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Town

Operator of Brookhaven recycling facility backs out of contract Recyclable materials have been building up at the Brookhaven Town recycling plant in Yaphank ever since China stopped accepting imports from American facilities in January, but the future of the facility is even more up in the air now.

Brookhaven Town Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) said contractor Green Stream Recycling terminated its 25-year contract to operate the Yaphank facility effective Oct. 29 citing financial woes due to market changes. The company signed the agreement with the town in 2013.

“We’re a regional facility — for them to do that it certainly isn’t going to speak well of the future of their waste management business on Long Island,” Romaine said.

The town plans to pursue legal action against the contractor for breach of contract, according to the supervisor.

Green Stream Recycling, owned by principals Joe Winters and Anthony Core, also of Hudson Baylor Brookhaven LLC, did not return a phone call requesting comment.

Romaine said the town will be putting the contract out for an emergency bid Nov. 1 for a new facility operator, and the town board will select a replacement at a Nov. 2 special meeting.

“They had three years of very good profits, and

then as you know more recently there have been changes obviously in the recycling market where most of our recycling goods went,” Romaine said.

The terms of contract with Green Stream Recycling yielded $20 per ton of processed recyclables, a quarter of which went back to Brookhaven with the remaining 75 percent redistributed to neighboring municipalities that had agreements with Brookhaven to send their recyclables to the Yaphank facility, Romaine said. The supervisor said the town hadn’t received any money from Green Stream since May, though Brookhaven has continued making payments to other municipalities.

“The Town of Brookhaven believes very strongly in the benefits that a municipal recycling program brings to our respective communities and hence the reason we continued acceptance and payment for the material received from the Town of Huntington,” Romaine wrote in an Oct. 23 letter to Huntington Supervisor Chad Lupinacci (R).

Similar letters were also sent to Smithtown Supervisor Ed Wehrheim (R) and the other municipalities that have single-stream recycling agreements with Brookhaven.

John Clark, director of Environmental Waste Management for the Town of Huntington, said the town had been informed Aug. 23 Brookhaven

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would not renew the intermunicipal agreement to accept Huntington’s collected recyclables set to expire at the end of this year. As such, Huntington had already issued a request for proposals Oct. 18 in an attempt to find an alternative solution to start Jan. 1, 2019, which may include converting back to dual-stream recycling where residents may be responsible for sorting their trash again.

The news of Green Stream Recycling ending its contract with Brookhaven will pose only a temporary issue for Huntington, according to

town spokeswoman Lauren Lembo.

Russ Barnett, Smithtown’s environmental protection director, said the town received a telephone call from Brookhaven Oct. 19 to immediately cease sending recyclables to Brookhaven’s Yaphank facility. Smithtown’s town board plans to issue an emergency request for proposals at its Oct. 25 meeting seeking a new contractor to cart and process its residents’ recyclables, according to spokeswoman Nicole Garguilo.

Smithtown Town plans to temporarily store all collected materials at its Municipal Services Facility on Old Northport Road in Kings Park until a new carter is found. A new recyclable operator could mean a move back to dual-stream recycling.

Romaine said Brookhaven’s Yaphank facility will continue to accept materials through Oct. 29 and urged residents to continue sorting recyclables until the situation can be sorted out.

A spokesperson for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation said in a statement the agency is working with Brookhaven and the other towns impacted to develop solutions that will allow for processing of existing materials at the site and long-term solutions to continue recycling in the region, as well as working with industry stakeholders to solve the problem of drying up markets for the recycled material.

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Obituary SBU

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Charles B. Wang, right, stands with Stony Brook University President Dr. Samuel L. Stanley Jr. after receiving an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from the school in 2015.

Charles B. Wang, minority owner of the New York Islanders hockey team and founder of the software company CA Technologies, died Oct. 21 at the age of 74 in Oyster Bay, according to a statement from his attorney John McEntee of Farrell Fritz P.C. in Uniondale.

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old. He attended Brooklyn Technical High School and graduated from Queens College with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and physics.

Wang donated $52 million to Stony Brook University, which led to the opening of the Charles B. Wang Center, in 2002, an Asian and Asian-American cultural center. At the time, it was the largest individual donation in State University of New York history, according to SBU’s website.

“I am deeply saddened to have learned about the passing of Charles Wang and extend my deepest sympathies to his family on behalf of myself and Stony Brook University,” SBU President Dr. Samuel L. Stanley Jr. said in a statement. “Charles’ legacy will live on at Stony Brook University in the iconic and vibrant Charles B. Wang Center, opened in 2002 as an international hub bringing Asians and Americans into a common space, a marketplace of cultural awakenings and ideas for the 21st century.”

Stanley said in the statement the center offers a respite for students.

“It is a proverbial bridge between cultures, and a welcome home to all students of every nationality, every race and religion,” he said.

“It is a monument to his vision and will continue to be for generations to come. The world needs more like Charles Wang.”

In 2015, Wang received an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from the university. During his acceptance speech he stated his beliefs in four points: “1. You can make a difference; 2.

Integrity and loyalty are only words until tested; 3. Love life to the fullest; and 4. Have fun.”

In 1976, Wang co-founded Computer Associates International, now known as CA Technologies, serving as chairman and chief executive officer, according to his attorney.

In 2000 Wang was asked to purchase the Islanders, for which he remained majority owner until 2016 when he sold his majority stake. The entrepreneur had only attended one hockey game in life before ownership, and the new role led to him creating Project Hope, an international program in China to develop education through ice hockey.

Another philanthropic venture of Wang’s was Smile Train, of which he was the founding member in 1999 and chairman of the board. The nonprofit provides free surgery to children in developing countries who have cleft lip and palate.

“Charles was the driving force behind Smile Train and the reason why so many deserving children continue to receive the care they so desperately need,” Smile Train posted on its website. “His unwavering passion, commitment and dedication to children with clefts was unmatched. Our Smile Train family will miss him beyond words, yet we take comfort in knowing his legacy will live on forever in the smiles of the faces of the children we help and in the hearts of everyone who was fortunate enough to know him.”

In 1998, Wang endowed the Charles B. Wang International Foundation, and, in 2001, he established the New York Islanders Children’s Foundation, dedicated to supporting children and youth organizations, according to McEntee’s statement.

Wang was also chairman of the board of NeuLion, a digital video technology company, from 2008 to 2016 and is the author of “TechnoVision: The Executive’s Survival Guide to Understanding and Managing Information Technology” and “Wok Like a Man,” a cookbook of his favorite Chinese food recipes.

Wang leaves behind his wife Nancy Li; children Kimberly (Chris), Jasmine and Cameron; grandchildren, Charles, Kingsley and Kendall; mother, Mary; brothers Anthony (Lulu) and Francis (Laura), and his nieces and nephew. He was preceded in death by his father, Kenneth. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to Smile Train or the New York Islanders Children’s Foundation.

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County

Superintendents call for end of schools as polling places On Nov. 6, voters will be lining up across Suffolk County at polling places, though if some school officials in the county could have it their way, by Election Day 2019 votes will be cast elsewhere.

Despite the fact schools are used as polling places near-universally, recent pushes for additional school security from communities have made several North Shore superintendents question why they should be forced to allow strangers into their buildings.

“You have to admit anybody onto school campus who comes to vote, so those actions and best practices for security that we observe every day, we can’t observe on Election Day,” said Elwood school district Superintendent Kenneth Bossert. “Schools are allowed to make their own rules for every school day, but on Election Day we have to defer to the [Suffolk County] Board of Elections, and in effect our facilities become their facilities.”

The Suffolk County School Superintendents Association, of which Bossert is president, released a blueprint for action to enhance school safety in which it specifically requests legislation that might let schools appeal their designation as polling locations.

New York State law says all public buildings are in line to be declared polling places, yet all municipalities except schools have the right to appeal that designation.

Board of Elections Commissioner Nick LaLota said approximately 30 percent of polling in the county was held at nonschool municipal buildings. He added if the Board of Elections tried to move its voting apparatus to other places like fire departments or town halls that parking would be inadequate and wait times would increase more than an hour because of space issues.

Many schools close their buildings on November polling days to allow the community into a school without the potential for any danger to students. However, during smaller elections like primaries and school budget votes in June, many schools remain open and wall off the students from the public. Huntington school district Superintendent Jim Polansky said while his district does not stay open during major elections, they do stay open for students during primaries.

“While I understand that it is a challenge to find alternative sites than can accommodate a vote, using schools as polling places when classes are in session [such as for primary elections] is a significant issue,” Polansky said.

Across the North Shore superintendents lamented the Suffolk Board of Elections requirements. Superintendent James Grossane of Smithtown school district agreed with

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School gymnasiums, like at Rocky Point High School above, and cafeterias have long been used as polling places for elections, but citing safety concerns, district superintendents are calling for the end of that practice.

SCSSA’s proposal, and Paul Casciano of the Port Jefferson School District said he agreed with it even though polling in Port Jeff is held at Village Hall.

“When our buildings are used for public polling sites, the Board of Elections has the authority to designate the final location in the building for polling to occur, which in most cases requires voters to travel through our schools, passing classrooms and common student areas along the way all while not having to go through our strict visitor approval process,” Cheryl Pedisich, superintendent of the Three Village Central School District said.

LaLota said some local districts were being dishonest in their push to take polling out of schools.

“The school officials who choose to keep their May budget and board elections in their schools but demand that the November elections be moved out of their schools have a sincerity problem and are using recent tragedies to satisfy their political agenda, which predates school shootings,” LaLota said.

Since the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, more and more schools have been drastically updating security measures.

Schools from Northport to Shoreham-Wading River have been adding additional security cameras, installing security doors, building security vestibules and hiring additional security guards. Some schools, like Miller Place and Mount Sinai, have taken it one step further and added armed guards to their current suite of school protection earlier this year.

Mount Sinai School District superintendent Gordon Brosdal said he agreed with the SCSSA’s call for the ability to appeal. Currently the Mount Sinai campus contains four armed guards, with one manning a booth at the entrance to the grounds who asks for an ID from all who wish to drive in. He added that he was concerned that with those procedures, voters may take it as a sign of disenfranchisement to request identification. Current New York State election law says polling places cannot ask for voter ID, though LaLota said he was unaware of any statute which prevented districts from seeking identification from those who come onto their campuses.

Marianne Cartisano, the superintendent of the Miller Place school district, has been fighting the specifics for her district’s polling designation since 2013, she said. In years past, the district has had to separate students and

the public with the use of cafeteria tables, for a lack of more appropriate space. Since then the district has decided to close all schools on every election day, even for primaries.

Currently Andrew Muller Primary School, North Country Road Middle School and Miller Place High School are all polling locations. Cartisano has long requested the Suffolk County Board of Elections move all polling operations to the high school.

“We requested that let’s just move everything to the high school, where we could accommodate anywhere between 1,000 to 1,500 at a time, we’ll give you the entire building,” Cartisano said. “I know that in other districts accommodations have been made. … I want to do the right thing for our residents, but our residents also include 4-year-olds.”

In April this year the William Floyd school district reported that all polling locations would be moved to the high school, away from the elementary school. LaLota said he would be willing to work with school districts toward that end.

“This is an example of a win-win and I have encouraged my staff to explore more opportunities that increase child safety without disenfranchising voters,” he said.

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While on Clifton Place in Port Jefferson Station Oct. 15, a 27-year-old undomiciled man allegedly confronted another man, injured him during an altercation requiring the victim to seek medical attention at Stony Brook University Hospital, and stole his backpack containing a cellphone and clothing, according to police. He was arrested and charged with second-degree robbery.

Drug possession

A 43-year-old woman from Mount Sinai allegedly possessed heroin and prescription drugs without a prescription while seated in a parked 2014 Honda on Canal Road in Mount Sinai Oct. 19 at about 12:30 p.m., according to police. She was arrested and charged with two counts of seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.

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While driving a 1995 Jeep Oct. 18 at about 8 p.m., a 51-year-old man from Port Jefferson Station allegedly struck a utility pole on Wood Road in Centereach, causing damage, and fled the scene, according to police. He was arrested Oct. 19 in Selden and charged with leaving the scene of an accident with property damage.

Unlicensed driving

At about 2 a.m. Oct. 16, a 39-year-old man from Farmingville allegedly operated a 2005 GMC on Nicolls Road in Centereach with a suspended or revoked license, according to police. He was arrested and charged with third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.

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Someone stole a Netgear Wi-Fi range extender from Staples on Nesconset Highway in Terryville Oct. 22 at about 11 a.m., according to police.

Pills pocketed

On Oct. 22 at about 11:30 p.m., someone stole diet pills from CVS Pharmacy on Route 112 in Terryville, according to police.

Tools taken

At about 6:30 a.m. Oct. 18, someone stole multiple combo tool kits from Lowe’s Home Improvement on Nesconset Highway in Stony Brook, according to police.

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Someone stole miscellaneous health and beauty items as well as a tote bag from Walmart on Nesconset Highway in Setauket at about 6:30 p.m. Oct. 18, according to police.

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On Sept. 25, someone hired to clean an apartment on Main Street in Port Jefferson allegedly stole clothing, a guitar, LEGOs, an Xbox, a Dyson vacuum, 45 records, a decorative deer skull, a house plant and other household items, according to police. The incident was reported to police Oct. 19.

Piping stolen

Copper piping was stolen from a home on Beach Road in Miller Place Oct. 17 at about 6 p.m., according to police. The suspect allegedly entered the home through the back door, police said.

Windows smashed

While parked on Shore Road in Mount Sinai Oct. 18 at about 1:30 p.m., someone broke multiple windows on a 1999 Dodge, according to police.

Fleeing police

At about 4 p.m. Oct. 20, a 36-year-old man from Coram was pulled over for a traffic stop by a uniformed officer while driving a 2011 Honda, stopping his car at Sunoco gas station on Old Town Road in Port Jefferson Station, according to police. During the stop, he allegedly accelerated away from the officer, refused to pull over and eventually stopped on the lawn of a residence on Old Town Road, according to police. He was arrested and charged with third-degree fleeing an officer in a motor vehicle and a parole violation.

— Compiled by Alex Petroski

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Haunting homemade Halloween decor Double double toil — but it’s no trouble decorating for Halloween for a Smithtown resident whose creativity knows no bounds.

Myra Naseem, owner of Elegant Eating, brings a fun and almost whimsical spirit of the holiday alive in her Smithtown home. She handcrafts dolls into witches holding pumpkins and brews, their clothes made from scraps of antique

cloth and drapes. Spiders are set out to guard potion vials marked with titles including “Graveyard Dust” and “Moth’s Delight” throughout the various rooms of her house.

The decorations create a spooky atmosphere that showcases Naseem’s talent, both in the kitchen and out, while providing a one-of-a-kind atmosphere for catering events.

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Village

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BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM The Ward Melville Heritage Organization presented its 25th Walk for Beauty at the Stony Brook Village Center Oct. 21. The 4k/6k Walk and the Hercules on the Harbor 10k Run drew hundreds of participants.

In addition to the walk and run, the day included a pet costume contest, live music, raffles, speeches from WMHO President Gloria Rocchio and county Legislator Kara Hahn (D-Setauket) and more.

Proceeds from the event go directly to a targeted research fund at Stony Brook Medicine for breast cancer research and the WMHO Unique Boutique for prostheses and wigs.

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Sports — Game of the week

Cougars crushed at Northport homecoming game The Centereach Cougars varsity football team traveled to Northport High School for the Tigers’ homecoming game Oct. 20 and lost 35-6.

Clockwise from above, Centereach wide receiver Matt Robbert tries to escape Northport defensive back Ben Stola; Cougars quarterback

Devin Demetres stiff arms Northport defensive back Anthony Canales; Robbert attempts a catch; Centereach running back Eric Harrington wards off a defender; and Cougars Liam Webber stiff arms a would-be Tigers tackler.

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Opinion

Letters to the editor

Problems with political presumptions

Voters in the 1st Congressional District have a clear choice. They can vote for the current incumbent U.S. Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley), one of the most extreme Republicans in Congress, or Perry Gershon, a moderate Democrat.

Zeldin is a career politician who has relentlessly promoted himself on cable news, and whose primary motivation seems to be advancing his own political career. Gershon is a successful entrepreneur who’s new to politics. He entered this race because he’s concerned about the direction of our country.

Zeldin loves to bask in the reflected “glory” of Trump, who has given us the most corrupt administration in Washington since Warren Harding. Gershon believes Congress should exercise its Constitutional oversight responsibility and hold to account corrupt officials who use high office for personal enrichment.

Zeldin cast a key procedural vote in favor of a massive tax giveaway to

Editorial

As Election Day rapidly approaches, we have been busy at TBR News Media interviewing candidates for our 2018 election preview issue coming out Nov. 1. In grilling politicians on everything from taxes and education to women’s rights, there has been some striking presumptions made on a topic not directly raised, but one we feel can no longer be ignored.

There have been repeated statements made by incumbents and challengers alike about millennials and their desired future on Long Island that are misguided at best and blatantly wrong at worst.

Millennials, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau, is a term for Americans born between 1982 and 2000. The oldest members of this population are turning 36 this year. No longer youths or young adults needing guidance, but full-time adult employees in your office and local businesses building their careers and families.

It’s inaccurate to say mid-30-somethings on Long Island aren’t at all interested in owning their own suburban home complete with the idealistic white-picket fence to raise a family in, just like the one many of us grew up in, as is regularly asserted by many candidates. It is not a question of desire, but of ability. Spending more than $450,000 on average for a house with an additional $10,000 or more per year in property taxes — according to a report released by property database ATTOM Data Solutions in 2017 — is simply not in the cards for many of this generation. Oh, and we’re well aware those property taxes will only continue to increase.

Politicians are quick to talk about how transit-oriented hubs will reduce the need for cars, as millennials like walkable communities and prefer to use public transportation. Walkable communities are great, but millennials, like every other generation, want to be able to afford to buy nice, new cars.

The 2016 American Community Survey, conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, found roughly 80 percent of Suffolk residents commute to work alone via car, truck or van, and an additional 8 percent carpool. Having and owning a car is necessary to get to and from work, grocery stores or visit friends. It’s also another added expense for a generation saddled with crippling student debt.

Another oft-repeated sentiment is this generation isn’t as interested in having and raising children or are doing so later in life. A middle-income, married couple should expect to spend more than $280,000 to raise a child born in 2015, with projected inflation factored in, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. That’s a lot to consider in an area with a high cost of living and higher taxes, when the average worker’s wages are holding around the levels reached back in 1970, according to the Pew Research Center. Simply put, wages haven’t kept up.

These are real issues to those living on Long Island, millennials or not, cutting across all age groups. What we need are politicians in office who will make policies aimed at tackling these problems to improve our quality of life and keep the hope of the American Dream alive on Long Island. What we don’t need are more presumptions about people’s wants and desires.

Signing off, not just a millenial, but a multigenerational staff.

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Zeldin or Gershon: a clear choice corporations and the wealthy, financed on the backs of middle-class Long Islanders by capping the deductibility of state and local property taxes. Gershon believes that corporations and the wealthy should pay their fair share in taxes.

Zeldin will do nothing to protect Social Security and Medicare from Mitch McConnell, who’s already salivating at the prospect of cutting them back, using as an excuse the ballooning of the deficit caused by the massive GOP tax giveaway. Who do you trust to protect your Social Security and Medicare? Gershon will fight to protect the middle class against the coming raid on their hard earned medical and retirement benefits.

Zeldin voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act and its ironclad guarantee of coverage for pre-existing conditions. Gershon believes decent health care is something every American should enjoy. He wants to improve the ACA, build on its strengths and address its weaknesses, not abruptly

strip health care from millions.

Zeldin takes huge campaign contributions from the NRA and co-sponsored legislation to override New York State gun laws, which have given us one of the lowest firearms death rates in the country. Gershon believes in common sense measures to reduce gun violence, such as universal background checks.

Zeldin supports allowing employers to restrict access to contraceptives and wants to defund Planned Parenthood, which provides vital and irreplaceable cancer screening and reproductive health services to women. Gershon believes the government should stay out of medical decisions made by a woman and her doctor.

Zeldin has run away from debating Gershon face to face. Instead he’s run a campaign of personal insults and mudslinging. Given their stands on the issues it’s not hard to understand why.

David Friedman St. James

U.S. Postal Service should consider options The United States Postal Service’s proposal to raise the price of a first-class stamp by 5 cents from 50 to 55 cents effective Jan. 27, 2019 is no surprise. Part of the problem is that Congress in 2006 mandated that the post office fully fund 75 years of retirement benefits for employees. This has contributed billions to the post office’s long-term debt.

While many private and other public retirement plans are underfunded, the post office is vastly overfunded. It is time for Congress to amend legislation and afford the post office ability to fund its retirement plan at a more reasonable level.

There are other initiatives that could assist the postal service in avoiding frequent postage stamp increases. The post office should continue with more joint business ventures like Amazon in expanding Sunday delivery. This could be the start of something big. Using underutilized assets and facilities

on Sunday could generate badly needed revenues. This would assist in developing alternatives to the periodic increasing frequency of raising the price of a first-class stamp every few years. Why not consider going after other available untapped potential revenue streams? Consider these untapped sources to reduce operating deficits and perhaps even turn a small profit. The U.S. Postal Service could sell advertising space on the sides of mailboxes, inside and outside the post offices along with the small jeeps, regular trucks and heavy-duty long-haul trucks.

Sell off some of the valuable real estate and move to less expensive locations.

Why not join banks and fast-food restaurants that sublet space at Walmart and other big box stores to open smaller post offices?

Generate both revenue and customers by subletting excess capacity at underutilized post offices to other village, town, county,

city, state or federal agencies along with private-sector businesses. License corporations to sponsor stamps for a fee.

Have members of Congress, state legislatures and other elected officials pay the real, full costs for their annoying frequent bulk rate mailings to constituents. They are nothing more than free re-election campaign brochures subsidized by taxpayers.

Charge the full price for all junk mail. Future increases in the price of stamps should be directly tied to inflation.

The post office should apply freeenterprise solutions including working with Amazon and other private-sector businesses to provide a more cost-effective product, reduce deficits and prevent more branches from closing, thus keeping its commitment to serve the public well.

Larry Penner Great Neck

Letters should focus on local issues Your choice of letters to the editor has drifted hard left and they are not appropriate for this kind of weekly newspaper.

We subscribe to get local news and opinion. Weekly attacks on President Trump and his administration are misplaced; these belong in a blog or on left-wing websites.

Please refine your letter selection to avoid hyper political rants against the president, Republicans, etc.

Furthermore, the newly confirmed justice doesn’t need instruction from Daniel Dunaief on how to be a judge. Justice Kavanaugh’s long record speaks loudly to his judgment.

Maybe Dunaief could have expressed dismay about the outrageous behavior by the Democratic Party. The possibility is high that such actions will be punished by the electorate in a few weeks.

John and Joan Peters Northport

October 25, 2018 • THE TIMES OF MIDDLE COUNTRY • PAGE A23

Opinion

Let’s show politicians how it’s done this election season

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ill we be better than our political leaders this year?

For starters, will we get out and vote? It is one of our most important civic duties and responsibilities. Not to sound like a pedantic parent, but people risked their lives long ago so that we could become One Nation Under God. If we don’t vote, are we sending a message to our politicians that we are indifferent until something doesn’t go our way?

D. None How can we of the above possibly complain about the people in

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF Albany or Washington in our representative democracy if we didn’t bother to interrupt our busy schedule to

elect people who will make decisions for us?

This election isn’t about any one person, and it shouldn’t be. This isn’t a referendum on anyone other than us.

We have to make informed choices, but, even that is not enough. This year, it seems especially important to vote for the strong, courageous and thoughtful individual.

At this point, we have come down to two parties. It’s the Democrats, who say “no” to everything, and the Republicans, who, in unison, say “yes.” Our politicians shouldn’t be on two diametrically opposed teams — this country is filled with people from every team and walk of life.

It’s stunning how unified both parties are.

That doesn’t seem especially valuable to the country. After all, shouldn’t Democrats know a good idea when they see it, and shouldn’t Republicans stop something they don’t think will work?

We are a country of rugged individuals.

Our system of national and state governments

started when people wanted more freedom from taxes, religious persecution and class systems with relatively limited mobility.

How much freedom are we exercising if we vote “all blue” or “all red,” without knowing the candidates, their positions or their ability to differentiate themselves from their party by making their own choices?

The parties have become caricatures of themselves. They are no longer a collection of ideas coming together, compromising and protecting a wide range of people: They seem to exist for their own sakes and for a specific subset of their party.

Wouldn’t it be incredible if a Democrat promised to support some Republican platforms or ideas? Wouldn’t it be refreshing for a Republican to propose something that ran contrary to their hierarchy?

Where are the men and women with big ideas, who can irritate their own party while gaining reluctant appreciation from the other side of the aisle? Since when did everyone in Washington

feel like they had to be the Montagues and the Capulets in “Romeo and Juliet”?

Were Shakespeare alive today, I suspect he would have had a field day with the bickering, finger-pointing and bipolar world of politics.

If we vote along party lines, does it really matter what name is attached to the ticket? If we do, are we sending a message that we’d like our representatives to do the same thing?

Maybe, especially for this election, we should scrap the entire notion of party affiliation. After all, we’re better than a mob. Some time between now and the election, we all should get to know the candidates. If we have a chance to speak with them, we should ask them if they’re going to fall in line with other members of their party or if they’re going to think for themselves. We shouldn’t have to elect a party with each choice at the ballot. Instead, we should elect an individual who thinks for him or herself the way we do.

We should show our politicians how it’s done, by making informed choices and then asking them to do the same.

Too soon old, too many great books to read

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hen asked to name my favorite activity, I have to narrow the selection down to perhaps five. One of them is certainly reading. I have always loved to read and begged my mother to teach me to read well before I started elementary school. One of my favorite destinations, as soon as I was old enough to cross the New York City streets, was the neighborhood public library. The librarians knew Between me by name and regularly recomyou and me mended books.

BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF They sometimes even bent the rules and let me take out more books than the normal limit at any one visit, and I devoured them all.

This revelation is probably not so surprising

considering the job I hold. My guess is there are many millions more like me. So it is no wonder that the PBS series started last spring, “The Great American Read,” in which viewers rank their favorite novels, has drawn such an enthusiastic response. This week the winners on the list of 100 favorites were announced. The finalists were: “Pride and Prejudice,” “The Lord of the Rings,” the “Harry Potter” and “Outlander” series and “To Kill a Mockingbird.”

“To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee won.

“One of the best-loved stories of all time, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ has been translated into more than 40 languages, sold more than 40 million copies worldwide, served as the basis for an enormously popular motion picture and was voted one of the best novels of the 20th century by librarians across the country,” according to “The Great American Read” website. “A gripping, heart-wrenching and wholly remarkable tale of coming-of-age in a South poisoned by virulent prejudice, it views a world of great beauty and savage inequities through the eyes of a young girl, as her father, a crusading local lawyer, risks everything to defend

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a black man unjustly accused of a terrible crime.”

The PBS website continued, “‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ led ‘The Great American Read’ voting from the first week, and kept the lead for the entire five months of voting, despite strong competition from the rest of our five finalists. It also topped the list of votes in every state except North Carolina (who went for ‘Outlander’) and Wyoming (who preferred ‘Lord of the Rings’). Such widespread support from readers across the country make ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ a worthy winner of ‘The Great American Read.’”

Lee was born Nelle Harper Lee in Monroeville, Alabama, 1926, and died in her sleep at her hometown in an adult care residence in 2016. She was named after her grandmother, the name turned backward, and the family pediatrician, Dr. William W. Harper. She used the name Nelle but took Harper Lee as a pen name.

Her father was a former newspaper editor who then practiced law and was a member of the Alabama State Legislature for 13 years. He once defended two black men, a father and son

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who were accused of killing a white storekeeper.

Both men were hanged. This clearly influenced the plot of “Mockingbird.”

Lee studied law for years at the University of Alabama, where she also wrote for the university newspaper, but she did not earn a degree. In 1949, she moved to New York City and found a job as an airline reservation agent, writing fiction in her spare time. Then, in November of 1956, she received a gift from friends. It was a year’s wages with a note that read, “You have one year off from your job to write whatever you please. Merry Christmas.”

The following spring she brought a manuscript to an agent, and it wound up with a J.B. Lippincott Company editor named Therese von Hohoff Torrey. Tay Hohoff, as she was called, worked with Lee for two years, turning what she called “a series of anecdotes” into the finished book. During that intense time, Lee once threw the pages out the window into the snow, then called her editor in tears. She was told to go out and pick up the manuscript immediately.

Fortunately for all of us, she did.

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