies – The New Right-Wing Culture War

This is the story of how our inability to confront our racist history is fueling a right-wing misinformation campaign against ...
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From the Desk of John Bouvier: Southampton’s Energy Future is Bright

Southampton’s Energy Future is Bright - Energy initiatives for a Sustainable Southampton The Town of Southampton is the first municipality ...
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From the Desk of Mike Anthony: Police Reform – Southampton Democrats are the “Gold Star”

Is it possible to accomplish police reform satisfactory to all stakeholders? Thanks to the leadership of Jay Schneiderman and the ...
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SouthamptonPress: East Vs. West

There seems to be a great deal of momentum building behind the movement to close East Hampton Airport. Without commenting ...
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