In a recent story, the Guardian newspaper quoted the historian David Brinkley: “What Trump’s done is create a blitzkrieg against the environment … trying to dismantle not just Obama’s environmental achievements but turn back the clock to a pre-Richard Nixon day.”
Who better to be part of a congressional team that will reverse Trump’s anti-environmental “blitzkrieg” than Bridget Fleming?
Bridget has consistently demonstrated her willingness to tackle tough environmental issues. Her campaign literature is the CliffsNotes version of her tireless work to protect the East End’s natural resources, enhance water quality, and preserve our open space, farmland and shoreline.
I first met Bridget while chair of the Southampton Town Democratic Committee, and my first impression of her has proven true many times over. Bridget is a model public servant: incisive, ethical, hardworking, firm in purpose but willing to compromise for the greater good.
We will be well served if she should win her next two elections; as a first step, please support Bridget on June 23 in the Democratic primary.
Mike Anthony
Westhampton
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