Let's Hear
Donald Trump has been back as president for a couple of weeks, and he has issued countless executive orders. He also has proposed making Canada our 51st state, buying Greenland, taking the Panama Canal from Panama, and the taking of...
Not Bullied
Laurie Anderson’s statement that “I have never met John Leonard” [“A Bully,” Letters, February 6] was about all she got right. I lived through every moment of John Leonard’s three years on the board of the Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue...
Looming Disaster
During his two confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Donald Trump’s uninformed nominee to become the secretary of health and human services, struggled to answer basic questions relating to the job he was nominated to fill. Forcing myself to watch...
Take a Leap
John Leonard is one of the good ones. I have been on boards throughout the community with him, and he is courageous, honest and smart. In this turbulent time, the Southampton Town Council needs his sane and moderate voice. We...
Not a Drill
I implore Congressman Nick LaLota to fulfill his own promise and stand up for Long Island by refusing to yield Congress’s power, and that of his constituents, to Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency. In light of the...
Slow Down
I want to take this opportunity to thank Southampton Town Council member Michael Iasilli. The work he did to get the speed limit sign up and then reinstalled in a location that should keep the cars heading east going slower...
Condescending
I am writing this letter as a lifelong Democrat, former co-chair of the Southampton Town Democratic Committee and also former president of the J.P. Spata Democratic Club. I don’t recall ever reading as condescending a letter as the one by...
Graceful Solution
As a member of the 12th generation of my family to live in Southampton, I have observed with dismay the behavior of the leadership of the Southampton History Museum regarding the Conscience Point Shellfish Hatchery. Until recently, I have been...
The Miss List
I’ve been coming out here since 1979, when I bought my first house in North Haven. However, until COVID, I never spent more than two weeks at any one time. Then, in 2022, with our kids away, we decided to...
A Bad Apple
I’d like to respond to Andrea Klausner’s latest missive [“Not Productive,” Letters, February 6] defending the indefensible John Leonard. My attacks on Democratic candidates are neither hyperbolic, hateful, libelous or unrelenting. The statements I have made about John Leonard are...