Yes! I’m awake.
Awake to East End businesses closing down because they can’t find employees to work.
Awake to schools unable to hire enough teachers.
Awake to veterans living with others and hoping for a place of their own.
Awake to volunteer ambulance companies needing more volunteers.
Awake to volunteer fire departments needing more volunteers.
Awake to our beaches operating without lifeguards this past summer.
Awake to the homeless in our community.
Awake to young families moving out of the East End to find a place to live that they can afford.
Awake to mature adults struggling to find home care.
Awake to therapists being overwhelmed with parents and children stuck in the cycle of moving because their homes are rented out from underneath them to the highest bidder.
Awake to evictions happening all the time.
Awake to the need for smart, “place-based” community housing in every hamlet and village that respects the character of the community while providing residents a place to live.
Awake to the fact that well-populated business districts have healthy, sustainable businesses.
Awake that our farmers, fishers, artists, and hospitality owners and staff hold important places in our East End community.
Awake to the need to protect our environment.
Awake to the need to protect our water quality.
Awake to the need to protect our people on the East End, no matter how much money they have.
Yes! I’m awake.
Are you awake too?
Michael Daly
East End YIMBY
Buyer's RemorseWe are seeing a disturbing trend on the East End and particularly in the Town of Southampton. It is perplexing to witness extremely wealthy buyers, ones with resources to fund endless, years-long legal battles, to the detriment of neighbors and...
Selective EntitlementsKudos to Highway Superintendent Charlie McArdle for his self-serving pat on the back with his “Outside the Box” letter [July 18]. His “outside the box” is nothing more than selective entitlements given to a very small group of people who...
LifesaverOn July 15, my husband was powerwalking along Route 114 at 11:30 a.m. when he collapsed from heat stroke. A woman, or, I should say, an angel, stopped her car and loaded a bloodied, almost unconscious person into her car...
Compliant MessagingPaula Angelone, another useful tool of the Trump derangement syndrome-afflicted, railed against Donald Trump’s perceived violent rhetoric of the past as a sorry excuse for the assassination attempt last week [“American Landscape,” Letters, July 18]. Claiming “violence begets violence,” she...
Dear LeaderKudos to whoever decided to devote a half page (!) in last week’s edition to some stunningly deep investigative reporting! To wit: A part-time resident of Sag Harbor, who doubles as a full-time anchor on the dear leader TV network,...
One-Way StreetI resigned from the Southampton Town Planning Board last month. That was not an easy decision, as I truly enjoyed working with the planning staff and the wonderful people who serve on that board. That said, I’m a community advocate...
A ShowmanI was amused to read last week’s Letters to the Editor by Bill Jones [“End the Bias”], Thomas Jones [“Abject Failure”], Ed Surgan [“Sky Isn’t Falling”], and John Porta [“Bleak Alternative]. If you believe their words and statistics then you...
Unfit for OfficeAs an independent voter, I have been very frustrated, like many, about the candidates being offered by the Democrats and Republicans for the presidency come November, as both to me appeared unfit for office. One’s weaknesses became increasingly clear as...
