Small Town Confidential, June 12, 2019, Vol. 2, No. 5

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Commentary on happenings relating to greater Sunnyside-Woodside-LIC from the unconcealed POV of the writers. Agree or disagree? Send comments to SmallTownComment@ gmail.com Volume 2, Number 5

Wednesday, June 12, 2019

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Items of Interest Regarding Animals

Have a Nutty Angel

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Op Ed by Patricia Dorfman We will find out June 25 if the leftwing wave in politics has taken over all of Queens, and not just the Western portion. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) is known even abroad, and noisy locals are famous for being unwelcome to the biggest company in the world. How did Queens turn from a fortress, run by a Joseph Crowley, a national political powerhouse, to the field headquarters of the new political epicenter?

Old Becomes New Again: Comic Book Mom ’n’ Pops by Bert Koca (See page 7)

Why Do You Need 30,000+ Vehicles? Less congestion, cleaner air if city employees received stipends for mass transit (See page 2)

ONE PARTY: Makes for an easier coup. The virtual one-party system in Queens of Democrats is one of the factors that has resulted in the breaches to the castle of political power here. Independents and Republicans hold little sway. AOC won because once a candidate wins the Democratic primary, which rarely garners a big voter turn out; party stalwarts vote the ticket in the general election. Thus, whoever wins the Democratic Primary for Queens District Attorney (DA) on June 25 will win the election. QUEENS COUNTY: Not too big to fail. Queens County is often referred to as “the Queens Machine,” and in control for so many years; discontent has mounted with no other target. Incumbent Joe Crowley had not needed to campaign vigorously for years, and even the press did not see the rising strength of AOC. Now AOC has endorsed only one DA candidate, Tiffany Cabán, as far from Queen County politics as one can get. DISPLACEMENT: Gentrification backfired. In the rush to overdevelop NYC, Queens became a more reasonable financial alternative to Manhattan and Brooklyn. And those who would later to fight Amazon and back AOC poured in to Queens to live and were more likely to vote. EDUCATION: Not your Dad’s civics class. Those out of the public schools or college for awhile are not aware of the pervasive curriculum that emphasizes the (Continued, page 3)

Thank you: At Long Last, 4-Way Stop Sign (See page 4)

FINE ART Fair Father’s Day: Bring your Dad and dine locally! See back page. PLUS: Boulevard Film Festival June 27, 28, 29, 30, in Sunnyside


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