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Letters to the Editor: Elections 11.05.15

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Political Slogans

East Hampton

October 26, 2015

To the Editor,

The littering of our roadsides with political slogans is appalling and irresponsible. Besides being an eyesore, it is distracting and dangerous.

LEONIDA KARGIK

The Many Over the Few

East Hampton

November 2, 2015

Dear David:

Tip O’Neill, speaker of the House from Massachusetts, famously said, “All politics is local.” That remains as true today as when he said it, and is exemplified by the current election campaign in East Hampton, which I believe is a microcosm of what is taking place nationally.

The Democratic candidates for town board will win in spite of the huge amounts of money the Republicans are receiving from the helicopter associations, over $350,000 to date, because they have done the right things to protect the environment and the interests of the many over the few.

In my letter to you last week, in which I invoked the message of Pope Francis, I iterated many examples of how Larry Cantwell, Sylvia Overby, and Peter Van Scoyoc have put the pope’s message to protect the environment and the interests of the many over special interests into action, and urged my fellow East Hamptoners to re-elect them.

On the national level, we learned this week that 154 families have contributed, mostly to Republicans, more than half of total campaign financing to date. A New York hedge fund billionaire and reputed bundler of contributions for Romney, who famously said 47 percent of the people were “takers,” has declared his support for Marco Rubio and will no doubt do the same for him.

A similar lopsided statistic: The special interests contributing to the Republicans dominated the national elections three years ago, and Obama won anyway.

For the reasons I have stated, I predict the East Hampton Democratic candidates will all also win this year.

DAVID J. WEINSTEIN

 

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