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continued. “If you interview any other veterans, I don’t think you’re going to find that.” After the war, Smith returned to the University of Northern Iowa on the G.I. Bill, followed by a Masters of Arts at Columbia University in English literature, where his adviser was Lionel Trilling, the famed literary critic. To get to New York, Smith cashed in the train ticket his parents bought him, and instead hitchhiked his way. “I got there pretty quickly,” he said. During his first week at Columbia in 1948, Smith met Fernando Vargas, a sound engineer, who would become his partner for 40 years until his death. Smith had not realized he was gay until then. “When we went to my room, that’s when the mystery was solved,” he said. Smith became a high school English teacher, first in Manhattan and then in New Canaan, Connecticut. He taught for 32 years. Starting in 1977, for more than a decade, he spent summers in the Caribbean working as a journalist. Smith was
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also a book review editor at a humanist magazine, and later became the book review editor at Humanist. Currently, he is the editor of The Pink Humanist. In 1961, he and Vargas founded Variety, a recording studio. One of their first customers was Marvin Hamlisch, a young composer and conductor, who brought in Liza Minnelli, an actress and singer, when she was a high school junior. The couple did the soundtrack for Minnelli, who sang over the music. A prolific writer, Smith has written eight books since turning 80, including a three-part autobiography. He has been adopted by eight kids who all call him “Dad.” They are from other countries, and have lived in New York. Smith refers to the eight as his “modern family,” and said the kids are from dysfunctional families. Together, they have formed a bond that transcends race and sexuality. “All eight are straight, and all eight know about me,” he said. “Things have changed over the years. Kids today, their peers say, ‘I wish my dad were gay.’ ”
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Council is much more progressive,” Scott added. “And I think that will have an effect on helping de Blasio’s plans.” East Villagers who turned out for de Blasio on Election Day sounded off on education and housing, as well as the tiny, six-point font used on the ballots. At the Girls & Boys Republic Club poll site, on E. Sixth St. near Avenue D, Sheryl Nelson, 52, said she voted for de Blasio because, “Lhota’s nuts, not overly nuts — not Tea Party nuts, but nuts enough.” The mother of a 9-year-old son, Cole, in public school, she said, “De Blasio has a better feeling for what it’s like to navigate the city with kids, and I would like to think that makes him more forward-thinking.” On the ballot referendum question on whether 80 should be judges’ mandatory retirement age, Nelson voted “yes,” because, she said with a smile, she realized women live longer than men, so decided, “Let’s stack the courts with women.” Of the six-point-type ballot measures, she scoffed, “I’m a graphic designer and a calligrapher, too. That’s ridiculous. This is the stuff we should be able to read.” Willis Johnson, 75, a former trumpet player, also voted for de Blasio. But he didn’t weigh in on the referendums since he couldn’t read them. At the poll site at Theater for the New City, on First Ave. near 10th St., most voters interviewed said they also ignored the referendum questions. Nora Szilagyi, 47, a freelance video producer, voted for de Blasio and also to reelect City Councilmember Rosie Mendez. “She is our councilwoman and she’s been busy and helpful on the block, except for P.S. 122 on the corner,” she said. The school used to house a daycare center, and Szilagyi charged that Mendez “killed it for an artist space.” There was also a garden next door, which is empty now, 10 years later, she added. Evdokia Sofos, 47, an administrative law judge, also voted at the theater poll site. Asked if any candidate stood out to her, Sofos quickly responded, “Their stances are all what the public wants to hear. They’ll try to pander to everyone, just whitewashing everything. When they get in, everything will remain status quo. I hope I’m wrong.” Norman Cole, 62, voted for an entirely different reason. “I feel the entire city is going to crap because of the socialists and communists that have taken over the Democratic Party, and I feel it is my duty to throw sand against the tide,” he said. Cole did not reveal his picks.
At the Sirovich Senior Center, on E. 12th St. near First Ave., Rudy Peart, 59, who lives and works at the center as a custodian, voted for de Blasio. “I won’t vote for Mr. Lhota,” he said. “He was in charge of the M.T.A. and didn’t want to give unions their due when he was representing them. He’s going to try to try to shortchange any way he can to make himself look good.” David Bassin, a 34-year-old writer living in the East Village was thrilled to fill in the circle for de Blasio. “I’m a huge Bill fan, and I believe in a very progressive agenda for New York,” he said. Bassin showed a photo of himself and de Blasio at his brother’s apartment in Fort Greene, where they held a small fundraiser for the public advocate two months before he surged in the polls. Bassin voted “yes” on the casino ballot measure. “I want casinos because I think it’ll generate jobs and lower property taxes,” he said. “The cost outweighs the benefit.” Additionally, Bassin, who noted he has a law degree, voted against extending judges’ retirement age based on a higher chance of conservatism with age. “I also believe in the spirit of rotation,” he added. In the West Village, at 505 LaGuardia Place, Karin Cardone, a consultant for business improvement districts and a Republican, said she darkened the oval for Lhota. “New York is a city that can very quickly become unmanageable,” she said. “I remember in the ’80s when you couldn’t walk in Washington Square Park at dusk. I mean, my grandfather was beaten in his store — that was the late ’70s.” Her family used to own the Italian Food Company, on Bleecker St. Councilmember Rosie Mendez said she was telling people to “Vote ‘no’ on 1 and 5,” the casino issue and a measure to allow a mining company to acquire 200 acres of Adirondack parkland Upstate. “People talk about casinos as jobs, and they do bring jobs,” she said. “But we need a diversity of jobs. I think we need to think of other ways of jumpstarting the economy.” Elsewhere, Corey Johnson won election to the City Council in District 3, but G.O.P. District Leader Richard Stewart, who repeatedly told The Villager he actually was endorsing Johnson, won nearly 13 percent of the vote. Stewart did not campaign at all or spend a dime on the “race.” Some speculated that some of the Stewart votes were by supporters of Yetta Kurland, who lost to Johnson in the primary.
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