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Perspective Exposing Lee Zeldin’s Record on Health Care
Representative Lee Zeldin (R-NY1) is a master at telling half-truths. He goes to great lengths to tell his constituents that he supports health care coverage for people with pre-existing conditions and lowering prescription drug prices, but his voting record says differently. Zeldin voted against coverage for pre-existing conditions, and just recently, shot down a bill for prescription drug coverage reform and prescription drug coverage reform. He even has the audacity to take credit for programs he voted against. A quick look at his record, however, is quite revealing.
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Zeldin voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act. He has cast several such votes in his three terms in office, most recently May 2017 (and he openly urges the courts to overturn the ACA now). The federal requirement to provide coverage for people with pre-existing conditions comes directly from the ACA, so Zeldin’s opposition to coverage for pre-existing conditions is right there in his votes. Zeldin and President Donald Trump (R) claim to offer ACA replacement legislation that provides for pre-existing condition coverage, but these bills do not protect consumers, especially those with pre-existing conditions. They provide no requirement that these individuals will not be penalized in pricing and availability of coverage. When Congress, in Dec. 2019, passed its bill to make prescription drugs more affordable, Zeldin voted against the bill (HR-3). His position on this critical issue is again demonstrated by his vote. The only effective way to control the cost of prescription drugs is to let Medicare, the largest consumer, negotiate drug prices directly with the manufacturers. It’s no surprise that Zeldin continues to prohibit Medicare from negotiating because much of his campaign contributions comes from drug makers and their affiliates. This isn’t me saying this, it’s right there in his campaign finance reports that he is legally obligated to file with the Federal Election Commission. Given Zeldin’s benefactors, it’s no wonder he opposes true prescription price reforms.
Zeldin takes credit for funding medical research at Stony Brook. His most recent February “newsletter” stated that he secured $3 million of new National Institutes of Health grants to Stony Brook for medical research, and he cites a bipartisan letter he signed requesting a budget increase specifically for NIH research. What Zeldin does not tell you is that when the actual budget came to a vote on July 25, 2019, he voted against it. His own voting record proves that Zeldin did not vote to increase NIH appropriations, or increased funding for Stony Brook.
But Zeldin’s biggest deception of all is that he is has listened and knows what his constituents need for their health care. Again, the facts belie that. Zeldin’s last public town hall was in April 2017, before his vote to repeal the ACA. He has not held one since then. He has no idea what his constituents want or need!
Town halls are meant to be open to all constituents who want to attend. There should be no prescreening of questions or questioners (to By Perry Gershon
exclude critics) or else it is not really a true town hall. I know this from first-hand experience.
I have held five open town halls since last September, and I will hold five more before the end of June. I take questions from Democrats, Republicans — whoever attends and wants to ask a question. As a matter of fact, I take each and every question asked of me and I give truthful, fact-based answers. There is no prescreening and no spin at my town halls.
People on Long Island deserve a representative who will listen to them when they speak out about health care. I want to see universal health care for everyone — and I believe we can do it with the ACA supercharged with a public option. We need to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices to achieve true pricing reforms. This November, we have a chance to give NY-1 a representative who will fight for us in Washington and tell us the truth here at home. Perry Gershon is a national commentator on business, trade, policy and politics. A congressional candidate for New York’s 1st District, he holds a bachelor’s degree from Yale and a master’s in business administration from the University of California, Berkeley.
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Supporting Australia
Minnesauke Elementary School students worked to bridge the distance between East Setauket and Australia this winter as they conducted several community service projects to aid the country deeply affected by the harsh wildfires.
Third-graders worked to help the Australian animals by participating in a charity read-a-thon. Receiving pledges from family and friends, the students cuddled up with their pets or stuffed animals pretending they were an Australian animal and read to raise money. Collectively, the grade level raised $1,662.45 as part of the project. In a project dubbed Operation Hope for Australia, fifth-graders in Kate Hunter’s class
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completed extra chores around their house to raise funds for a startup action plan.
The students used the collected funds to purchase supplies to make friendship bracelets in red, white and blue — the national colors of both the United States and Australia. Each bracelet included a 3-D printed charm, designed and printed using the Tinkercad software in the school’s STEM lab with the help of teacher Sean Dowling. Hunter’s class marketed the bracelets in the cafeteria and sold them to friends and teachers. The class collected more than $1,159 for the Australian Red Cross, which they sent overseas along with several of the completed bracelets to show their support.
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Panagiotis Koridis P a n a g i o t i s “Pete” Koridis, of St. James, died Jan. 24. He was 93.
He was the beloved husband of the late Anna Dorothy.
In addition, he was the cherished father of Chris (Thomas) Cantone-Stadier and Nicholas (Catherine) Koridis; the loving grandfather of Nichole Cantone, Melissa Simpson, Carissa Siry, Melina Pascual, Nicholas A. Koridis, Gregory John Koridis; great-grandfather of Calvin, Kaia, Kevin, Kayla, Elena, Madison, Roce Astor; dear brother of Irene, Helen, Maritsa, Eleftheria and the late Monia; and he is also survived by many other family members and friends.
Religious services were held at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Assumption in Port Jefferson. Interment followed at Washington Memorial Park Cemetery in Mount Sinai.
Arrangements were entrusted to the care of Branch Funeral Home of Miller Place. An online guest book is available at www. branchfh.com. Alan Cerny
Alan R. Cerny, of North Palm Beach, Florida, and formerly of Port Jefferson Station, died Feb. 6.
He was a proud 50-year member of the Terryville Fire Department and was an exchief and excommissioner.
He was the beloved husband of Jane; the devoted father of Alan (Lisa), Peggy Gironda (Mike), David (Kathy), Leah Abela (Joe) and John (Connie); the cherished grandfather of nine and great-grandfather of one; the loving brother of Linda Commander, Sharon Ogden and Robin Sico (Louie).
A memorial Mass was celebrated Feb. 22 at St. Gerard Majella R.C. Church in Port Jefferson Station. Interment of cremated remains followed in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Coram. Constance Reimer
Constance Marie Reimer, a longtime community resident, died Jan. 15. She was 87. She was born Jan. 21, 1932, in
Queens, and was the daughter of Dorothy and John Elderd.
“Connie” was a retired payroll manager for NY Telephone.She was also a member of a senior club, enjoyed painting, drawing, knitting, playing Bingo and spending time with her family.
Left to cherish her memory are her daughter, Karen; son, Donald; grandchildren, Michelle and Erik; greatgrandchildren, Christopher and Hailey; brother, George; along with many other family and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Donald.
Services were held at Bryant Funeral Home Jan. 24, and interment followed at the Calverton National Cemetery.
Arrangements were entrusted to the Bryant Funeral Home of East Setauket. Visit www.bryantfh.com to sign the online guest book.
Contributions made to the North Shore Animal League, Good Shepherd Hospice or Save-A-Pet in her memory would be appreciated. Eugenie Corolla E u g e n i e Corolla, of Port Jefferson Station, died Jan. 11. She was 80.
She was born July 24, 1939, in Brooklyn and was the daughter of Nancy and Gerard Pacella.
“Genie” was a retired high school monitor. People called her a great cook, particularly her chicken cutlets and brownies. She also enjoyed gardening, spending time with the grandkids and enjoyed family gatherings. Left to cherish her memory are her husband, Charles; daughter, Nanette; sons, Robert and Andrew; six grandchildren; along with many other family and friends. Services were held at the Port Jefferson Infant Jesus R.C. Church, Jan. 18, while interment followed at the Pinelawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Farmingdale. Arrangements were entrusted to the Bryant Funeral Home of East Setauket. Visit www.bryantfh.com to sign the online guest book.
MARCH 05, 2020 • THE VILLAGE TIMES HERALD • PAGE A11 County Suffolk Nonprofits Attempt to Galvanize LI Populace for Census
BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM
It’s a once-in-a-decade request, and this year’s census could determine just how much local schools, governments and nonprofits get in aid from the federal government. Not to mention, this year’s count could determine if New York could be sending one or two less U.S. representatives to Washington out of its current total of 27.
It has enough officials worried that New York State is funneling money around to different counties to get people to fill in the survey. Suffolk County is expected to receive $1.019 million toward its efforts. Officials have called for additional funds toward the census in this year’s budget, though most don’t expect the money to materialize before the census starts rolling in mid-March. New York State has made $20 million available of a total of $60 million to go toward engagement efforts in local municipalities. $15 million is going to the state’s 62 counties. This year, galvanizing the populace to take the census has become a phenomenon, with players at the state, county and local level putting a heavy em phasis on this year’s survey. On the line, advocates say, is a correct polit ical representation on a federal level as well as $675 billion annually in federal funds for prioritizing road work, school aid, grants and Medicaid funding.
Due to the 2010 census, New York lost two congressional seats, and some have said this year’s count could lose the state one or two more. Local groups, both small and large, have the task of energizing enough people to gain an accurate headcount. Like herding cats, that’s much easier said than done
Suffolk County Complete Count Committee was created in 2019 in part by the nonprofits Health & Welfare Council of Long Island and Long Island Community Foundation to generate engagement for those efforts.
Rebecca Sanin, president of HWCLI, said they have around 300 groups, including nonprofits, religious organizations, business organizations and governments, participating at least to some degree in outreach among 11 subcommit tees. The nonprofit has also established guidebooks and graphics for everyone from immigrant leaders to hospitals to senior citizens.
“We’re really trying to build momentum, where the end is a 10-year funding impact to our region,” Sanin said.
The committee has become a hub for joining up the disparate groups looking to promote the census. The state has its own CCC, and other counties have been encouraged to create their own committees. County Executive Steve Bellone (D) was named to the New York State Complete Count Committee by Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D).
“Suffolk County is not only the largest suburban county in the state of New York, but we have the fourth largest and hardest-to-count populations in New York state,” Bellone said during a 2019 meeting with the Suffolk Complete Count Committee. Approximately 40 percent of county residents live in hard-to-count areas, he said.
County officials have hosted census job fairs this year and last, with positions paying $17 to $23 an hour.
Governments at both county and town level have started putting notices of the census in official emails and releases. Brookhaven Councilwoman Valerie Cartright (D-Port Jefferson Station) had been drafted to partner with the complete count committee. She said the town is working on a project with the tax receiver’s office to send out a reminder in the midyear tax receipts that goes out to every household in Brookhaven. They have also started to include information about the census in town programs hosted this year and had representatives from the census table at town events.
“Undercounting of communities can have a domino or ripple effect on community projects and issues for years to come,” the councilwoman said in an email. “A complete and accurate count of your community can result in improved infrastructure and schools, better community health and programs and much more.”
Steven Collins, who works for the U.S. Department of Commerce as a partnership specialist for the census in Suffolk, said the big game changer this year is the now-four different ways residents are going to be able to respond to the census. People can now respond over the internet, over the phone or using the usual mailed in paper survey. The fourth way is when all other options are exhausted, and when census operators have tried to reach an individual by several other means, an enumerator will knock on one’s door.
Though not all see the incentivized online component as a good thing. Sanin said there are many who have a general distrust of putting information online, due to the many examples of private companies being hacked to get access to a user’s personal data. There is also a large digital divide, and many still do not have easy access or understanding how to use the online component. Despite the online component, census promotion still requires boots on the ground
Stony Brook University has been active in ‘It’s the principle that we count, and we should be counted.’
— Martha Maffei
People will start to see this year’s census mailed out in mid-March, and the census process continues for the next several months. Stock photo
trying to get students signed up for the count but have also started concerted efforts to encourage indigenous groups, especially those living on Long Island’s South Fork, to sign on for the census.
Despite how seriously census takers have been in requesting surveys, that still has not stopped multiple areas coming back with low response rates, some barely above 50 percent. In Suffolk County presentations to the complete count committee, some communities are shown as much harder to count than others. While much of the North Shore shows a response rate of 70 percent or better, a large area in Huntington and Huntington Station, with sizable minority populations, have a response rate of 60 percent, at worst.
At www.censushardtocountmaps2020.us, researchers have used previous census data to track which areas showed lower census participation.
In Brookhaven, one area with low turnout happens to be around the hamlets of Ridge and Upton and in Selden and Centereach, especially in the area along Route 112 that has a previous response rate of only 60 to 65 percent.
There are portions of Long Island with much worse representation. There are certain parts of West Babylon with a response rate as low as 0 to 60 percent.
SEPA Mujer, a nonprofit immigrants rights advocacy group, has chapters in several of the areas that show low response rates, including Riverhead, Huntington Station and Patchogue. Martha Maffei, the executive director of the nonprofit, said they have formed coalitions at two of their three chapters specifically to energize the community for the census. Many of their organizers and members have advocated for local immigrants to take the census which comes with the task of convincing the immigrant community the information will not be used against them by immigration enforcement.
“It’s the principle that we count, and we should be counted,” Maffei said.
Usually, she said, organizers take the tack of arguing that filling out the census will mean more funding for their school districts and how it will offer them better political representation.
The complete count committee has organized 13 total groups on the immigration subcommittee who have all pledged to move through these communities. The issue, she said, is money, compounded with the amount of ground these volunteers have to cover, with only the some $1 million to be spread amongst all of Suffolk.
Still, she’s optimistic these hard-to-count areas will be more active than 2010.
The census is meant to track everyone, in cluding those undocumented immigrants, in order to get a full understanding of total population, but in 2019 the potential for a citizenship question to appear on the census created a tornado of partisan bickering, with opponents saying such a citizenship question would specifically target Latino groups and incentivize them to not respond to the census, thereby limiting the political capital such groups could wield. Officials said the pro-citizenship question was needed to enforce the Voting Rights Act of 1965, designed to help blacks overcome legal barriers to voting during the Jim Crow era.
In November of last year, The New York Times reported on disclosures from the White House hinting that Republican strategists had political reasons for encouraging a citizenship question, that it would increase Republican influence and political power once totals for the census were drawn by undercounting residents in largely Democratic areas.
Judges ruled under Title 13, which states the government can only use data from the census for statistical purposes. Collins reiterated there will be no citizenship question on this year’s census, and all information is kept extremely confidential and secure.
Yet the idea still lingers in the minds of some residents, and it is something census advocates said they have had to work around.
Sanin and Maffei said the citizenship question has undoubtedly had a cooling effect toward the census, though to what extent is hard to gauge. “We feel we are going from one attack to an other,” Maffei said. “There is a lot of trauma in this community.”
The general distrust in government and in government systems is high, and trying to encourage people “living in the shadows,” as Sanin put it, is where much of the past year’s efforts have gone.
“Fear nurtures an undercount, and an under count nurtures our continued inequity,” she said.
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It was the best of the best competing in the Long Island Elite Meet at St. Anthony’s High School Saturday, Feb. 29, where Ward Melville senior Megan Wood shined in the final event before states. Wood tossed a pair of throws 43 feet, 6 inches along with 42’11” good enough for third in the weight throw event but was the class of the field in the shot put throwing 42’3” and a pair of 41’4” for the top spot in the event against competitors from all over Long Island. Wood has her sights set for her next competition at the New York State Championships at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex in Staten Island.
“The next step is to show up to states and be a competitor next Saturday,” Wood said. “I’ll try to get in some higher reps in the beginning of the week but then we’ll tone it down so I’m well rested for the day”.
Teammate Allison D’Angio, a senior, clocked at 9 minutes, 44 seconds in the 55-meter hurdle event, and sophomore Arianna Gilbride placed fourth in the 300 dash in the Frosh/Soph event with 43.70.
Pictured clockwise from above, Ward Melville’s D’Angio, right, clocks a 9:44 in the 55 hurdle event; Wood places third in the weight throw event with a toss of 43’3”; Wood’s firstplace performance in shot put throwing 42’ 3”; and Gilbride competes in the 300 Frosh/Soph event with a fourth-place finish.
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PAGE A22 • THE VILLAGE TIMES HERALD • MARCH 05, 2020 Letters … We welcome your letters. They should be no longer than 400 words and may be edited for length, libel, style and good taste. We do not publish anonymous letters. Please include a phone number and address for confirmation. Email letters to rita@tbrnewsmedia.com or mail them to The Village Times Herald, P.O. Box 707, Setauket, NY 11733. Editorial Letters to the Editor Moratoriums Protect the Planning Process In a recent TBR News Media article [“Elected Officials, Residents Eye Route 25A Potential Developments,” The Village Times Herald, Feb. 27] it was reported that the civic group We are Smithtown has requested a building moratorium to closely examine the impacts of the recent wave of redevelopment across the Town of Smithtown while the master plan is still being drafted.
A Smithtown spokesperson dismissed the request for a moratorium out of hand as “reckless,” asserting the town’s fiscal stability was at risk without the anticipated taxes from theses properties and that taxes were needed to avoid “catastrophic” impacts on the residents and small businesses.
Needless to say, that argument makes no sense. The town’s fiscal stability evidently was better under Supervisor Pat Vecchio [R], who kept taxes, debt and expenses low without the need to overdevelop. This is in contrast to the present Town Board, which aggressively pursues maximum development unrestricted by any plan and recklessly spends taxpayer dollars by giving large raises to themselves.
The bigger issue, however, is that the spokesperson is just plain wrong. Moratoriums have been used extensively in Suffolk County as part of the planning process. Patchogue and Southampton have recently had building moratoriums in place, as have Brookhaven and Sag Harbor. Not only are building moratoriums not “reckless,” they are responsible planning tools to take the pressure off planners as area master plans are being developed. The absence of a moratorium while a master plan is in development is much more “catastrophic” and will open the floodgate to inappropriate development before community consensus on a plan.
These megadevelopments that are now barreling toward approval throughout the town are the same zombie projects that have been lurking for decades, half-dead but halted under Vecchio and now very much alive under present leadership: the Watermill Hotel, prior iterations of the socalled Preserve at Smithtown in Nesconset and, of course, Gyrodyne, to name a few. We managed to get this far without these projects, with money in the bank, little to no debt and the highest bond rating anywhere in Suffolk at the end of Vecchio’s long tenure. The outcry against moratoriums and corridor studies usually comes from developers who do not want to be constrained by town planning. That’s what makes the recent criticism by the town spokesperson on the request for a moratorium so telling. Whose side is the town on?
James Bouklas President of We Are Smithtown, formerly We Are Nesconset Three Village Community Trust Invites Residents The Three Village Community Trust invites the community to its 2020 annual meeting at the Setauket Neighborhood House Wednesday, March 11, at 7:30 p.m. Learn about this year’s progress on restoring our properties — the Hawkins Homestead, the Tyler House, the SmithdeZafra House — along with a review of trust events during the year.
We’ll also share some exciting plans we have for 2020, including ideas for new volunteering opportunities. And we’ll present awards recognizing those who have made special contributions to the Three Village community.
The highlight of the evening will be a short talk by naturalist and educator John Turner, conservation chair of the Four Harbors Audubon Society and the Town of Brookhaven Open Space Program coordinator, overseeing the Town’s $150 million open space and farmland acquisition program. John has been involved for decades with groups working on environmental conservation and open space issues. He was a co-founder of the Long Island Pine Barrens Society and one of the driving forces behind the creation of the Long Island Pine Barrens Protection Act, which protected more than 100,000 acres of rare and ecologically valuable Atlantic coastal pine barrens habitat in eastern Long Island. As a spokesman for the Preserve Plum Island Coalition, Turner has been active in trying to prevent this environmentally sensitive island from being sold and developed.
Please join us for an interesting evening. Wine, cheese and desserts will be served. We hope to see you.
Three Village Community Trust East Setauket The Trash Imperative It’s now become obvious that Long Island has a garbage problem. It’s an issue that’s not going away.
The Town of Brookhaven is set to close its landfill in 2024, and after many municipalities altered their recycling programs when China’s decision to ban the import of most plastics and other materials used by its recycling processors in 2018, our communities can’t avoid the problem anymore.
The Brookhaven landfill alone handles about 350,000 tons of ash annually from energy-from-waste facilities, in addition to handling 720,000 tons of solid waste.
A representative from a local carting company at a recent Long Island Regional Planning Council meeting said that one person can produce 4 1/2 pounds of garbage a day and that 2,000 trucks daily transport waste off the Island.
While waste is transported off Long Island to upstate New York, opting for more trucking leads to more traffic and exhaust fumes exacerbating already poor air quality, plus damage to the roads. Transporting more garbage by rail can be a better option. In our easily disposal world, overflowing garbage pails wind up going to landfills that are near capacity. It’s important for residents not only to ask their legislators to think outside of the box to come up with a solution but also to look inside their homes and be mindful when discarding rubbish. We’re not talking about anything radical, like fitting all of your trash from a year in a jar, but many products are thrown out when they can be fixed. While it may not make a huge dent in the number of stuff thrown out yearly, repair cafés, like the one recently hosted at Comsewogue Public Library, are an option instead of just buying something new. If one of these events can’t be found in an area, YouTube is filled with videos on how to repair various items. A simple Google search really can do wonders.
New York State’s ban on plastic bags is a good step, but there needs to be a new way of looking at buying items, possible forgoing one-use items like plastic water bottles for refillable, reusable on-the-go drinkware and being vigilant about separat ing garbage. Requesting towns to revert to better recycling programs, where glass is part of the process, is also a must.
Long Island is just that, an island, and the problem is that we have no real way to take our garbage and simply take it somewhere else. Shipping our trash off the Island will only mean more traffic and broken roads. Indeed, we on Long Island have to look at other places that are more like us in geography for solutions.
In Japan, residents and visitors to the country are expected to separate their waste into combustible, incombustible, oversized garbage and then glass bottles and cans. The precise separation of waste leads to more post-consumer use recycled items, and the country is an example of how it can be done. In nearby South Korea, which has only half a peninsula for itself, has little room for additional dumps or landfills. In restaurants or even food courts, people are ex pected to use metal utensils and cups which are cleaned and reused. State Assemblyman Steve Englebright (D-Setauket) recently introduced legislation to amend the state Environmental Conservation Law to establish a New York State goal where no less than 85 percent of solid waste to be reduced, reused, recycled or composted by 2030. That is an ambitious goal, but even looking to reach those heights could do us a wealth of good. Municipalities, waste man agement services and our local residents should get on board. We are writing to express our concern with the recently ratified NYC MTA Outer Borough Discount plan. As elected representatives of residents who reside on the eastern end of Long Island, we cannot support a plan that discounts fares for those closer to New York City, while increasing fares for many of our constituents here in Suffolk County who commute daily, as well as those who travel by rail to New York City for pleasure. Both support the economy of the New York City while living on Long Island.
As the entity responsible for mass transportation in New York State and as the largest regional transportation system in the country, the MTA is aware that transportation pricing and other major MTA decisions have a large-scale regional effect. Tasked with providing public transportation for all of New York State, the MTA must ensure that major decisions, including those about pricing, are fair and equitable.
Transportation is one of the top expenses for Long Islanders, right after housing costs. While we understand that this plan may benefit certain individuals, it cannot be to the inequitable financial burden of Long Islanders. This is a nonpartisan issue facing all Long Island LIRR commuters who have been saddled with this 4 percent fare increase. Therefore, our state senators, assembly members, county legislators, town and local elected officials must stand together to demand that the MTA abandon their plan for a systemwide 4 percent fare increase and find a more equitable method of discounting pricing for transport to New York City that does not place an undue economic burden on Long Island. We strongly push the MTA to reconsider this plan today.
Valerie Cartright Brookhaven Councilwoman (D) Kara Hahn Suffolk County Legislator (D) Margot Garant Village of Port Jefferson Mayor Long Island Must Oppose Planned LIRR Fare Hike
A Birthday to Remember in the Big Easy
Ijust celebrated an incredible birthday, thanks to the thoughtfulness of friends and family who took the time to talk with me and shop for greatly appreciated gifts.
Each year, these birthdays have the potential to be challenging, especially given that mine often comes some time around school midterms. Even though I’m no longer watching the calendar to see how many days I have left before I have to take a big test, I still ride that roller coaster vicariously with my children. This year, however, enormous and diffi cult tests didn’t hang over us, like the academic sword of Damocles. D. None of the above BY DANIEL DUNAIEF
For starters, before my birthday celebration kicked in, my sister-in-law and brother-inlaw sent me AirPods. I knew I was supposed to open the gift on my birthday, but I’m not exactly the most patient person when it comes to opening presents. Gee, I wonder where my kids get that trait?
Anyway, the reaction from my son was almost as enjoyable as the present itself. When he saw me wearing them, he said, “How did you get those?” as if the question were an accusation. “My friends all have them.”
My daughter did a test run with me, chatting with me on FaceTime while she stared at my ears instead of at my uneven sideburns or the hairy bridge connecting my eyebrows. It’s increasingly rare these days for anything I do, say or wear to be considered “up to date,” so this wonderful gift hit the mark.
I’m enjoying using the AirPods at the gym, where I don’t have to worry about the wire bouncing around when I’m running or after I’ve exercised, when I’m panting as I lean over the water fountain.
The best part, though, is that they allow me to talk with someone while I’m walking my dog and picking up his droppings. I don’t have to worry about the wire coming lose when he suddenly pulls hard on the leash to chase a rabbit or to run away from the sudden noise a desiccated leaf makes when it blows in the wind behind us. Yes, despite his 90-pound body, he fi nds the unexpected noise from leaves threatening.
While I insisted to my wife that she didn’t need to buy anything for me, she purchased several items of clothing, like shorts and shirts that fi t, look good and are incredibly comfortable. She also got this terrifi c jacket that repels the white dog hair that has rendered the rest of my outerwear ridiculous when interacting with members of the general public.
This birthday we ventured to the Big Easy, where the ubiquitous music still resonates. We took a paddleboat ride and heard about the Mississippi River and the site of the Battle of New Orleans. The oak trees lining the bank are about 250 to 300 years old, which means that the same trees stood in the same spot during the battle.
My teenage son, who isn’t always the picture of patience with his demanding dad, played with me and allowed me to hug him in public during the weekend. That was better than any gift he could have purchased. My daughter, meanwhile, celebrated vicariously from college. A few of her friends wandered into the screen and wished me the best.
Finally, I connected by phone with college roommates, nephews, brothers and my mom, who was a critical part of that day so many years ago. Birthdays have, at times, made me feel older and displaced. This one, with the meaningful conversations, the laughter with my wife and children and the chats with friends and relatives, as well as the “cool” gifts, made me feel so young.
Early Voting Equality for All Women and Men, Regardless of Race
In this year of celebrating a century since women were granted the right to vote with the passage of the 19th Amendment, I will tell you a true tale from the dustbin of history. Women voted for three decades after the American Revolution. They voted from 1776- 1807 alongside men in, of all places, New Jersey. How do I know? Jennifer Schuessler tells me so in the Feb. 24 edition of The New York Times. The women Between you and me BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF
were only stopped from voting after “rampant fraud and corruption.” For example it seems that some men put on dresses to vote multiple times. New Jersey passed a law then, limiting voting in 1807 to white men.
Was it an early expression of gender equality or a legal loophole that enabled women — and African Americans — to vote at the dawn of our country? Or was that a myth?
The Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia located new-found poll lists that show women voted in “signifi cant numbers” before they were denied. In August of this year the museum will open an exhibit called ironically, “When Women Lost the Vote,” featuring those documents. This is a great triumph for the museum and the tale. While other states limited the vote to “freemen” or male inhabitants, New Jersey gave the right to vote to all “inhabitants” as long as “they” could show they had property worth 50 pounds. That ruled out most married women, whose property or income went to their husbands when they married. However, the law enfranchised many women, regardless of race, in New Jersey — or so the early story went. But where was the proof? Then, an 1801 poll list from Montgomery Township, found in the New Jersey State Archives in Trenton, was the fi rst real modern-day evidence of numerous women voters. The state archives had acquired the lists in 2016 “from the descendants of a long-ago county clerk.”
Now there are 18 poll lists from four New Jersey townships from 1797-1807 that have been found. Nine of them include 163 unique women’s names. The women had cast about 7.7 percent of total votes. On some lists, it was as much as 14 percent.
An interesting corollary is that the women’s names almost always appear in bunches, suggesting that women came to the polls in groups. Maybe that had something to do with the polls often being located in taverns “awash with drunkenness and guns,” according to The Times.
Philip Mead, chief historian at the Museum of the American Revolution, explained that there was diffi culty in determining who met the property requirements, which contributed to the end of gender and race equality in New Jersey.
Still, Mead sees a positive message in this research for the museum’s exhibit: “In early New Jersey, we have women voting and African Americans voting. This is a story both about what we might have been, and about who we’ve become.”
It is a fi tting tale to mark the end of Black History Month and the beginning of Women’s History Month.
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