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Outbreak Perspectives

A birthday girl, a baseball coach, an artist and a restaurateur PAGE 8

YES WE’RE OPEN GUIDE

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ENFIELD

Get comfy until May 15

Town names Deputy Supervisor

Updated list of local offerings during the pandemic

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ARTS LEADERSHIP Megan Barber introduces herself PAGE 11

THE SAGA CONTINUES

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Press Cafe: | 118 W Green St | Daily 8 am-2 pm.

Moe’s Southwest Grill | 324 Elmira Rd | 607 277-6637 | 11-8

Red Feet Wine Market | 435 Franklin St, | (607) 330-1056 | M-Th 11 am – 8 pm, F-Sa: 10 am-8 pm, Su noon-6

Jimmy John’s | 122 N Aurora St | (607) 645-0075 | 10:45 a.m.-9 p.m.

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Moosewood Restaurant | 215 N Cayuga St, | (607) 273-9610

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ew Yorkers have another month of quarantining to look forward to.

In his daily briefing Thursday, April 16, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that the “New York State on PAUSE” policy would remain in effect until May 15. Cuomo first signed the order on March 22.

The pause is a 10-point policy designed to stem the spread of coronavirus, which has hit New York particularly hard over the last several weeks. “PAUSE” outlines social distancing, closes non-essential businesses, encourages isolation and quarantining and restricts non-essential gatherings in public.

Cuomo has previously extended the pause twice, first to April 15 and then to April 29.

Essential businesses have been deemed things like medical offices, grocery stores, liquor stores, restaurants (though they can only do delivery or carry-out service), etc. It’s meant a massive economic backslide, though Cuomo has maintained that he will not trade economic success for public health safety. On Monday, Cuomo along with a slew of other neighboring states announced a task force that would work to formulate a plan to reopen the economy, though there still hasn’t been a timeline laid out for that.

“Organizing a multi-state coalition to proactively plan for the eventual reopening of our economy is another smart move by Governor Cuomo,” said Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick at the time.

Cuomo announced that starting Friday at 8 p.m. all New Yorkers would have to wear masks or face-coverings when in public and unable to maintain social-distancing.

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Cornell study shows low risk factors for COVID-19 death in Tompkins County

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by Cornell University show that Tompkins County ranks relatively low in terms of risk factors associated with COVID-19 when compared to all other counties in New York State.

The study analyzed both demographic factors and health factors separately, using them to determine the vulnerability of the populations in all counties statewide. Tompkins County ranked 58 out of 62 in demographic vulnerability, helped by the age of the county’s population; the county ranked 57 out of 62 in health vulnerability, aided by a generally healthy population. Other upstate counties, though, ranked as quite risky, including Seneca County specifically.

“While the metro New York City area has borne the brunt of New York state’s crisis, the parts of the state that are likely to be most vulnerable are in

rural upstate, particularly in the Adirondack and Chautauqua-Allegheny regions,” the report states.

“There are several counties that rank in the riskiestquartile on both measures, including Allegany, Chenango, Clinton, Orleans and Seneca,” the report stated. “By contrast, several counties rank relatively low on both indices, with Kings, Lewis, New York, Orange, Putnam, Richmond, Rockland, Tompkins, and Westchester counties ranking in the bottom-quartile on both measures.”

Among factors considered for the demographic vulnerability score were the percent of the population over 80 years old, the percent of households that span three generations, the percent who live in group quarters like dormitories or nursing homes (this was a statistic that showed Tompkins County as very risky, with 13.3 percent, obviously due to the

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▶ How to Help - The Tompkins County Health Department is initiating a collaborative effort to produce and distribute cloth masks for essential workers. Essential businesses can request cloth masks for their employees through a process set up by the Tompkins County Emergency Operations Center.

Tompkins County is well-suited to avoid an outbreak, but social distancing guidelines are still to be followed. (Photo by Casey Martin)

Cover: Photo: A parade of friends drive past

Mo Reycroft’s house on Warren Road to celebrate her birthday. Photo: Casey Martin

college population) and the percent of the population that is disabled (9.0 percent).

Meanwhile, the county’s health statistics also show Tompkins County as relatively safe. Considered figures included the percent of adults with asthma, the percent of people with cardiovascular disease, percent with diabetes, percent with high blood pressure, percent who are obese and the percent who are currently smoking. Tompkins County had a relatively high rate of people with asthma, but the others were all very low compared to other counties.

“If the more rural parts of the state don’t strictly follow the social distancing guidelines that the governor has put in place, then the potential health consequences of a COVID outbreak are serious,” said Matthew Hall, the director of the Cornell Population Center.

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If you are able to volunteer in this mask-making effort, please email masks@tompkins-co. org. The Health Department is seeking volunteers who: have sewing experience, though we will need additional volunteers for cutting materials and supporting the sewers; can provide a sewing machine to the effort for use at the production

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facility (not required); and have not been in close contact with an individual tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 14 days.

Masks can also be dropped off at a variety of locations around the county, including Alternatives Federal Credit Union, the Dryden and Lansing Town Halls, and others (a full list is available online).

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Enfield Enmity

Enfield names Deputy Supervisor after testy public meeting level.

McGee’s decision to allocate some duties and money to Redmond for the deputy supervisor position ignited another battle with Lynch.

The resolution named Redmond to the role and created a $10,000 annual salary for Enfield town supervisor Beth McGee and new deputy town the job, while also supervisor Stephanie Redmond (Photo: Matt Butler) approving her to complete fiduciary responsibilities in n overtly confrontational Encase of McGee’s absence. Former deputy field Town Board meeting ended supervisor Becky Sims had announced with board member Stephanie her resignation on April 9 in a letter to the Redmond’s appointment to the Deputy Town Clerk.

Supervisor role being approved over the The statements in favor of the resoluobjections of a fellow board member. tion came from McGee and board memThe meeting pitted Town Supervisor bers Virginia Bryant and Mimi Mehaffey, Beth McGee and other board members all of whom argued that the job of town against board member Bob Lynch. That is supervisor is inherently more than one not unfamiliar territory for those two facperson can handle, and thus more help tions: Lynch was the only board member and resources are necessary to make the to object to the removal of the Pledge of job more attractive for better candidates.

Allegiance from the official agenda, joinTheir comments ranged from supportive ing a small cadre of Enfield residents, who of the job McGee has done in the supervivocally opposed the move in February sor role to accusing Lynch of sexism for when it was a heated debate at the town his comments, both extemporaneous and

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“When I put in the work, I don’t feel like it’s going anywhere”: Students discuss taking online classes

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n the last month, the landscape of higher education has changed dramatically as colleges have shifted to online learning due to the coronavirus pandemic.

For students and professors alike, the transition has not often been easy. Courses designed to be taught in physical classrooms have converted to an online learning experience that can be unfamiliar and ill-equipped to fit parts of a curriculum.

Student engagement has also suffered, with virtual, remote classes requiring a level of academic concentration and discipline that many students have found difficult to meet.

“It’s something that none of us has ever experienced before,” said Nate Potts, a sophomore television and radio major at Ithaca College.

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about their experiences taking online classes and their plans if it continues into the fall semester. Jeremy Freedman, a sophomore computer science major at Cornell, said it’s been difficult for him to focus when he’s staring at a screen for 12 hours a day in his room.

“I’m surprised it hasn’t given me a headache yet,” he said. “I live in a work environment.”

And without the physical presence of classmates and teachers, students said it’s harder to stay motivated and learn at the same pace as before.

“I’m someone who thrives off of interactions with people,” said Trish Ortiz, a Cornell sophomore studying human biology, health and society. “So, not having that took a lot bigger toll on my productivity than I thought it would.”

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prepared. McGee, in particular, took aim at Lynch for a statement he wrote and circulated prior to the meeting that did attack McGee in no uncertain terms.

“Perhaps you could have been more informed before you tore me up on your tabloid online and sent a whole bunch of letters to everybody and called me names,” McGee said. “I would expect more respectful discourse from a councilperson than that. But I’ve come to expect less.”

“I would expect more respect for the taxpayer,” Lynch shot back, asking McGee to justify the $10,000 allocation, arguing that she knew the responsibilities of the office when she ran for reelection (though, obviously, a public health outbreak and economic downturn were not clear heading into November’s election). McGee reiterated that while the pay for the job is part-time, the actual job duties themselves are not part-time, and the added burden of the coronavirus outbreak has made it untenable to do alone while adding duties to the role of the deputy supervisor role.

Though the position should have already been paid more, McGee said, the current circumstances just added evidence to support higher pay; Lynch argued that the ask should have been made during the budget season negotiations in the fall, not at a routine town board meeting.

Lynch then read the pre-written statement into the record, levying allegations of duty abdication at McGee and arguing that she should be carrying the full workload of the position, in rather personal terms.

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and administration major at Cornell, said that being able to physically show a professor his work on a project is important.

“You need them to be right in front of your eyes … when you don’t get that, it does become very scary,” he said.

Some teachers have turned to asynchronous recorded lectures instead of holding them live via online video conferencing programs. Although this can reduce stress by providing students the freedom to watch lectures whenever they want within a certain timeframe, it can lead to a lack of structure. Sydney Corcoran, a junior television and radio major at IC, said that class participation and collaboration have taken a significant hit.

“In a weird way, I don’t feel like I owe anyone anything,” she said. “When I put in the work, I don’t feel like it’s going anywhere.”

For fields such as science and the arts, online classes have proven especially challenging. Quinn Guthrie, a Cornell sophomore studying fashion design management, said that a lot of the work for her major has turned into writing recontinued on page 7

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Election 2020

Dems hold first forum ahead of June primaries

Houten defended his staff and said he trusted them to carry out their caseload with the best interests and safety of the community in mind.

Coronavirus Round up - Here’s some other stories we covered this week that you can read more about online. You can see all of our coverage of the coronavirus outbreak at our special page ithaca.com/news/ coronavirus.

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he Tompkins County Democratic Committee held its first candidate forum last week, using Zoom to introduce candidates in two races to voters for what may be the only time before June’s Democratic primary election is held.

Candidates for Tompkins County District Attorney and the New York State Assembly all appeared via video conference to appeal to voters. Intermittent technical difficulties did not mar the proceedings too much, which began with a spirited session between current county District Attorney Matt Van Houten and Ithaca attorney Ed Kopko, who is seeking to unseat Van Houten.

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The two have squared off before, in 2016, in what was a contentious primary that ended with Van Houten being picked to run on the Democratic ticket and Kopko filing a lawsuit in response. Since then, Kopko has been a frequent critic of Van Houten’s administration, never more prominent than over the summer and fall of 2019 when Kopko represented Rose DeGroat, one of the two black people hit and arrested by Ithaca Police Department officers after an altercation on the Commons last April in a situation that was later called an “overreaction” in a fiery rebuke by a Tompkins County judge. DeGroat’s charges were eventually dismissed.

Kopko continued that criticism during the forum, and while Van Houten acknowledged that he had made mistakes in how he handled the case (before DeGroat’s charges were dismissed, Van Houten had charged her first with a misdemeanor,

than reversed course and sought a felony charge), Kopko alleged that Van Houten’s conduct had been intentional and harmful. That followed a more general question about what kind of work needs to be done to interact with the public regarding cases that generate a lot of public interest, such as the Commons case.

“I’m hopeful that we will have a town hall, that was promised to us by the mayor, to talk about some of the systemic biases in our community, and they do exist,” Van Houten said. “I’m 100 percent willing to engage in those uncomfortable conversations.”

Each candidate touted their bona fides in terms of keeping the jail population down. Van Houten pointed to his instructions from late last year that preempted the statewide bail reform to reduce arrests and the jail population, something that he has continued to work on throughout the last several months. Kopko, on the other hand, vowed that “It only works when we can hold people accountable that actually need to be held accountable,” Kopko said.

“The rest of the people make mistakes, and they’re entitled to a fair evaluation of all of their circumstances so that we can cut down on the prison population and the number of people on probation.”

In one of the more interesting contrasts of the forum Kopko also said he would give “very little” prosecutorial discretion to his assistant district attorneys because of blanket policies that would apply to all cases they would be handling. Kopko swiped at Van Houten’s current roster of ADAs as not diverse and not representative of the community, at which point Van

Local Democratic candidates participated in the first candidate forum of the election cycle last week. The primary will be held in June. (Photo online)

The crowded Democratic field vying for the seat Barbara Lifton is leaving behind by retiring congregated for the first time last week, discussing a wide swath of topics that have both local and statewide impacts. The full list of Democratic candidates, which includes Tompkins County Legislator Anna Kelles, Dryden Town Supervisor Jason Leifer, Ithaca Common Council member Seph Murtagh, Ithaca attorney Sujata Gibson, former Lifton General Counsel Jordan Lesser, Family Counseling Services of Cortland County CEO Lisa Hoeschele, Cortland County Legislator Beau Harbin spoke for a combined 90 or so minutes at the event, though it likely won’t be the last.

Perhaps the most topical question posed to the candidates was about the economic recovery plans that will be necessary on the path back from the COVID-19 pandemic and what kind of policies they would want to see, and it provided a window into their overall platforms. Kelles emphasized childcare and environmental sustainability in a plan for an economic comeback, while Leifer reintroduced his municipal broadband plan that he has been pursuing in Dryden. An overarching theme, brought up by Leifer, Hoeschele, Murtagh (who also pointed to education and workforce development), and others, was the New York Health Act, or more generally universal healthcare, and how necessary that would be in a recovery effort.

“It’s going to be a whole new world out there,” Hoeschele said. “Funding is going to be of the utmost importance and without someone in Washington like [Franklin D. Roosevelt], we’re really not going to be able to do what we need to do in any short term situation.”

Similarly, Lesser pointed out that in recent history it’s been shown that austerity measures do not help to overcome a financial crisis as the country is facing now. Gibson, on the other hand, said she thought that a trickle-down approach would be counterproductive and that each county should be given money to more directly address local after-effects, as well as to develop sustainable food plans.

Harbin and Hoeschele took the opportunity to introduce themselves to Tompkins County voters. Hoeschele said she wanted to more prominently involve the agricultural sector into decision-making going forward in a recovery, and Harbin heavily featured environmentalist points throughout his answers.

For more coverage of the rest of the forum, check online now at Ithaca.com.

Third COVID 19 death reported in Tioga County - The Tioga County Health Department confirmed another death from COVID-19 in the county, according to Tioga County Legislative Chairwoman Martha Sauerbrey’s report on April 19. Demographic details are unknown and will not be released by the health department.

Employee at Lansing Mirabito store tests positive for COVID 19 The Tompkins County Health Department has announced that an employee at a Mirabito Convenience store on Peruville Road in Lansing has tested positive for coronavirus. There is a chance the worker may have exposed customers to the virus during two shifts they worked, on Thursday, April 9 from 8:45 a.m.-1:30 p.m. and Friday, April 10 from 2:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m.. Customers during those times should get tested.

TCAT riders required to wear face masks, effective April 17 - Starting at 8 p.m. on April 17, TCAT riders will need to wear face masks or coverings when riding public transportation in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Children of two-yearsold and younger, as well as individuals who cannot cover their faces due to medical reasons, are exempt from this requirement.

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GUEST OPINION

SURROUNDED BY REALITY

Does Ithaca Measure Democracy in People, or Dollars?

‘Twas Ever Thus

By G e n ev i ev e R a n d, m e m be r of t h e R e n t Fr e e z e c a m pa ign

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ast month, thousands like me joined in petitioning and calling on the Common Council to demand a Rent Freeze. Small landlords and city legislators have been against the idea, arguing that a

Rent Freeze just passes the burden from renters to landlords, instead of focusing on who really owns and controls our housing: banks and other big-money institutions.

They are mistaken.

Besides addressing an immediate need of our most vulnerable neighbors, a Rent Freeze has strong potential to join tenants and homeowners in like-minded solidarity. Yes, really — passing control of our City’s COVID-19 response from the few to the many would unite us in our collective struggle by legally erasing the rent debt that draws an illusory divide between the interests of tenants and landlords. It would accelerate our shared understanding that while the poorest were hit first, we are all underdogs in the same fight between the 99 percent and the 1 percent. It would stop landlords from being forced to defend the interests of six-to-seven- figure lenders during a pandemic, at the expense of Ithaca’s renters.

Genevieve Rand

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ews Item: (United States, April, 2020) Despite the continued concerns of medical experts over the country’s COVID-19 testing capacity, some states are “reopening” public spaces and relaxing stay-at-home measures. “The rate of new cases has slowed for the last 45 minutes,” said Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as he opened parks and beaches in his state on April 17. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott echoed that optimism as he opened state parks and retail stores on April 20, saying, “If we all stay home, the virus wins.” Florida resident Cletus Cornstarch high-fived the lifeguard at a crowded Jacksonville beach, and proclaimed that he was, “Happier than ol’ Blue layin’ on the porch, a-chewin’ on a big ol’ catfish head.”

News Item: (Topsail Island, North Carolina, Sept. 17, 2018) Ignoring warnings by meteorologists that the sudden drop in wind speeds and break in cloud cover was actually the eye of Hurricane Florence, North Carolina residents stream out of their houses, heading to stores, restaurants and the beach. Floyd Cornstarch, loading his SUV for a family camping trip, said that he reckoned the storm was plumb worn out, or words to that effect.

News item: (Amity Island, July 3, 1975) Sweeping aside the continued concerns of visiting ichthyologist Matt Hooper and Chief Brody, Mayor Vaughn re-opens the beaches for the July 4 holiday, saying, “I’m pleased and happy to repeat the news that we have, in fact, caught and killed a large predator that supposedly injured some bathers. But, as you see, it’s a beautiful day, the beaches are open and people are having a wonderful time. Amity, as you know, means ‘friendship.’”

News Item: (The RMS Titanic, April 15, 1912) Paying no heed to the admonitions of Third Officer Pitman to stay in

line for the next lifeboat, passenger Lydia Rothschild Cornstarch returned to her stateroom, “As is my right.” She continued, “These constant restrictions... ‘put on a life vest,’ ‘get in line’... are ruining my voyage. This ship was advertised as unsinkable. I shall not comply.”

News Item: (San Francisco, April 18, 1906) Disregarding the concerns of experts in the relatively new science of seismology about ‘aftershocks’ as sensationalism fomented by progressive politician William Randolph Hearst in his newspaper, the San Francisco Examiner, residents return to their homes as soon as the shaking stopped. Grocer Walter Cornstarch proclaimed, “It’s time to get our freedom back and liberate San Francisco. People need Rice-A-Roni, by gum, and they have a right to buy it when they want.”

News Item: (Little Bighorn River, June 25, 1876) Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer dismissed the arrival of Private Pervis Cornstarch, staggering back into camp, bristling with arrows, as “liberal media balderdash,” and ordered an immediate charge on a Native American encampment of indeterminate size just over the next hill.

News Item: (England, Middle Ages) After watching his brother lose his house and get eaten by a wolf, the Second Little Pig began building a much sturdier structure. “My brother was an idiot, may he rest in peace. I mean, straw? I’ll build with sticks! The wolf’s out of breath by now, anyway.”

News Item: (Mesopotamia, 2348 BC) Although Noah pleaded with his cousin Ricky to stay aboard, Ricky stormed off the Ark during an early lull on the third day of rain, saying, “Yea, for I am tired of being cooped up on this unwholesome boat, and you cannot telleth me what to do.”

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would be postponing her resignation until the public health crisis caused by the COVID-19 outbreak was over.

“Were this last-minute legislative sleight of hand attempted in normal times, it would be seen for what it was; a surreptitious attempt by a lazy Town Supervisor to offload her responsibilities to another and to do so far distant from the Town’s annual budget cycle, as well as the next election,” Lynch said. “No, I will oppose Supervisor McGee’s proposed Resolutions to appoint a new deputy and to increase that subordinate’s budgeted salary by more than ten-fold. Enfield taxpayers deserve better 6 T

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than this. They deserve a Supervisor who lives up to her elected promises and does not choose to lean on her shovel handle in a non-election year.”

To add to the tension, the meeting included an extended battle between the board members and Highway Supervisor Buddy Rollins, who was arguing against placing workers in his department on partial unemployment. It represented another instance in which Lynch was bent against the will of the rest of the board, though again he was defeated.

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But there’s a less ideological argument for a Rent Freeze, too: the democratic one. The Census Bureau says Ithaca is 70% renters, and when our present health crisis first threatened a socioeconomic collapse, most of us took a personal interest in the matter of shelter. In conversation with the newly-formed Ithaca Tenants Union, we agreed that with a temporary moratorium on evictions in place, next up was looking ahead to the day it will be lifted, June 20, when many low-income people will owe rent debt and face eviction all at once in a still- struggling economy. With the help of lawyers, we settled on introducing an amendment to Chapter 48 of the City Code that would allow the Mayor to restrict business activity involving rental income during a declared State of Emergency. From a democratic standpoint, a Rent Freeze seemed pretty open-and-shut, since more of Ithaca pays rent than collects it. To test the support, we drafted a petition, posted it on social media and watched well over a thousand sign their names in less than a day. Within a week, the petition had twice as many signatures as the Mayor got votes in his last election. We realized we had something.

The Ithaca Democratic Socialists of America voted to make the Rent Freeze their core focus, and the Workers’ Center spread word of the growing demand to thousands of working-class Ithacans.

United behind escalating our push to level the economic playing field, we plowed ahead, creating spreadsheets, surveys and group chats, linking together hundreds of Ithacans with phones at the ready. On March 30, we made over 400 calls—occupying our Council’s phones the way we could have occupied their offices under less dire circumstances.

By the third day, with somewhere between 1,200 and 1,500 calls, leaving their phones dancing across desks and their voicemail boxes full, not a single Councilperson agreed to stand with us.

They’d talk to us for a minute, but only to offer their opinion that a Rent Freeze would make things worse, sending us away with a pat on the head and an assurance that they know what’s best and we don’t.

On one call, 1st Ward Alderperson George McGonigal—a democratically elected representative—summarized the legislative attitude rather brazenly when he asked, “So, if a certain number of people are asking me to do one thing, and this other number of people are asking me to do another thing, I should just go with what the bigger number of people are saying?”

Despite what they’ve said in public statements, the process of politely telling Common Council how many Ithacans agree a Rent Freeze would make things better lasted weeks before we escalated to a phone zap in an attempt to show them.

With a united effort we can do this.

Democracy depends on it.

Susan Multer

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GUEST OPINION At their monthly meeting that Wednesday night, which omitted the usual chance for any Ithacan to hold the floor for three minutes, the most they promised was to advocate on our behalf—a strange offer, after spending much of the meeting discussing how overwhelmed they were with our ability to advocate for ourselves.

They insisted on not acting until we had one policy to address every housing and business need at once, and scoffed at the idea of serving the most vulnerable first.

But then, as mortgage and business relief laws began to pass—most recently $5,000 forgivable loans from the city to small businesses—Ithaca’s legislators didn’t include us. They still haven’t.

Responding to the proposed amendment itself, Mayor Svante revealed his primary concern was how “even if that worked... we would have likely been facing a series of lawsuits that we would have been on the losing side of.”

His admission solidified our fear that strength in numbers only matters to Ithaca’s City legislature if those numbers follow dollar signs. Common Council’s reaction to the public calls for an Ithaca Rent Freeze is a clear acknowledgement that the demands and threats of those with money and power are far more important to them than the needs or the outrage of the poor. If they allow homelessness through their inaction, the unhoused cannot sue. Tenants need another source of power.

Luckily for us, the organizing strength of Ithaca’s working-class renters is only growing through our blossoming Tenants’ Union. Even though we haven’t yet gotten the policy we want, April was the Common Council’s first chance to act—not their last.

The fact that they saw what we could do in just a few days, and the stream of leaks revealing the Landlords’ Association’s frightened whispers, indignant shouts and lawyerings-up, are signs that we are on a path to building formidable tenant power. Many volunteers were especially frustrated by the apathy and even hostility of their supposed representatives on Common Council, and are seriously considering the idea of running against them.

Renters, join the Tenants Union. It’s

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God is Not to Blame

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In support of safe voting

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he title of the April 3rd editorial in the New York Times was profound: “You Shouldn’t Have to Risk Your Life to Vote.” Although referring to Wisconsin where voters would go to the polls when COVID-19 was rampant, the statement also applied to New York.

Fortunately, by executive order, Governor Cuomo has now enabled New Yorkers to vote by absentee ballot in the June 23 primary without any excuse other than the health crisis.

To apply for a ballot in Tompkins County go to www.tompkinscountyny. gov and under Departments click on Board of Elections. Under Absentee Voting click on application form with instructions. Be sure to check box that says “temporary illness” as reason for applying. If you have questions call the Board of Elections at 607-274-5522. The form can be returned by email (elections@tompkins-co.org), FAX (607-2745533) or US mail.

The address is 128 E. Buffalo Street, Ithaca, NY 14850.

Although your absentee ballot won’t be mailed to you until around May 22, it’s important to send the application for it as soon as possible in order to prevent too many requests coming all at once. Let’s exercise our right to vote and prevent spread of the Coronavirus at the same time.

here have been a number of people recently asking the question: “Is the coronavirus a punishment from God?” The answer is “No” and this medieval notion needs to be banished in these modern times. God is not a supernatural policeman high in the sky, watching humanity and ready to pass judgment when the accumulated sins reach a critical number.

God is Love. All of Creation is a gift we have all been invited to share. Not only is Creation celebrated in every religion, each has Love at the heart of its teachings.

How can anyone place a loving God in the position of a terminator? Certainly, there are passages in the holy texts where a God of vengeance strikes but when these ancient, pre-scientific stories of God’s punishments are allowed to be the dominant way people are taught to understand God, religious faith is simply reduced to living in a state of eternal fear.

God can be known as Mother, Father, Yahweh, Allah, Krishna, Waheguru, Great Spirit and in stories of these deities, humans are the children. We trivialize God when we suggest that our existence on Earth is in jeopardy because “God is mad” and the children need to be taught a lesson.

Those who prevail will do so by seeking strength and hope from the God of all Creation and follow doctors’ orders.

Those who simply try to please a God of punishment will live in doubt and fear all their days.

Rev. Gary McCaslin, American Baptist Minister, retired

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search papers about the content.

“I wasn’t surprised that they decided to move online, but I didn’t understand how they were going to do a lot of my classes because most of them are hands-on working in labs and in studios,” she said.

Nicala Sirianni, senior occupational therapy student at IC, said that watching videos for her classes just isn’t the same.

“I definitely feel like I learn better when I’m in class and have to pay attention, rather than trying to force myself to learn the stuff on my own,” she said.

Frits Marohn, a freshman music composition major at IC, said his piano teacher created a YouTube channel to post lesson videos. He said it hasn’t been as productive as the one-on-one, in-person instruction he received on campus, but it’s all they have.

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of rigor in online courses, students who spoke with the Ithaca Times said they understand the decision from a safety perspective and believe that faculty are trying their best to be accommodating.

If it continues into the fall, though, some would consider taking leaves of absence.

“I feel like that would just be a waste of time. … I wouldn’t be getting anything out the curriculum that I want,” said Marty Alani, a sophomore plant science major at Cornell.

Others mentioned the financial aspect of taking online classes at a university designed for residential instruction. Zach Thurston, a sophomore environmental science and sustainability major at Cornell, said he’d likely take a gap year.

“Overall, I’m really not into it just because I’m paying a lot of money to take classes here at this university,” he said. “I really don’t think it’s worth $70,000 to have access to a website.”

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Perspectives on an Outbreak How COVID-19 has impacted people from different walks of life

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he coronavirus has impacted virtually everyone, but depending on one’s situation it has likely also led to some sort of significant change unique to each person. Extroverts have been cut off from personal connection, business owners have had to make difficult decisions and likely absorbed financial loss, anyone who enjoys something as simple as a leisurely walk down the street has had to pause to either reconsider or strap on a mask. To get a glimpse into those changes, we decided to split this cover story into three small profiles of life under COVID-19. Here’s how the outbreak has impacted four people around the community professionally, personally, and otherwise.

SPORTS

and some really go out on the proverbial limb to breathe life into the sport by investing in equipment, procuring facilities and paying coaches. The social distancing measures recently put in place have thrown— you knew this was coming—a curveball at these programs, and I talked to some longtime friends and fellow baseball lovers to gain some insight into how they are managing this crisis.

Jeff Spada has made many appearances in this column over the years, and has spent thousands of hours around the diamond as a player, coach and advocate. Three years ago, Jeff founded HitZ Ithaca, a training and instructional facility that offers camps, clinics, video evaluations and other hightech methods to enhance the skills of its students. Things were going smoothly en-

Having grown up in a town where lacrosse had yet to be adopted as a school sport, it was an adjustment to move to Ithaca, where lacrosse was the King of Spring and baseball sometimes felt like an afterthought.

That observation, coupled with my lifelong love for baseball, drew me closer to those in the community who did what they could to keep the “Great Game” alive.

Some have done so by volunteering as coaches, some help by organizing leagues

tering the spring when area teams would have begun to ramp up training and practices again when the outbreak put a stop to all of that.

Jeff said, “We were well into our Spring Training schedule. We were getting ready for the scholastic and Cal Ripken baseball seasons, and boom, this all hit.”

Some activity is still allowed, like parents taking in individual kids to hit or practice, but Spada said its a “fraction” of

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what it normally would be at this time of year. Ultimately, one of the groups feeling the hardest brunt are the kids who love the game but had a season stolen.

“I feel really bad for the kids, especially the seniors,” Spada said. “We are working on a local YouTube channel using our own instructors, like a HitZ TV channel, and we’re still advertising our summer camps.”

Sounding upbeat, Jeff offered, “When people get back to work, they will be doing a lot to catch up. There will be a real need to keep the kids engaged, and they won’t be burned out, coming off another sport.

They’ll be ready to go. We’re really looking forward to it.”

Tony Prudence is another longtime friend and baseball compadre. The time he spent in an Ithaca College Bomber uniform (in the 1980s) further cemented his relationship with Frank Fazio, the Bomber legend and longtime assistant coach, who had known Tony since the day Tony was born. Upon selling his family’s longtime business and retiring, Tony decided to found Total Baseball Training (operated out of the Community Recreation Center in Lansing), and he knew that having “Faz” onboard would make the endeavor a whole lot more rewarding. “I knew that Faz was retired from his teaching job (at ICSD), and I told him, ‘Faz, I don’t need you, but I really want you.’ He loves baseball, he’s fantastic with the kids. I was very happy when he said, ‘I’m in.’ The two most influential men in my life: my father and Faz.” Total Baseball was up and running—focusing on everything from skills training, advocating athletic and academic balance, and helping parents develop and pass along realistic expectations—but when the Covid-19 data started coming into clearer focus, Tony pulled the plug. “We wanted to stay in front of it,” Tony stated. “We feel an obligation to keep everyone healthy.”

Tony, having faced some personal medical challenges over the past several years, is doing his best to stay engaged with the families he serves through ongoing email

updates. He offers some heartfelt encouragement, “Every day is a good day, every hour is a good hour.” He said, “I tell the kids to remember that Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams took a 4-year break from their careers to serve our country, and they came back. We’ll get through this.”

ART

Living and working between Ithaca and Trumansburg, Domenica Brockman is an ambitious painter making art in the tradition of geometric and hard-edge abstraction. Employing encaustic (wax-based paint) on reconfigurable wood panels, she combines bold, silhouetted shapes with thick, enticing paint textures to create images that recall past masters of the genre— from Hans Arp to Ellsworth Kelly—while remaining fresh. Colors, shapes, and patterns give her work an engagingly musical, animated quality.

Brockman also co-owns Petrune, a vintage boutique on the Ithaca Commons. An upstairs space, previously home to Julie Simmons-Lynch’s eye Gallery, has hosted occasional exhibitions over the past two years. Last fall, it featured a memorable showing of her own recent work.

Since last October, Brockman has rented a studio in the Masonic Temple building on Main Street in Trumansburg. (Built in 1871 as the Trembley House Hotel, the elaborate brick Italianate structure has been owned by the local Masons since 1914.)

With the coronavirus pandemic and the closing of her downtown business last month, her space has been a refuge. “I spent a few weeks in a state of depression,” she admits. “Now as the weather improves and my spirits are recovering, I’m spending more time in my studio. If this continues, I will be very happy to work full time as an artist—it’s been the dream all along.”

Like many local artists, Brockman relies on selling her work to supplement her income and keep her studio practice going.

In a community with limited resources, the Internet is vital. Over the past few weeks,

of anxiety and depression by working with bright, happy colors that lift my spirits. I’ve been working smaller recently too, because materials are expensive.”

Brockman is cautiously optimistic about what the future holds for herself and for other local artists. “Hopefully this pause we’ve been forced to take will help us all focus on our true inner work,” she reports.

“I expect there will be a lot of deep thinking and growth on all levels, not just artistically.”

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she has found both sales and solace in a new initiative: the Artist Support Pledge.

Launched mid-March by British painter Matthew Burrows, the pledge enables a simple but effective alternative economy for artists hurt by the shuttering of galleries and other artworld institutions. Based primarily on Instagram (hashtag #artistsupportpledge), artists offer works for no more than £200—or the local equivalent— with the promise that the artist will purchase another participating artist’s work upon reaching £1000 in personal sales.

Conceived as a way of supporting friends and regional artists, Burrows’ brainchild has become a worldwide online movement.

According to Brockman, she has had three sales so far and is looking forward to adding new work to her personal collection upon selling two more. “I love the

concept of the pledge because it adds the concepts of ‘generosity’ and ‘giving back’ to artists selling their work,” she explains. “By pledging to buy another artist’s work, you become part of the solution. And who loves art more than artists?”

The ethic behind the pledge is social and creative as well as economic. Brockman says that she’s “meeting” new artists and enthusiasts on a daily basis. “I think this will help people with similar aesthetics find each other and bond more easily.”

Her paintings themselves continue the same course of patient, gradual exploration she has taken since switching to abstraction from moody landscape a few years ago.

“The crisis also left me with a craving for a sense of balance, so my recent work is very symmetrical and balanced,” she explains.

“I’ve also been trying to counter feelings

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These are difficult times for Ithaca area small business owners who operate the amazing restaurants we had been used to visiting before they were forced to close last month.

To get a clearer picture of their daily activities, last week I reached out to one of the area’s iconic restaurateurs, Mark Campagnolo, owner of two popular restaurants.

Mark has been involved in the local restaurant scene for many decades, working with his father at Roma Pizzeria and then in the 1980s as the proprietor of Joe’s on Buffalo Street and Little Joe’s in Collegetown. He opened the Boatyard Grill January 2001 and Ciao! in 2010 and these days is working harder, and longer, than ever.

If I had been hoping to hear a cheery narrative about what a wonderful opportunity this is to spend time with family and clean up long neglected areas of his home, I would have been disappointed. Instead, his daughters, 14 and 17 years old, are stuck at home spending considerable time communicating with their friends on social media but not having the opportunity to interact with their dad.

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Protection Program) “is like them throwing a lead anchor to someone drowning in the ocean.” One of the problems is that his own payroll has dwindled considerably as The Boatyard is closed and the Ciao! workforce has dwindled from about 70 employees to approximately 15.

Mark feels there is a complete lack of understanding of small business concerns among state and federal agencies. “They don’t even know how to roll out their own programs. In only one week the SBA (Small Business Administration) changed their application form five times… FIVE TIMES!” Another source of his frustration revolves around insurance. He points out that his business interruption insurance has become more of a legal issue than insurance.

He has nothing to do with the stoppage of his business and feels he shouldn’t be held responsible.

The third issue that concerns him on a daily basis is unemployment. He needed to lay off some of his staff and some simply quit if they didn’t feel safe. Mark explains, “My employees are quitting because they can get unemployment insurance plus $600 a week. They can make significant money staying at home with their families while feeling safe.”

Every day, Mark checks in at The Boatyard Grill to touch base with his executive chef and accountant and then drives up to Ciao! to supervise the takeout business which opens at 4 p.m. The menu is smaller than usual but the business “is brisk and is a larger than normal business for takeout.”

Obviously, his total business is significantly weaker than when he had two successful establishments each serving two meals a day.

Another issue that keeps his attention on a daily basis is what the new normal will be. “Will I have to install barriers between tables? Will I have to reduce the capacity of my restaurants? If so, by how much? And how will that affect the size of my staff? Will our staff have to meet people at the door to take the temperature of patrons and how will customers like being greeted by a server in a mask who delivers their food to the table in gloves… if it comes to that.”

So, that’s a peek at what is probably representative of how most, if not all, of our Ithaca small business restaurant owners spend their typical day during these difficult times. It includes constant worrying and endless phoning. And none of the problems were as a result of any decision they made.

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Vital for Life

Family Matters

by Betsy Schermerhorn Director, Marketing and Admissions

CLEAN OUT Throughout life, you may find you need to relocate, forcing you to donate or sell some possessions. Perhaps you are moving from a large home to a condominium or taking advantage of an opportunity to build an in-law apartment at a child’s home. There are some good rules of thumb to follow. If it isn’t used on a regular basis, consider letting it go. If there are too many of the same item, choose a few favorites and pass the others on. Items with resale potential can be consigned or donated to a charity auction. Participating in a town sale event can be sociable, and there are others there to watch your things when you get a hot dog!

Having fewer possessions can sim-

plify your life and put some cash in your pocket. If you’re selling or donating items

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string of 16 cars rode down Warren Road on Thursday afternoon, honking horns and adorned with banners and balloons. It was a festive interruption to the dreariness of social distancing and our current quarantine era. It was also local realtor and longtime Ithacan Mo Reycroft’s birthday party.

The display was representative of the new realities of the COVID-19 outbreak, which has forced people to find creative ways to celebrate important occasions.

Zoom conferencing is one option that has become very popular, but an alternative that has gained momentum recently is car parades, which involve assembling a line of cars and designing a travel route that allows a slow procession past a single spot where the subject of the party stands and can wave at the cars going by.

Admittedly, it looks a bit strange and it’s a far cry from how birthday parties would have looked even just a few months ago, but it’s the best that people can do for now.

Reycroft certainly appreciated the gesture, organized by her friend Jennifer Engel.

Cars full of family and friends rolled past Reycroft with banners saying “Happy Birthday Mo” and party music blaring.

“I’m bowled over,” she said. “I had no

idea it was coming.”

It was reminiscent of birthdays Reycroft has had in the past, not something she expected heading into the day. After surprise parties for her 50th birthday and 60th birthday, she had lowered her expectations for this year due to the global circumstances, but came away just about as impressed.

“This year it was quarantine time, I didn’t expect anything,” Reycroft said.

The only indication was a call from Engel before the parade began that Reycroft should go out and stand at the end of her driveway for a surprise.

More of these types of parties are on the way, with social distancing showing no signs of stopping any time soon. Another Ithacan, Freida Diamond, will have her own customized celebration for her 100th birthday on April 30 at Oak Hill Manor, where she cannot be visited because of fears of coronavirus. On her behalf, her family and Oak Hill Manor are organizing a letter writing campaign for people to participate in who want to send her well wishes. Those interested can send their letters to Oak Hill Manor, c/o Freida Diemond, 602 Hudson St., Ithaca, NY 14850.

A parade of friends drive past Mo Reycroft’s house on Warren Road to celebrate her birthday. (Photo by Casey Martin)

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ompkins County resident Megan Barber recently returned home to enter a career combining her passions.

Before she left the area to attend college, Barber grew up in Enfield and Caroline. After living in Massachusetts for 25 years, she and her family have settled in Brooktondale and she has taken on the Executive Director position at the Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County (CAP).

Barber has always felt a strong connection to the vibrant county arts community and to the community itself. As a violinist, she holds a great appreciation for music and all other art forms. Her passion for art, her home, and roles in leadership and management led her to join CAP and its mission to support and promote local artists.

“I was, and still am, inspired by the opportunity to continually put the arts in service to the community, strengthen partnerships with businesses and local governments, and support a system of artists to inspire, transform, and remind us who we are,” Barber said.

Barber officially took over the executive director position on Feb. 11, 2020. In the past two months, she has worked with Program Director Robin Schwartz and CAP board members to continue to develop partnerships and aid artists and art organizations. Barber was proud to join CAP and its commitment to showcasing local works.

Megan Barber has returned to Tompkins County and took over the Community Arts Partnership earlier this year. (Photo provided)

By Libby Cook “I feel very fortunate to have come into a strong organization with experienced staff and a committed board,” Barber said.

CAP provides grants to artists, art organizations and nonprofits in the area. There is a grant application process and then panels of community members select who will be funded. Artists can also apply to be featured in events like the CAP ArtSpace Gallery, the Greater Ithaca Art Trail, the Ithaca Artist Market, and the Spring Writes Literary Festival.

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by CAP are open to anyone and are a great way to meet other people in the community.

This is Barber’s favorite aspect of her job.

“The Community Arts Partnership is truly that – a partnership,” Barber said. “I have loved getting to know so many of our partners: arts organizations and artists, individual donors and business supporters, collaborating agencies and municipalities.”

Though Barber expected to be preparing spring CAP events at this time, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced her and other CAP members to adapt their focus and mission within the community. Throughout the difficulty of postponed events, funding cuts and overall uncertainty of what challenges each day will bring, CAP remains committed to helping as many local artists as possible while still offering art-focused events to the community.

CAP has implemented a new grant titled the CAP Emergency Arts Relief Fund aimed to help local artists who have lost income due to postponed art events and programs. As of April 18, the fund was able to help over 15 artists, but donations and artist applications were accepted through April 20 in the hope to maximize support.

Barber’s workdays have shifted out of main offices and gallery spaces, but she continues to connect with the community virtually. Events that have been postponed, including the Spring Writes Literary Festival and the Greater Ithaca Art Trail, are being reimagined for possible live streaming and virtual experiences.

Barber is also excited for CAP to host new virtual workshops and networking opportunities in May. “It’s really a team effort among local arts organizations and our sister arts councils around the state,” Barber said. “Everyone is gathering and sharing information, and I know it’s been helpful to many of our community artists and arts organizations.”

Despite the ongoing pandemic, Tompkins County residents can still enjoy local art.

Donating to CAP and local cultural organizations, attending virtual events, and buying work from artists are all ways Barber suggests to show support. To stay updated with CAP resources and offerings, visit www.artspartner. org to sign up for the CAP newsletter.

“We want all of Tompkins County’s artists and arts organizations to come through this, and supporting them now keeps our community vibrant, our economy stable and our hearts uplifted.” Barber said.

In a time of distancing, Barber believes art can be used to unite people. Human connection and creativity in art can help individuals feel less isolated and the community feel more supportive.

“I am excited to see what new possibilities emerge from this disruption,” Barber said.

“I’m excited to see a flowering of artwork to help us make meaning of this experience. I’m excited for CAP and our network of collaborators to be a part of this.”

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“The Stunt Man” Is the best film that Richard Rush (“Freebie and the Bean”) ever made. Co-written by Rush and Lawrence B. Marcus, adapted from Paul Brodeur’s novel, the film stars Steve Railsback (“Lifeforce”) as an escaped con who stumbles upon a film shoot, gets mixed up in what may or may not be a stunt, and gets hired as a stunt man by the film’s God-like director, Peter O’Toole. The entire film plays with the idea of what is real and what is illusion; Railsback never really gets his bearings, everything he knows is wrong, and the film gets a lot of comedic tension from a series of antic stunt sequences. You wonder if O’Toole is actually trying to kill the lead character.

This was also my first look at the amazing Barbara Hershey, who stars as the ingenue star of the movie, who also may not be what she seems. The late Allen Garfield (“Nashville”), who died from COVID-19,

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Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: a pscychopathologist (with a Cornell degree!) begins experimenting with sensory deprivation and psychedelics and ends up turning into a primitive ape-like creature.

Yep, they really don’t make crazy bugnuts movies like Ken Russell’s “Altered States” anymore, do they? (As much as I miss 70’s mavericks like Robert Altman, I miss the days of Ken Russell flicks like “Tommy,” “Crimes of Passion” and “The Lair of the White Worm.”) Going off the rails of a Paddy Chayefsky (“Network”) script adapted from his only novel, “Altered States” is actually drawn from reality: John C. Lilley’s sensory deprivation research conducted in isolation tanks under the influence of psychoactive drugs like mescaline and LSD. William Hurt and Drew Barrymore

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I always thought that John Ritter deserved better than the sniggering sexist TV farce of “Three’s Company.” The guy had comedy star power from his very first job guest starring in an episode of “The Bob Newhart Show.” Ritter stars in the little-seen feature “Hero at Large” as an out-of-work actor who takes a job posing as a movie superhero at New York theaters showing a comic book movie (you’ll spot a very young Kevin Bacon in one scene.)

Coming home one night in costume, he accidentally stops a crime and without realizing it, becomes a NYC media sensation.

Ritter is sweet on Anne Archer (“Patriot Games”), his world-weary next-door neighbor, and Bert Convy and Kevin McCarthy play two PR sleazebags who try to co-opt Ritter’s crime-fighting for political gain. Look carefully and you’ll see a lot of New York locations and characters that tie in, oddly enough with “Taxi Driver.”

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Folksinger-turned-comedy writer Marshall Brickman won an Oscar for co-writing Woody Allen’s “Annie Hall” in 1978 and was then able to write and direct “Simon,” one of the oddest and funniest American satires of the era. Brickman creates a well-financed government think tank that essentially punks the whole world with elaborate pranks. For their latest “experiment”, they brainwash the title character, a psychology professor played by Alan Arkin, and convince him that he is an extraterrestrial. Arkin’s Simon escapes his captors and tries to fix American culture by overriding our TV signals, inadvertently becoming something of a celebrity guru.

Reminiscent in many ways of Brickman and Allen’s script for “Sleeper”, “Simon” is very witty and original. It also boasts a stellar cast of some of the best clowns and character actors of the era, including the late lamented Madeleine Kahn, Austin Pendleton (“What’s Up Doc?”), William Finley (“Phantom of the Paradise”), Wallace Shawn (“The Princess Bride”), Fred Gwynne and Judy Graubert (TV’s “The Electric Company”).

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