Letters to the Editor: Election 11.12.15

Thanks for Support

East Hampton

November 5, 2015

Dear Editor:

I would like to thank The East Hampton Star for your endorsement in this year’s election. And most especially, I would like to thank the people of East Hampton for their support. The encouragement that I’ve received during my first term as supervisor and during the campaign inspires me to go to work every day trying to make East Hampton a better place to live and work.

Sincerely,

LARRY CANTWELL

Another Four Years

East Hampton

November 9, 2015

Dear David,

I want to thank everyone who supported me in my bid for re-election to the East Hampton Town Board. It is truly an honor to have been chosen by the voters to represent our citizens for another four years. I also want to acknowledge my respect for all those who ran for office, whether elected or not, for their willingness to step forward and contribute to our community.

The voters strongly affirmed their desire to retain the town board incumbents. I take this as a mandate for me to continue to work hard on the many difficult issues that face our town and to represent all the people of the town to the best of my ability. Thank you for your confidence in me.

Sincerely,

PETER Van SCOYOC

Invaluable Experience

East Hampton

November 8, 2015

Dear David,

I’d like to take this opportunity to congratulate my opponents, Peter Van Scoyoc and Sylvia Overby, in this past election.

For me, having participated in the election process sheds a new light on how difficult it is. I respect those who put themselves forward to serve our community. It was an invaluable experience, as I learned a great deal and met many wonderful people.

As a political newcomer, I am humbled by the amount of support I received and would like to sincerely thank the voters and everyone who worked on my campaign.

LISA MULHERN-LARSEN

My Committment

Amagansett

November 7, 2015

Dear David,

I am very humbled by my re-election to the East Hampton Town Board last week and thank the voters for their support and encouragement throughout the election process. My commitment to you is that I will continue to listen to the members of my community and respond to their issues and concerns as I have for the last four years.

I thank you for the trust you have placed in me and with my fellow board members, Larry Cantwell, Peter Van Scoyoc, Kathee Burke-Gonzalez, and Fred Overton to continue our work to serve you by making a stronger and better East Hampton.

Sincerely,

SYLVIA OVERBY

Councilwoman

Thanks to Over 3,000

East Hampton

November 8, 2015

Dear David,

Individual people made a decision to take part of their day on Nov. 3 to head to their designated voting station, wait in line, and go through this still new way to cast their ballots. Those people cared about how their town was run. And they represented the ones among us who care but leave the voting to others.

My thanks go to over 3,000 people for having the trust in me that I will represent you the way you want, need, and deserve. I am more humbled and grateful than even I could have imagined. And I thank each and every one for your vote and trust.

Thank you again and please feel free to get ahold of me whenever you feel that there is anything that I can do to better serve you.

Sincerely,

PAT MANSIR

Well-Reasoned Campaign

Springs

November 5, 2015

Dear David,

Congratulations to Supervisor Cant­well, Councilwoman Overby, Councilman Van Scoyoc, and all the other elected Democrats for the excellent, honest, and well-reasoned campaign they conducted, especially during the final days as the divisive Republicans jacked up their rhetoric with misleading postcard mailings, telephone calls, yard signs, radio and print advertisements.

The way the Democratic majority conducted themselves in Town Hall during their time in office was a most refreshing and needed change from the previous duplicitous years, and I’m pleased that few were fooled into “taking our town back” to the science and social-denying, corporate interests of the Wilkinsonian years.

Common sense was valued higher than big business bucks this election year in East Hampton.

ALEX MILLER

Misleading Material

East Hampton

November 8, 2015

Dear David,

Chuck and I were doing hospital calls in D.C. last week so we made sure to get our absentee ballots mailed by the due date. We did not have a chance to check up on the election results until we returned last Friday and bought a copy of The East Hampton Star. Your coverage of the vote was excellent. Many thanks.

Of course, the main chore after several days away is sorting and responding to the mail that had arrived. When I came across the 8x10 card from the East Hampton Leadership Council I was appalled at the degree of bullying and innuendo that has become a part of our local political process. It is no wonder that our school students experience instances of bullying with such “adults” out there to bulk mail such trash. Ms. Mulhern-Larsen and Ms. Turner should be embarrassed to have their names attached to such blatantly misleading material.

Come on, folks, have disagreements, but come up with alternatives rather than trash the opposition.

Sincerely,

H. DAVID WILT

A Referendum

Sagaponack

November 8, 2015

To the Editor,

What a favor the Republicans did us all by making this election for town board a referendum on controlling airport noise. The just re-elected Demo­crats can quite truthfully say they have a voter mandate to keep working to make the airport a better neighbor. It appears it never occurred to the helicopter lobby that very few people fly in them, but many are deafened by them.

MICHAEL LONGACRE

Influx Did Nothing

Wainscott

November 9, 2015

Dear Editor,

Well, the informed voters of East Hampton showed the deep-pocketed super so-called elite what they could do with the donation money that they tried to buy the election with.

How insulting it was for the candidates to accept with open buckets and closed eyes this feeble attempt, assuming that we were stupid enough to believe their lies: that they were independent from the out-of-state helicopter companies that funded almost their entire campaign.

I guess the almost $400,000 donated was just pocket change to them. I can imagine when the results came in and the overwhelming victory, in effect, told them to shove their money and take a walk, just like their B.S. lies. Their cash influx did nothing.

Our current town board is the complete opposite from the disaster of the last administration’s in-your-face demeaning attitude toward the residents of this town. They listened and acted. They took control and did things for us.

I shall praise them for running a clean campaign void of the constant lies and personal attacks that we heard on a daily basis. The Cantwell team deserved to be re-elected and will try to continue the forward direction.

I feel badly that some of the trustees did not make it, and that, I suspect, was a backlash from the actions of the party leaders kneeling for the out-of-state money, standing there as the saviors but assuming that we were oblivious to the backroom deals that lurked in the shadows. The alleged promises made to them went up in smoke.

Now that the dust has settled and the out-of-state interests whose sole agenda was to have the gains of the Cantwell administration toward mitigation of noise disruption upon the daily lives on residents of the entire East End from the chaos from the very aircraft they push here.

The time has come to push back hard so they understand that we, the town, run the airport. If they don’t like it, go somewhere else.

Yours truly,

ARTHUR J. FRENCH

Far More Tasteless

Springs

November 6, 2015

To the Editor:

Last week’s Star editorial labeled Republicans as “tasteless” for their overzealous scattering of political signs across East Hampton’s lovely landscape. And there’s no doubt some of our supporters got a little carried away. Those signs were a temporary affliction and are now gone.

But The Star seems to have missed something far more tasteless. To a chorus of cheers and laughter, the Demo­crats celebrated their victory over their airport foes by chanting “Blackhawk Down, Blackhawk Down!” referencing a tragic event where 17 American soldiers were killed and over 80 were wounded.

The callous, disrespectful, and clueless reaction of the revelers went unchallenged by Mr. Cantwell, Ms. Frankl, and the rest of the Democratic leadership. What’s next — shouts of “Pearl Harbor, Pearl Harbor!” the next time a Montauk Ferry proposal is defeated?

The Democratic Party leadership should apologize, especially to veterans as we celebrate Veterans Day, and The Star should lead the charge in calling for that apology.

Sincerely,

REG CORNELIA

Support the Electorate

Springs

November 9, 2015

Dear Editor,

Now that the incumbents on the town council have won an overwhelming election victory, it is time for them to step up and vigorously support the electorate on the key issues that differentiated them from their opponents.

1. Pass and enforce a strict rental registry legislation.

2. Take real steps to eliminate (or at least drastically reduce) illegal housing through more effective and aggressive code enforcement. (A 30-percent increase on closed cases, as the incumbents claimed as an accomplishment in their ads, is a hollow claim, when the number of cases closed is pathetically low).

3. Pass and enforce meaningful legislation to prevent the abuse of our neighborhoods (especially Springs) by parking trucks and oversized vans on residential property.

4. Eliminate late-night noise pollution.

Very often, re-elected officials believe their job is over after their victory party. Hopefully, this won’t be the case. But we need the supporters of the above issues to remain vigilant and actively remind the town council of their campaign promises.

Respectfully,

NEIL ZELENETZ