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Blackout puts a damper on a big Sunday and it was burning,” he recounted. “I pulled over and called 911, who connected me to the Fire Last Super Bowl Sunday was Department, who told me, ‘Yes, electric, in more ways than one. we know.’ I was definitely starAt about 4:15 p.m., a spark in a tled, because the wire was swingprimary electrical wire at the ing around and burning.” corner of East Main and White According to Elizabeth Flagstreets caused an ler, who oversees electrical fire, and communications for much of the hamlet PSEG, a primary lost power. Homes, wire that catches stores and restaufire, while rare, can rants were left in the have a large impact. dark for several “Something like this hours when many is not common,” would have been preFlagler said. “Unforparing for Super tunately, equipment Bowl parties, while occasionally fails, local firefighters and especially during a electricians from storm. In total, the PSEG worked to put incident af fected MARCO out the fire and 1,218 customers, 973 restore power, which COPPOLA from the incident, necessitated replac- Umberto’s of Oyster and we needed to ing the wire. make an intentional Bay, manager The Atlantic outage for an addiSteamer Fire Compational 245 to make ny responded, but could not be the area safe to respond and reached for comment by press restore the damage.” time. The process of removing a live Oyster Bay resident Stephen wire and repairing it can be danStefano was driving home when gerous, but the PSEG crew hanhe saw the wire burn out, he said. dled it. “We had to bring in an “I had just driven past the fire- overhead crew, the bucket trucks, house … and I saw a bright white to bring down the old wire,” Flagflash and looked out my sideview mirror, and the line was down CONTINUED ON PAGE 7
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Courtesy Josh Lafazan
ON ELECTION NIGHT last November, Isabella Skvarla, far left, Julia Zirillo, Chase Serota, Brianna Solomon, Legislator Josh Lafazan, Kiersten Seltzer and Marissa Whelan gathered to celebrate a well-run campaign.
Ex-interns lead Lafazan’s campaign for Congress BY LAURA LANE llane@liherald.com
Josh Lafazan has a mantra: The dearth of original ideas in politics is staggering, yet he is the exception to the norm. It’s been too convenient for politicians to sit back, critique, and then attack each other. That’s not his style. The three-term Democratic Nassau County legislator takes this philosophy with
him when he’s knocking on doors, speaking to would-be voters. He focuses on why he deserves a vote, not why his competitors do not. “Campaigning is a brutal business,” Lafazan said. “When I knock on doors, people express their appreciation that what I talk about is what I’ve done — and what I can do — for them.” Gover nment should be energetic and optimistic, the
27-year-old from Woodbury added. He has managed to pass more bills — 14 — than any of his colleagues in the Legislature. Now it’s time, he said, to make a run for Congress to claim a seat left empty by Tom Suozzi, who wants to become governor. Having begun his service at 23, Lafazan is the youngest ever to hold a seat on the Legislature. His staff members CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
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